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SergeantSlaughter 6 points ago +6 / -0

Blue Origin's New Glenn had a full stack RUD on the pad last night. They won't be flying again for 1-2 years.

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SergeantSlaughter 3 points ago +3 / -0

My guess is this. If you in any way support the enemies of the USA, you are a traitor, and therefore can be prosecuted as if you are not a citizen? Something along those lines.

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SergeantSlaughter 3 points ago +3 / -0

I remember when that happened back in 23. Good Times. Nov 22, no less.

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SergeantSlaughter 3 points ago +3 / -0

Thanks to the u/mods for bestowing upon me a Pepe avatar - much appreciated!

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SergeantSlaughter 3 points ago +3 / -0

hah, never went on reddit so thanks for the splanation!

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SergeantSlaughter 2 points ago +2 / -0

yea nbd. if I didn't lose my password for 4 YEARS I probably would have had one back in the day

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SergeantSlaughter 2 points ago +2 / -0

same. I'm hoping this is temporary and things go back to where they were. Also there are accounts waaaayyy younger than mine with similar karma that now have avatars. waaat?

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SergeantSlaughter 3 points ago +3 / -0

swawell resigned

I guess he swallowed that pretty well

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SergeantSlaughter 3 points ago +3 / -0

Grok 4.20 is closed source and weights are not available publicly. So either venice.ai is using an older grok model (like 2.5) and telling you it's the new one, or they are passing your connection directly to X.

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SergeantSlaughter 3 points ago +3 / -0

I agree 100%. Orion/SLS is very much lacking in capability in its current iteration when compared to Apollo and we don't even have a lander yet.

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SergeantSlaughter 4 points ago +4 / -0

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SergeantSlaughter 4 points ago +4 / -0

Yes it does seem intentional. But, there are only launch windows for this particular mission for like a day or two every couple weeks. So to avoid launching on Apr 1, they'll have to wait another couple weeks or something. China is gearing up, and they don't care what American "holiday" it is - they're going when they're ready. So we shouldn't care either.

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SergeantSlaughter 5 points ago +5 / -0

Orion is not Apollo, it's a new spacecraft. Always safer to do a shakedown mission before landing. Remember that with Apollo there were several missions before the landing, including a mission which resembles (kindof) Artemis 2 which was Apollo 8. Artemis 2 is not orbiting because it lacks the EUS required to capture in lunar orbit. The "service module" that this spacecraft has only has enough power to TLI, not enough to orbit and then deorbit from the moon. Later service modules, or maybe just Starship when it is online, will have this capability. And finally, the launch vehicle SLS has only about half of the capability to lunar surface that Apollo had. It is a much less capable system all around. Once Starship is a thing, SLS will no longer be a thing. Starship at $100M for a launch with several times the capability compared to a $4B launch of SLS? That's when we'll see some magic.

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