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Acting NASA Adminstrator Steve Jurczyk, back right, and SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk speak with NASA astronaut Bob Benkhen before Crew-2 NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-2 mission launch, Friday, April 23, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Kimbrough, McArthur, Pesquet, and Hoshide are scheduled to launch at 5:49 a.m. EDT on Friday, April 23, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
At 11:17 am (EDT) on Friday, April 8, 2022, a SpaceX Falcon9 rocket lifted off from historic LC-39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. This successful launch resulted in the Crew Dragon capsule and its all-private crew of four making it to orbit. The Axiom Space Ax-1 mission crew members Michael LĂłpez-AlegrĂa, Larry Connor, Mark Pathy, and Eytan Stibbe will dock at the International Space Station, spending more than a week conducting scientific research, outreach, and commercial activities on the space station.
Well, that was really something.
Yesterday's Tesla Cybertruck launch was certainly eye opening.
I, like many, was wondering when Elon Musk was going to say "Just kidding. It actually looks like this...."
But he didn't.
The specification though, was very impressive. From the corrosion resistant stainless steel bodywork, high-strength windows (despite the unexpected failure when designer Franz von Holzhausen threw the ball at the side windows), and air suspensions which could raise and lower the truck.
Tesla's raison d'ĂŞtre though, is vehicle electrification. Here Musk's vision of an emissions-free world including light-duty trucks led to the creation of the Cybertruck.
To this end, the Cybertruck includes a large battery, providing a vehicle range between 250 miles and 500 miles, depending on the specification. One clear transformation in electric vehicles is startling performance, and the Cybertruck impresses with a 0-60 mph time of 2.9 sec in the highest spec tri-motor model. Even base model performance equals the quickest internal combustion pickup models from competitors.
However, all this was somewhat overshadowed by what everybody watching the launch could see - a vehicle which looked unlike any pickup you had ever seen before, save for perhaps in a sci-fi film set in the future. It was obvious that even the crowd, many of whom were Tesla employees, were clearly shocked at what they saw.
And perhaps this was the point. The Cybertruck is a compelling vision of what a pickup from the future could be. That future is coming sooner than many would believe, thanks to Tesla and the many projects the company has worked on to deliver in the past decade or so.
Still, I was waiting for Elon to roll out the real truck.
[P.S. I know it is very early in the piece to admit this, but the more I look at it the more it grows on me.]
Kennedy Space Center, FL. – At 5:56 pm (ET), January 15, 2023, SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy and a top-secret mission titled USSF-67 at Launch Complex 39-A. The mission was for the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) and SpaceX's second launch using the Falcon 9 Heavy for the NSSL. This was the fifth launch of a Falcon 9 Heavy by SpaceX and the second in less than three months. On board were two payloads for NSSL, one being a military communications satellite. The side boosters for this mission supported USSF-44 which launched on November 1, 2022. While the center booster core was deemed expendable, the side boosters successfully landed shortly after launch at LZ-1 and LZ-2. In a statement from Assured Access to Space: "We had another fantastic launch today on a Falcon Heavy, just two months after our first National Security Space Launch mission using this launch system, and while the launch itself was impressive, I am most proud of the fact that we placed important capabilities into space that help our nation stay ahead of very real and growing threats," said Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, program executive officer for Assured Access to Space. "We're certainly on a roll with 96 consecutive successful national security space launches, and the takeaway is that we've really got a spectacular team working together on our most challenging launch profiles to ensure our mission partners get on orbit with confidence." Later this week, SpaceX has two additional launches scheduled, the GPS-III-6 from Cape Canaveral SFS and Starlink Group 2-4 from Vandenberg S.F.S. in California.
Photo available here:
www.photosofstuff.xyz/Falcon-Heavy/
At 3:45pm (ET) SpaceX and Elon Musk successfully launched the Falcon Heavy rocket from historic Pad 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.. Approximately 8 minutes after launch, the two outer cores would return safely to SpaceX's Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the center core ran out of fuel needed to relight 3 engines for the re-entry burn. The core was unable to slow its descent and it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean at approximately 300 mph. Musk added that he was most interested in recovering the two outer cores, as they flew with titanium grid fins, which are very expensive to make.
Vice President Mike Pence, and Second Lady Karen Pence, joined by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, and Elon Musk, SpaceX Chief Engineer, right, exit the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building ahead of NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken departing for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Demo-2 mission launch, Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The test flight serves as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX’s crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley are scheduled to launch at 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit for the first time since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
With lightning far offshore of Cape Canaveral, it was a beautiful morning launch for the SpaceX Falcon9 with the crewdragon DM-1, heading to the ISS. Launch occurred at 2:49 a.m. EST from LC-39A on the Kennedy Space Center
What To Bring If You Move To Elon Musk Run Town - IMRAN™
Bring plenty of toilet paper, and a kitchen sink. Based on actual events. LOL.
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured this grand prospect of Earth swimming in a sea of stars over the course of ten days in April 2019. Earth is the first bright round spot that shows up before the Milky Way is seen. The Moon was too close to Earth to be resolved. The background star near Earth is Spica. Mercury is seen in transit across the Milky Way core. Venus is the very bright spot at the end. Jupiter is also seen just before Mercury appears while Saturn is in the background after Mercury's transit. The stripes are cosmic rays hitting the camera sensor. By the time Parker Solar Probe imaged Venus it was traveling at 95km/s (~213,000mph).
NASA Raw Data Source (Parker Solar Probe WISPR Outer Camera L3 Earth Encounter 2):
wispr.nrl.navy.mil/encounter2-summary
Music by Bernard Herrmann:
www.bernardherrmann.org/music/the-twilight-zone/
I acknowledge the NASA Parker Solar Probe Mission and WISPR team led by R. A. Howard for use of data.
Frequent flyer: The now 4th flown & 4th landed #SpaceX #Falcon9 returned home this (Fri) morning.
This rocket boosted #Starlink satellites to orbit Monday morning, & landed (again) successfully, hopefully for another flight.
This is a 234-megapixel image, generated from 30+ frames captured from the Exploration Tower. It's downscaled here on Facebook, but you can explore the image in full resolution here: michaelseeley.prodibi.com/a/81qwjmol84qmje/i/1jq2zz90qojdz4r
Beautiful morning launch with the latest batch of 60 Starlink broadband internet relay satellites at 8:25 EDT - viewed from Playalinda Beach
Stand Up Harvard protest flyer seen at Harvard University.
"Stand Up Harvard"
"Tell Harvard leadership: Don't bow to tyrants"
The first production Tesla has arrived in America.
The employees just shared their enthusiasm at the arrival of their carbon fiber baby on the company blog. Serial Number 1 was purchased by Elon Musk, of course.
Elon and Validation Prototype 10 (seen here) are at the Cleantech Conference lunch. By a show of hands, no one else in the audience could match Elon’s track record of having co-founded five companies and having five children under the age of four. ;-)
Motortrend (March 08) published the first test drive results, and they aptly describe what I felt driving this car:
“I'm almost grimacing as I release the brake and pound the accelerator to the floor. Whrrrrrrr... There's no wheelspin, axle tramp, shutter, jutter, smoke whiff, cowl shake, nothing. I'm being eerily teleported down the barrel of a rail gun, head pulled back by a hard, steady acceleration. Bizarre.”
Pictures of the #SpaceX #SES10 #Falcon9 "flight proven" first stage, the second time it's been launched and landed. Shots taken from Jetty Park Pier and Port Canaveral as the "Of Course I Still Love You" drone ship carries the first stage home. (Photos by Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
This was the pad shot I was hoping for: a wide view of the #SpaceX #CRS15 #Falcon9 rocket, with the very bright 98.5% illiminated (and one day post Full) Moon looking down on the scene.
What I hadn't counted on was the enormous LOX cloud blanketing the ground. Initially I was a disappointed by the lack of definition in the foreground, but now it's grown on me.
For reference, I used a cool, similar shot by Ben Cooper; this shot has certainly been done before, and Ben's shot is really great. Also of note, Bill Jelen did an amazing sequence, with the Moon marching toward the pad in 5-minute increments before the launch.
And, no, this is not a composite. I realize the Moon looks like it was placed in the frame after the shot, but it really was that bright at the time of launch.
(Photo me: We Report Space) — at Kennedy Space Center.
Ein großer Vorteil von Elektroautos ist die Rekuperation. Der Elektromotor wandelt beim sogenannten “rekuperieren” die Bewegungsenergie des Fahrzeuges in Strom um und speichert ihn im Akku. Die dadurch entstehende Bremskraft verringert gleichzeitig die Geschwindigkeit des Fahrzeuges.
Recuperation is a big advantage of electric cars. During the so-called “recuperation”, the electric motor converts the vehicle's kinetic energy into electricity and stores it in the battery. The resulting braking force also reduces the speed of the vehicle.
Photos from the early morning return of the now twice launched and landed #SpaceX #Falcon9 first stage to Port Canaveral aboard the drone-ship "Of Course I Still Love You". This follows the successful launch of the #BulgariaSat1 payload. (Photos by Michael Seeley / WeReportSpace)
Well, that was really something.
Yesterday's Tesla Cybertruck launch was certainly eye opening.
I, like many, was wondering when Elon Musk was going to say "Just kidding. It actually looks like this...."
But he didn't.
The specification though, was very impressive. From the corrosion resistant stainless steel bodywork, high-strength windows (despite the unexpected failure when designer Franz von Holzhausen threw the ball at the side windows), and air suspensions which could raise and lower the truck.
Tesla's raison d'ĂŞtre though, is vehicle electrification. Here Musk's vision of an emissions-free world including light-duty trucks led to the creation of the Cybertruck.
To this end, the Cybertruck includes a large battery, providing a vehicle range between 250 miles and 500 miles, depending on the specification. One clear transformation in electric vehicles is startling performance, and the Cybertruck impresses with a 0-60 mph time of 2.9 sec in the highest spec tri-motor model. Even base model performance equals the quickest internal combustion pickup models from competitors.
However, all this was somewhat overshadowed by what everybody watching the launch could see - a vehicle which looked unlike any pickup you had ever seen before, save for perhaps in a sci-fi film set in the future. It was obvious that even the crowd, many of whom were Tesla employees, were clearly shocked at what they saw.
And perhaps this was the point. The Cybertruck is a compelling vision of what a pickup from the future could be. That future is coming sooner than many would believe, thanks to Tesla and the many projects the company has worked on to deliver in the past decade or so.
Still, I was waiting for Elon to roll out the real truck.
[P.S. I know it is very early in the piece to admit this, but the more I look at it the more it grows on me.]
Photos from remote camera setup for the #EchoStarXXIII #Falcon9 launch by #SpaceX, atop a legless Falcon9 rocket. Launch window opens at 1:34 am on Tuesday, March 13, 2017. (Photos by Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
A busy work schedule prevented my setting remote cameras Monday for the early-Tuesday morning #SpaceX #STP2 #FalconHeavy launch, so I had a surplus of undeployed camera bodies hanging around. For the first time in maybe two years, I shot a video with an extra pad camera, and I was going to try perhaps a composite photo to possibly capture more of the flight profile, like the flip the boosters do when they separate or even the second-stage burn.
However, thanks to Declan Murphy and his flightclub.io, I learned that even with a 10mm lens, the crop-sensor remotes cameras wouldn't be wide enough to capture the entirety of the landing streaks.
Next thing I know, I'm on Craig's List, looking for a crop-sensor fish-eye lens, and to my total amazement, I found a listing for precisely that: a Lensbaby 5.8mm lens, made for crop-sensor cameras. I'd generally heard not glowing reviews of the Lensbaby lenses (that people thought they were a gimmick), so I went into the endeavor with low expectations, but I figured if the seller would respond on short-notice and agree to meet within a very narrow window (between 8:50 pm and 9:00 pm, on my way to the launch), then it was meant to be. Or something like that.
The seller agreed to my hurried and urgent terms. He was amiable, and the transaction (8:58 pm in a McDonald's parking lot on US1) was an easy one.
So, this is what I came up with. It wasn't what I wanted (see: John Kraus' great shot with a crop-sensor fish-eye); the psuedo tiny-Earth look created by the Lensbaby is one I've created in Photoshop (so something I've overused before), and I meant to stick it behind the handful of people there watching the launch for the foreground, but that wasn't possible.
The biggest problem was the dew. A few minutes before the launch, the dew arrived in force, and even with a wipe-down 60-seconds before the exposure began, the lens was drenched when I returned 670-seconds later. (It almost looks like there are clouds in the sky.)
TL;DR: You don't always need to find a way to use *every* one of your cameras for a launch.
Details:
670-seconds, f22 and ISO100 on a Canon 7D with a Lensbaby 5.8mm lens.
The #BulgariaSat1 #Falcon9 rocket + the Stars and Stripes = 'Merica
(Photo by Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
#SpaceX is now targeting between 11am & noon (ET) Saturday for the #InFlightAbort test.
These are Friday afternoon views of the #CrewDragon and the #Falcon9 rocket, looking ready to go if Saturday brings cooperative weather.
The SpaceX #CSG2 COSMO-SkyMed "nebula" in 4 acts, and the dance of the #Falcon9 first stage and the second stage, heading south along the coast of Florida; just incredible!
That wasn't thunder, Space Coast: Liftoff!
At 3:14am (ET) Sunday, the #CRS23 #Falcon9 sent a Cargo Dragon capsule full of goodies to the Space Station.
It was a beautiful launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, & the 90th successful 1st stage landing for #SpaceX.
This is the view from the NASA Press Site shown in a 30-second exposure.
Pics: me / Nat Geo
Elon Musk, SpaceX Chief Engineer, speaks with NASA International Space Station Program Manger Kirk Shireman, after the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Demo-2 mission with NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken onboard, Saturday, May 30, 2020, in firing room four of the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The test flight serves as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX’s crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley launched at 3:22 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 30, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit for the first time since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
X marks the spot at SpaceX HQ, formed by 4,000 PV panels from SolarCity.
Meanwhile, as of 3am this morning, the Nevada Senate voted 21-0 and the Assembly 39-0 to approve the four gigafactory bills. "It doesn't get any bigger than this. This is some of the most important legislation that's hit this state in perhaps our history," Republican governor Sandoval said. "We have changed the trajectory of this state, perhaps forever." — WSJ
Oh, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher ♫ ♪
The Tesla gigafactory will be on Electric Avenue. I will be driving by there tonight and then launching some celebratory rockets to take it higher. =)
With lightning far offshore of Cape Canaveral, it was a beautiful morning launch for the SpaceX Falcon9 with the crewdragon DM-1, heading to the ISS. Launch occurred at 2:49 a.m. EST from LC-39A on the Kennedy Space Center
SpaceX launch with 40 more broadband internet satellites for the OneWeb 17 mission at 2:13 p.m. EST from SLC-40 on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Booster B1062 successfully completed it's 13th mission with the landing at LZ-1.
Screenxhot taken from launch . . See for yourself on video feed on youtube . www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqJTscVf_6k&t=18544s T+01-03-50
SpaceX, the private rocket company of high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched the first batch of 60 small satellites into low-Earth orbit on Thursday for Mr Musk's new Starlink internet service.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellites blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at about 10:30 pm (0230 GMT on Friday), clearing a key hurdle for a business venture that Mr Musk hopes will generate much-needed cash for his larger ambitions in space.
The launch came a week after two back-to-back countdowns for the mission were scrubbed - once due to high winds over the Cape and the next night in order to update satellite software and "triple-check" all systems.
The 60 satellites flown into space were released into orbit as planned about an hour after Thursday's launch, and the Falcon 9's main-stage reusable booster rocket flew back to Earth for a successful landing on a barge floating in the Atlantic.
SpaceX said it would probably take another day to learn whether all the satellites deployed were functioning properly. Each weighs S
paceX, the private rocket company of high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched the first batch of 60 small satellites into low-Earth orbit on Thursday for Mr Musk's new Starlink internet service.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellites blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at about 10:30 pm (0230 GMT on Friday), clearing a key hurdle for a business venture that Mr Musk hopes will generate much-needed cash for his larger ambitions in space.
Launch, recover, repeat: #SpaceX is maintaining an incredible pace. 8 hours after launching the SXM-8 mission, #Falcon9 booster B1067.1 returned to port after sending the CRS-22 Cargo Dragon to the ISS.
(Also, birb.)
Camera:me /
@WeReportSpace
SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk, right, speaks to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, center, and SpaceX Vice President of Propulsion Engineering, Will Heltsley, left, while viewing the OctaWeb, part of the Merlin engine used for the Falcon rockets, at the SpaceX Headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 in Hawthorne, CA. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
An on target #SpaceX #Falcon9 launch, and NOT so on target ocean landing, for the first stage booster off the coast of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Launched occurred at 1:16 p.m. EST from #SLC40 with the #CRS16 resupply mission heading to the ISS.
The 4th attempt to launch the #SpaceX #GPSIII satellite ended with (another) scrub. High level winds were the concern this (Saturday) morning.
The next attempt will be Sunday morning at 8:51am (ET).
This was the scene this morning pre-scrub, as a Pave Hawk from the 920th Rescue Wing patrolled the range.
(Pic: me / We Report Space)
SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk signs a banner after discussing progress on the Commercial Crew Program with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine at the SpaceX Headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 in Hawthorne, CA. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
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High resolution photo merge of the #SpaceX #SES10 #Falcon9 "flight proven" first stage, the second time it's been launched and landed. Shots taken from Jetty Park Pier and Port Canaveral as the "Of Course I Still Love You" drone ship carries the first stage home.
Note the person, for scale.
This is a merge of 5 miages all shot at 200mm, creating a (cropped) image at 8064x4162 (I cropped to the image, not necessarily to any particular print size, sorry)
(Photos by Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
Scenes of the SpaceX #Falcon9 booster B1060.2 returning to Cape Canaveral this (Sunday) AM.
Congratulations to
@elonmusk
& the #SpaceX team on another successful mission!
Face aux craintes d'une utilisation abusive de l'intelligence artificielle, la plupart des entreprises mettent en place des garde-fous pour enrayer les pires excès de cette technologie.
Mais, Ce n'est pas le cas de X (anciennement Twitter) d'Elon Musk 🤔
X a lancé cette semaine une version mise à jour de son modèle d'IA Grok, dotée de nouvelles capacités de génération d'images optimisées par FLUX.1.
Les utilisateurs ont rapidement découvert que le générateur d'images IA ne comportait que peu ou pas de mesures de protection.
Certains ont commencé à prendre des photos d'une Kamala Harris enceinte avec Donald Trump , de Mickey Mouse en train de tuer et de Barack Obama en train de prendre de la cocaïne …
La plupart des générateurs d'images IA disposent de protections pour empêcher les utilisateurs de prendre des photos de personnages protégés par des marques, de personnes réelles ou d'activités illégales. OpenAI, par exemple, refuse les demandes d'images d'une personne ou d'une entité particulière sur son générateur d'images DALL-E.
Mais le smartphone X d'Elon Musk adopte une approche différente. La plateforme est inondée d'images de personnages populaires comme Pikachu et Dingo en train de faire des choses innommables.
Personne ne sait combien de temps durera l'approche enthousiaste d'Elon Musk concernant les images générées par l'IA.
X fait actuellement l'objet d'une enquête de la Commission européenne pour violation potentielle de la loi sur la sécurité numérique.
Aux États-Unis, les législateurs cherchent des moyens de réglementer les deepfakes et la désinformation générée par l'IA !!! 🤔
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With concerns over AI being misused, most companies are putting guardrails in place to curb the technology’s worst excesses.
Not so at Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) 🤔
X launched an updated version of its AI model Grok this week that comes with new image generation capabilities powered by FLUX.1.
Users quickly discovered there are little to no safeguards on the AI image generator. Some began making photos of a pregnant Kamala Harris with Donald Trump, Mickey Mouse on a killing spree, and Barack Obama doing cocaine …
Most AI image generators have protections in place to prevent users from making pictures of trademarked characters, real-life people, or illegal activities. OpenAI, for example, denies requests for images of a particular person or entity on its image generator DALL-E.
But Musk’s X is taking a different approach. The platform is being flooded with wild images of beloved characters like Pikachu and Goofy doing unspeakable things.
How long Musk’s gung-ho approach to AI images is anyone’s guess.
X is currently under investigation by the European Commission for potential violations of the Digital Safety Act.
While in the U.S., legislators are seeking ways to regulate deepfakes and AI-generated misinformation !!! 🤔
crédit : aiimagegenerator
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