Let’s send this to the top of /all!

For the 9th iteration! For Sierpiński! For the glory of mathematics!

Huh, so it does.

Almost five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, its central question remains subject to heated debate: Did the SARS-CoV-2 virus originate naturally, or was it leaked from a scientific lab participating in gain-of-function research?

No, gain of function research did not cause COVID-19

I find it a bit ridiculous that this “debate” is still ongoing, since the evidence is pretty clear. That’s not to say that a future virus couldn’t be engineered, but SARS-COV-2 was not.

Fair point, that does seem a bit odd…

The spell allows polygamy

Does the +2 stack in that case?

I’m not sure this is a huge deal, but I think SpaceX’s “move fast and break things” mentality might have come to bite them in the ass again…

Starbase activities (2024-09-17):

• Gisler posts Starfactory photos from the last night: Nosecone, doors.
• Starhopper outer layer is being removed. (cnunez (before), NSF 1, NSF 2, NSF 3, Marcus House, Gisler, Ramirez)
• RGV Aerial post a recent flyover photo of launch site.

Other:

• Zack and ChromeKiwi further speculate on new launch mount designs. (Golden, Killip 1, Killip 2)
• Ryan Hansen speculates on whether S24 ignited its engines (IFT-1).
• mcrs987 notes that the vessel Hos Ridgewind might be attempting to recover portions of Booster 11 (IFT-4). (mcrs987 1, mcrs987 2, mcrs987 3, mcrs987 4, mcrs987 5, mcrs987 6, mcrs987 7)

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1836230345462616405

Deployment of Galileo L13 confirmed

Second this. I’d love to read a wall of text with a single pun at the end. @[email protected], please share this if you can.

We did it, Lemmy!

Awesome! Thanks, Dude! Keep us posted!

Do let us know when we can donate as well. While I appreciate your continued generosity, I would feel more confident in the long-term future of the server if the financial costs were decentralized a bit. It would be nice to know that the future costs are covered for the next x months/years.

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

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

Liftoff!

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1836174515002552623

The booster reentry trajectory will result in higher heating and dynamic pressure on the booster than many of our historical landings. Although the reentry conditions are on the higher end of past missions, they are still acceptable. This landing attempt will test the bounds of recovery, giving us valuable data on the design of the vehicle in these elevated entry conditions. This in turn will help us innovate on future vehicle designs to make our vehicles more robust and rapidly reusable while expanding into more challenging reentry conditions

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1836167646892691585

Propellant load is underway for today’s Falcon 9 launch of the Galileo L13 mission from pad 40 in Florida. Weather is currently 60% favorable for liftoff

Are we bringing back Pythagoras’s triangle cult?

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1836072848231940442

Targeting a Falcon 9 launch of the European Commission’s Galileo L13 mission from Florida later today. Teams are keeping an eye on recovery weather

These posts have actually pushed [email protected] up to 941 users / day, so I think we’ve got a chance at making it. We’re already past the halfway point after less than 6 hours.

Username checks out.