Future Timeline

weatheriscool wrote: ↑Fri Apr 07, 2023 4:54 pm In your opinion when will blue origin have normal launches into space?

Normal launches to orbit? 2025/2026.

What's your opinion of Russia's current level of space technology? I don't see them making any sizable advances in terms of technology any time soon. Their existing technology remains very capable but I expect China will be taking their place as the next significant player in Space research and dev...

Hey all, I've been working as an integration engineer at Blue for about half a year and am loving it so far. I've had a passion for space exploration for over a decade now thanks to this site and love working in the field. I know Blue Origin gets a bad rep sometimes and I realize we are waaaay behin...

wjfox wrote: ↑Tue Dec 20, 2022 7:20 pm

We just did a hotfire of the BE-3U today, but the BE-4 is an absolute monster. I unfortunately haven't had the chance to witness a hotfire of it but some colleagues were at the minimum safe distance during one and told me it rattled their bones.

According to NASA (https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewMissionProfile.jsp?MISSION_NAME=JUNO), we'll have two close flybys of Io in December 2023 and February 2024 from Juno during its extended mission. Both from less than 1500km from the surface. Satellite PJ CA Time(UTC) Altitude(km) Europa 37 : 2...

The RLHF methodology of OpenAI doesn't seem like a very elegant path to AGI. Somewhat akin to how fusion power will ultimately come from making steam to spin a turbine lol. Either way I'm excited and more than a little scared about the future of AI and how fast its seeming to come upon us. I have a ...

Wow, that's awesome and very inspirational! :) 8-) Congrats and good luck in your role. Welcome back to the forum! Can you remember your old username? We upgraded the forum software last year, so all previous content got deleted. Thank you! Honestly its been so long that I completely forgot my old ...

I discovered this website about 10 years ago in 2011 or 2012 while early in high school and it ignited a passion within me for the sciences, especially space exploration. Now, 10 years later, I'll be working a job that I'm actually passionate about. I move to Seattle next month to start and I just w...