banning human driving, like no-seatbelts and indoor smoking before it

Can’t wait. Humans are terrible drivers, they’ve just been the best drivers so far, and that is currently changing.

Has your own research been peer-reviewed, though?

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#Falcon9 fairing halves of #Starlink 12-10

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#Falcon9 fairing halves of #Starlink 6-75

Starbase activities (2025-05-02):

• May 1st cryo delivery tally.
• May 1st addendum: Timelapse and highlights of S35 six-engine static fire testing overnight. (NSF, LabPadre, ViX, Gisler, RoughRidersShow, CeaserG33, interstellargw)
• Speculation from Adrian Beil: “it more and more looks to me like some sort of Raptor hard stop, that then resulted in a fire”
• Speculation from Ryan Hansen: (Tweet 1, tweet 2, tweet 3, tweet 4)
• Build site: Overnight, Starfactory window demolition escalates to Starfactory wall demolition. (Anderson 1, Anderson 2, Anderson 3, Anderson 4, Starship Gazer)
• S35 rolls back from Massey’s to Megabay 2. (NSF, LabPadre, ViX, Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2, Starship Gazer 3, Roger S)
• SPMTs are parked near the launch mount for Pad B, presumably in preparation for an impending rollout. (NSF)
• 2-hour road delays are posted for between May 5th 22:00 and May 6th 04:30 and between May 6th 22:00 and May 7th 04:00 for transport from factory to pad, possibly for launch mount B.
• RGV Aerial conduct a flyover. (RGV Aerial 1, RGV Aerial 2)
• Launch site: Mystery hardware is delivered. (NSF)

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For cross-country freight, yeah. For last mile deliveries within large cities or to smaller towns, that’s not really something that trains can effectively cover.

Yeah, that seems… low, doesn’t it?

Has anyone heard of Aurora before? It’s pretty big for them to causually launch an SAE L4 system. I wish they went into more details on the sensor suite and software architecture these trucks use.

Techno the music genre? What in this comic suggests otherwise?

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1918138225031561728

Deployment of 28 @Starlink satellites confirmed

Starbase activities (2025-05-01):

• Apr 30th cryo delivery tally.
• Apr 30th addendum: S35 performs a short-duration single-engine static fire at Massey’s. (NSF, NSF livestream, LabPadre, ViX, SpaceX)
• Build site: S38 forward dome section moves from Starfactory to Megabay 2. (ViX)
• Starfactory window demolition continues. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
• Launch site: Wall demolition continues. (ViX)
• Drilling equipment is delivered. (ViX)
• The Buckner LR11000 crane is raised, following recent reconfiguration. (ViX)
• Spray nozzle on Tower A is tested. (ViX)
• Massey’s: 2-hour road delays are posted for May 2nd between 12:00 and 16:30 and between May 3rd 16:00 and May 4th 05:00 for transport from Massey’s to factory.
• Afternoon Massey’s PA system announcement for S35 hot fire. (NSF)
• Tank farm spools up, LOX load, detank. (ViX 1, NSF, ViX 2, ViX 3, NSF livestream)
• Later in the evening, S35 performs a 30-second six-engine static fire at Massey’s. (NSF livestream, NSF 1, Starship Gazer, Evans)
• A extra flashes and fire are visible around the time of shutdown.

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Stage 1 landing confirmed!

Edit: M-vac shutdown.

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.

Liftoff!

SpaceX and NSF are live.

Booster confirmed as B1094 by Max Evans.

Starbase activities (2025-04-30):

• Apr 29th cryo delivery tally.
• Quiet day. No new road closures or delays posted.
• Massey’s: S35 cryo test overnight, but no static fire. (ViX)
• S35 is still at Massey’s. (Starship Gazer 1)
• Other: Launch mount B hold-down clamp thoughts and animation teaser from Ryan Hansen Space.

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