Apparently #china 's #ccp and #russia are both #threatening to #destroy #elonmusk 's #spacex #starlink on grounds of " #nationalsecurity " - despite tonnes of #foreign #satellites #flying over their #countries anyway: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/c.. This isn't to mention they are both #developing #competitor #platforms ... Weird.
You know when you're playing a game, and you ask yourself "what if I just add more X"? #spacex has just seemingly done that with 29 #raptor #rocket #engines https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/.. Apparently it will have approximately double the thrust of the #saturnv rocket that took #nasa to the #moon ! Will be interesting to see what happens.
Oops, apparently #elonmusk does not have #permission to build its #launchtower in #texas #us https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospa.. Some people are saying they technically don't need permission from the #fcc if they don't plan to #launch the #spacex #heavy - but lets see.