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SpaceX has postponed the launch of the Starlink satellites to November 24th

SpaceX has postponed the launch of the 34 Starlink satellites from this morning (Italian time) to 24 November 2020 for reasons yet to be clarified. It would be one of the record-breaking pitches with the first stage making its seventh pitch.

by Mattia Speroni published , alle 16: 51 in the Science and Technology channel

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This morning, around 3. 30 (Italian time) there should have been yet another launch of the Starlink satellites by by SpaceX . The company of Elon Musk has however decided to postpone the launch for reasons still unclear until tomorrow morning , Italian time (at 3. 34).

The launch of new SpaceX Starlink satellites postponed

No problem with the load of 60 satellites or the launcher as reported by the same SpaceX in a tweet . The message reads “We have given up on today’s Starlink launch. The rocket and payload are in good condition . I team will take additional time to complete the data reviews and are now working on the backup opportunity for Monday 23 November at 21: 34 but keeping an eye on the time in the recovery area “.

This would not have been a satellite launch like the others for SpaceX . In fact the first stage had already been used in six missions. With the one that should have started today there would have been seven: a record . In particular, the first mission was in September 2018 (Telstar 18 VANTAGE), then January 2019 (Iridium -8) and four missions dedicated to Starlink (from May 2019 to August 2020).

The mission should have departed from Cape Canaveral in Florida with the first stage that was supposed to land on the OCISLY drone barge (Of Course I Still Love You). fairing , ie the load covers, had already been used: one half once while the other two. We remind you that even these components that seem “economic” actually cost about $ 6 million.

This mission of SpaceX would also have been important due to its proximity to the satellite launch NASA / ESA Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich always happened with a Falcon 9 , which took place on the evening of 21 November. In fact, they would have been two launches made by a private company at a very short distance from each other.

We also remember that as the constellation of Starlink satellites there will be more and more possibilities for users to connect. The phase of beta testing has begun in recent weeks public call “Better Than Nothing Beta” with the delivery of the kits to the various users, with an astronaut among them. In March 2021 it could be the turn of the European market with the first users who will be able to connect to the satellites of SpaceX .

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Crew for private mission to the ISS complete – speculation about shooting

Ax-1, the first private mission into Earth orbit and to the International Space Station, is slated for launch at the end of next year. It is being implemented by Axiom Space, and the company has now recruited three private astronauts to fly into space together with the former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria.

It starts in a year Axiom Space announced in this “first completely privately manned space mission to the ISS” March. The mission, dubbed Ax-1, is to use SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft to bring private astronauts to the ISS for at least eight days. At the International Astronautical Congress in October, Axion CEO Michael Suffredini said the launch would be in the fourth quarter 2021.

Beyond that there are only a few details so far. It is known that former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Aligria is participating in the mission, but the names of his companions have not yet been revealed. A promotional photo from Axion on Twitter shows three male silouettes, which suggests that there will be no woman among them.

Who is coming on board? There was excited speculation on Twitter and other social media that the two other astronauts could be actor Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman; the two had negotiated with NASA about the production of a film on board the ISS. Axiom was also involved in those talks, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said in June. However, this week it was reported that one of the two previously unknown astronauts was the former Israeli fighter pilot Eytan Stibbe.

But even without the possible film, Ax-1 would be a big step towards the goal of NASA to open the ISS for private activities and to use the space station as a platform for the increased commercialization of low earth orbits before it 2030 reaches the end of its planned life. Axion plans to install a residential module on the ISS in 2024. It is intended as the first part of a larger private space station to be built and installed over the rest of the decade.

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Rocket Lab successfully brings its rocket back to Earth underneath a parachute

After launching one of its rockets to orbit on Thursday, small satellite launcher Rocket Lab successfully brought the vehicle back to Earth and landed it gently in the ocean underneath a series of parachutes. The maneuver was part of an intricate dress rehearsal, meant to practice nearly all of the steps Rocket Lab will take to recover and reuse its rockets in the future.

Rocket Lab’s primary rocket is the Electron, aimed at launching batches of small satellites into low Earth orbit. For all of the company’s 15 launches up until now, the Electron has been expendable, with an entirely new rocket used for each new mission. But in 2019, Rocket Lab announced its plans to try to save the majority of the Electron rocket following future launches, in order to reuse the vehicles for subsequent missions. And the company has been slowly progressing toward that goal ever since, testing out new maneuvers on its missions aimed at pulling off a recovery.

Rocket Lab’s recovery plan is quite different from that of SpaceX, which famously lands its Falcon 9 rockets either on a landing pad or on an autonomous drone ship after launch. For the Electron, Rocket Lab also envisions bringing the rocket back to Earth in a controlled manner following a flight. But once at a certain altitude, the Electron will deploy a drogue parachute and a main parachute to slow its fall. While the Electron slowly descends to Earth, Rocket Lab will send out a helicopter to snag hold of the parachutes’ line, effectively catching the vehicle from mid-air and preventing the hardware from hitting the ocean.

During this 16th launch, Rocket Lab practiced those steps, including the parachute deploy, after launching the Electron from the company’s main facility in New Zealand. However, the company skipped the final step of snatching the Electron out of the air, and the rocket ultimately splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. The goal all along was to see if the company could bring the rocket back intact and land it in one piece in the ocean. Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck tweeted out an initial photo of the Electron underneath a parachute, and hosts during the launch’s livestream said that more photos would be shared in the coming days.

Rocket Lab plans to fish the Electron rocket out of the water and get the hardware back to a factory to examine it in detail. Engineers outfitted this Electron with extra sensors to collect data during the launch and descent, as the team wants to see what kind of state the vehicle is in after its whirlwind trip to space and back. Then they’ll have a better understanding of when they can try the helicopter mid-air grab. It’s also possible this particular rocket could fly again if it’s in good enough shape.

While the recovery got most of the attention, Rocket Lab launched 30 satellites into space on this mission, too. The satellites ranged from surveillance to communication probes, and also included a vehicle tasked with demonstrating a new tether technology aimed at ridding space of unnecessary and dangerous debris. Also on this mission was a 3D-printed statue of a garden gnome, provided by Gabe Newell, the founder of Valve Software. Named Gnome Chompski, the statue is modeled after a prop from the Half-Life video game series and served as a fun way to simulate mass during the flight. For this mission, Newell vowed to donate $1 to the Starship Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in New Zealand for every person who tuned into Rocket Lab’s launch livestream.

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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon docks crew of four to the International Space Station

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station this evening, more than a day after launching to space from Florida. The vehicle’s arrival marks the beginning of the first long-duration mission for the Crew Dragon, a type of flight the spacecraft will perform periodically for NASA over the next few years.

Inside the Crew Dragon are NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, along with Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi — all part of a mission called Crew-1. Their spacecraft slowly approached the International Space Station this evening and attached itself onto an open docking port on the outside of the ISS. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is designed to automatically dock with the ISS without the need of input from the crew on board, using a suite of sensors and cameras. Though, the passengers can take over the process if necessary with the Crew Dragon’s touchscreen controls.

“Excellent job, right down the center,” Hopkins, the commander of the mission, said after docking. “SpaceX and NASA, congratulations. This is a new era of operational flights to the International Space Station from the Florida coast.” Noguchi added his thoughts in Japanese, finishing with a phrase in English: “All for one; Crew-1 for all.”

Now docked with the ISS, they crew will remain inside the Crew Dragon for the next hour or so as the crew already on board the space station checks for any leaks coming from the Crew Dragon. They’ll then work to open the hatch of the spacecraft and welcome the newbies on board the station. The four will join NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, who have been living on the ISS since mid-October.

The Crew-1 team is slated to stay on board the space station for the next six months, eventually returning to Earth in the Crew Dragon in spring of 2021. It’s a long-term trip that future crews of four will do every six months or so on the Crew Dragon, helping to keep the space station staffed continuously for NASA. In fact, just before the Crew-1 astronauts leave, a new crew of four will arrive inside another SpaceX capsule — on a mission aptly named Crew-2.

Photo by Loren Grush / The Verge

Carrying groups of four to space a couple times a year is exactly what the Crew Dragon was built for, as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The idea was to task private companies with building and operating the hardware to get NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station. After six years of development, SpaceX finally flew its first human passengers on the Crew Dragon in May, sending NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the space station. That flight was really considered a test, while this latest mission is considered the first “operational” mission of the Crew Dragon.

While that’s a notable achievement, this mission is passing many other key milestones, too. This is the first time that one of NASA’s international partners, Noguchi from Japan, has flown on a private US spacecraft to orbit. Walker is now the first woman to fly on the private Crew Dragon. And Glover’s arrival makes him the first Black crew member on board the International Space Station. Other Black astronauts have visited the space station before, but Glover will be the first to stay long term on the orbiting lab.

This is also the first time that seven people will live for months together on board the ISS. For much of the last decade, NASA has had to rely on Russia’s Soyuz capsule to get the agency’s astronauts to the space station — a vehicle that only carries crews of three at a time. That’s led to mostly six-person crews staying on board the ISS at once. But with the Crew Dragon’s fourth seat, now there will be an extra crew member on the station, which NASA hopes will lead to more work getting done over the next six months.

If all goes to plan, we should be seeing lots of Dragon capsules in orbit for a while. SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell noted after yesterday’s launch that the company will be flying roughly seven Dragon missions over the next 18 months. Those flights will include cargo missions along with crewed missions, as SpaceX uses the same type of Dragon to fly both types of flights. In fact, SpaceX has a cargo mission coming up in December, which means there should be two Dragon capsules docked with the ISS at the same time soon. “This mission represents the initiation of a Dragon in orbit continuously, knocking on wood and certainly is really the beginning of a new era in human spaceflight,” Shotwell said.

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SpaceX Crew-1 team harnesses the Force by bringing Baby Yoda with them to space

An adorable — and powerful — stowaway is currently on board SpaceX’s Crew-1 flight, floating freely inside the company’s spacecraft as it heads toward the International Space Station. A plush Baby Yoda — yes, technically The Child — from The Mandalorian can be seen in live shots from inside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, bobbing about inside the cabin and bumping into the four crew members on the flight.

The inclusion of Baby Yoda is part of a long tradition in human spaceflight. The toy is what is known as the flight’s “zero G indicator,” a small object that is used to determine when the spacecraft is in orbit and has reached a microgravity environment. When the Crew Dragon separated from its Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, the Baby Yoda rose from its perch and became a very squishy piece of debris inside the Crew Dragon.

Astronauts often choose very cute zero G indicators for their trips, adding some delight to their missions. During SpaceX’s first crewed flight in May, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley brought with them a stuffed dinosaur named Tremor, which had been picked out by their sons. Other zero G indicators of the past have included a plush Earth, nicknamed “Earthy,” which flew on SpaceX’s first uncrewed flight test of Crew Dragon. When Boeing flew its CST-100 Starliner on an uncrewed test flight in 2019, a small Snoopy in an astronaut outfit was tucked inside.

I’m sure that the Crew-1 team decided on their zero G indicator together, but perhaps they got some inspiration from a certain space reporter who may have suggested bringing the Force with them to space.

Baby Yoda has a lot of experience flying in space with its Mandalorian space dad, so The Child should be a lovely crew member. Fortunately, the Crew Dragon uses only touchscreen controls, which is good since we know how much Baby Yoda loves flipping switches. Hopefully there aren’t any eggs on the crew’s breakfast menu, though.

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SpaceX succeeds in first commercial astronaut flight

A Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX ‘with the Dragon capsule Resilience brings four space travelers to the International Space Station (ISS) at one hour. The start is on Monday night 00: 27 UTC from Cape Canaveral in Florida. On board are the Japanese Soichi Noguchi as well as the Americans Shannon Walker, Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover. They are supposed to stay on the ISS for six months.

It is the first commercial manned SpaceX flight after a first manned SpaceX launch to the ISS at the end of May had proven the functionality of the rocket and space capsule. Accordingly, the current flight is called “Crew-1”. As in May, unsuitable weather made it necessary to postpone a day.

Five minutes after the start this was Engine of the second Falcon 9 stage already really hot.

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The first rocket stage was after less than three Minutes separated. She returned to Earth and landed back on a barge in the Atlantic. The first stage should be refurbished and then reused. The second stage was separated after twelve minutes. Two minutes later, NASA reported successful entry into a near-earth orbit (LEO). Resilience is supposed to dock with the ISS on Tuesday night.

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SpaceX successfully launches second crew to space on first operational mission

SpaceX successfully launched its second crew of astronauts to orbit this evening inside the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. The flight, called Crew-1, marks the first operational mission of the Crew Dragon, as SpaceX embarks on a new era of regularly sending people to and from the International Space Station for NASA.

The Crew Dragon took off at 7:27PM ET on top of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Flying inside the capsule are three NASA astronauts — Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker — as well as Soichi Noguchi, from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA. Now in orbit, the crew will spend the next more than a day in space before docking with the ISS on Monday at around 11PM ET. The Crew Dragon is designed to automatically dock to the space station, without needing input from the crew inside.

After takeoff, the Falcon 9 booster successfully landed on the drone ship “Just Read the Instructions” in the Atlantic Ocean. The plan is for the booster to be re-used on SpaceX’s next crewed mission, Crew-2.

While this is SpaceX’s second crewed flight to space, it’s the first true long-duration mission of SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Crew Dragon’s first crewed flight to space in May lasted just two months from start to finish. That flight was a test — meant to demonstrate that the vehicle can safely transport people to the space station and bring them back home again. It succeeded, and now the Crew Dragon is the first vehicle that NASA has certified to carry humans since the Space Shuttle — and the first private spacecraft ever to receive that designation.

This particular Crew Dragon capsule is named Resilience. Minutes before launch, Hopkins addressed the astronauts’ colleagues at NASA and SpaceX. “By working together through these difficult times, you’ve inspired the nation, the world, and in no small part, the name of this incredible vehicle, Resilience,” Hopkins said. “Now it’s time for us to do our part.”

Moving forward, crewed flights of the Crew Dragon will look a lot like the one that launched today. A few times a year, the capsule will launch to the ISS, carrying a mix of NASA astronauts and astronauts from other international space programs partnered with the United States. That routine launch schedule has been hoped for since 2014, when NASA tasked SpaceX with creating a vehicle that could ferry astronauts to and from the space station every six months, as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Now the company is finally making good on that promise.

Despite reaching this important milestone, some NASA officials are hesitant to describe the Crew Dragon as fully operational just yet. The losses of two Space Shuttles — Challenger and Columbia — still weigh on the agency, and NASA engineers don’t want to get into the mindset that their work is finished. “I think what makes us nervous at NASA is that we don’t want to ever just declare victory and say we were done learning and get complacent,” Phil McAlister, director of commercial spaceflight at NASA, said during a press briefing with reporters ahead of the flight. “I think there’s a feeling that if we start just referring to these as operational that we won’t stay hungry — we won’t remain vigilant.”

Today’s flight is still a critical moment for NASA, as it ensures that the space agency has a way to launch its own astronauts to the International Space Station from the US. After the last flight of the Space Shuttle took place in 2011, NASA had to rely on Russia to get the agency’s astronauts to the ISS. NASA had to pay roughly $80 million per seat on Russia’s Soyuz rocket. Now, NASA has another option for sending its astronauts into space on the Crew Dragon, where the price of a seat is roughly as low as $55 million, according to a government audit.

Soon, NASA could have even more options for flying its astronauts, as SpaceX is just one of two companies challenged with creating a taxi for people to travel to the space station. The other company, Boeing, has been developing its own capsule called the CST-100 Starliner. That vehicle is still in development after its first uncrewed flight to the International Space Station didn’t go exactly to plan. During a test last year, the Starliner suffered multiple software glitches, preventing the capsule from reaching the space station and prompting Boeing to bring the vehicle back to Earth early. The company plans to do a second uncrewed flight test sometime early next year.

That means SpaceX will be NASA’s primary launch provider for now, with the Crew Dragon helping to increase the amount of people living on board the ISS. During the Soyuz era, the space station typically housed crews of six for months at a time, since the Soyuz capsule can only carry crews of three to space. But with four seats on the Crew Dragon, the space station will soon have seven members living on board for the first time. The crew of four on board the Crew Dragon will meet up with NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, who arrived at the ISS in a Soyuz in October. It’s such a large cast of people that astronaut Mike Hopkins noted he may have to sleep in the Crew Dragon for a while, since there aren’t enough sleeping quarters for everyone on board.

With so many astronauts on board, the crew expects to get a lot done during their six-month stay. “It’s going to be exciting to see how much work we’re going to be able to get done where we’re there,” Hopkins said during an interview ahead of the flight, adding that there wasn’t a lot of free time in their schedule during the first week of their stay. “So I think they’re going to keep us pretty busy.”

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SpaceX rocket to the ISS: launch postponed

The planned manned flight from SpaceX to the space station ISS has been postponed from Saturday to Sunday. The reason is the strong wind on the Florida coast, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said on Twitter. The Falcon 9 rocket with the capsule “Crew Dragon” from the private company SpaceX is supposed to transport four astronauts to the ISS.

NASA transmits start in livestream The new start of Cape Canaveral in Florida is now planned in the night from Sunday to Monday at 1: 27 in the morning Central European Time. NASA broadcasts the start in their live stream on NASA TV, further information and the current mission status can be found on the NASA press page. According to an entry in the blog of the SpaceX Crew 1 mission, the US military sees the chance of good start weather for the new date at 50 percent.

The Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi will be on board as well as NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover. They are supposed to stay on the ISS for six months.

The joint mission “Crew-1” of NASA and the private company SpaceX is already the second manned flight of SpaceX to the ISS. In May of this year SpaceX had successfully brought two astronauts to the ISS and back to Earth as a demonstration flight.

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How to watch SpaceX’s first operational Crew Dragon mission to space

This evening, the first operational mission of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is set to take flight, carrying a crew of four to the International Space Station. The mission, scheduled for 7:27PM ET, marks the beginning of regular crewed missions to and from the ISS for SpaceX as the company establishes a route to space for NASA’s astronauts — and eventually private customers.

On board tonight’s flight are three NASA astronauts — Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker — as well as Soichi Noguchi of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency. The crew is slated to stay on board the ISS for six months, before returning to Earth inside the Crew Dragon in the spring.

NASA’s live coverage of the flight will begin at 3:15PM ET, jut before the crew starts to suit up in the custom SpaceX pressure suits they’ll wear on the flight to space. They’ll then head out to the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at around 4PM ET to board the Crew Dragon and get strapped inside the spacecraft. Once they’re strapped in, the hatch will be closed around 5:30PM ET. Then it’s time to wait until liftoff.

What time is SpaceX’s Crew-1 launch?

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will take off from the company’s launch site on Sunday, November 15th, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Scheduled launch time: New York: 7:27PM / San Francisco: 4:27PM / London: 12:27AM (November 16th) / Berlin: 1:27AM (November 16th) / Moscow: 3:27AM (November 16th) / New Delhi: 5:57AM (November 16th) / Beijing: 8:27AM (November 16th) / Tokyo: 9:27AM (November 16th) / Melbourne: 11:27AM (November 16th)

How to watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon launch live:

Live stream: NASA’s livestream coverage can be found on YouTube and on the agency’s website.

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NASA certifies SpaceX for regular manned flights into space

NASA has certified the space capsule Crew Dragon from SpaqceX for regular manned flights into space, as the first privately manufactured spacecraft ever. The last time such a certification was granted was 40 years ago , at that time for the space shuttle, the US space agency now explains.

For Elon Musk and the company, the step is an important one Milestone. NASA is no longer dependent on ordering flights to the ISS for its astronauts in Russian space capsules and SpaceX is thus temporarily the only commercial NASA contract partner for manned flights into space.

No longer dependent on Russia With the certification, NASA can now implement its Commercial Crew Program after years of preparation. 2014 had commissioned the space agency SpaceX and Boeing to develop and test space capsules for manned flights in Earth orbit. This was preceded by the end of the space shuttle program, which is why the USA had no more opportunity since 2011 to fly astronauts into space themselves. Actually, the space capsules developed by the two companies should already 2017 be ready, but that had been delayed again and again. Rocket launch with heise online (First Kerbal, then SpaceX)

In May the first take-off was successful and the first regular flight with SpaceX technology is imminent. The bookings in Russia cost NASA around 71 million US dollars per Seat, at SpaceX it should be around 55 million dollars, writes CNBC.

At SpaceX, certification for regular flights is now seen as the culmination of years of development, testing and training. The engines have been tested over 700 times, the docking system over 500 Times. Eight million hours had flowed into HiL tests (Hardware in the Loop) and the parachutes were almost 100 Tried times. Manned flights into space are the core mission of SpaceX and it is honored to be able to help NASA usher in a new era of exploration of space. “I am very proud that we are returning to regular manned space launches from American soil with American rockets and spacecraft,” added NASA chief Jim Bridenstine.

First regular flight is pending The first regular flight of a SpaceX capsule to the ISS (Crew-1) is scheduled to start on Saturday and NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker and her Japanese colleague Soichi Noguchi. They should then stay on the International Space Station for six months. Thanks to the space capsule from SpaceX, NASA can now increase the number of its astronauts on the ISS from three to four, which means that seven space travelers can now inhabit the outpost of humanity at the same time. In December, Boeing plans to start another unmanned test flight to the ISS so that it can also fly astronauts there next year.

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The Crew Dragon before the start

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company is hiring for a possible tunnel project in Austin

The Boring Company, Elon Musk’s tunnel-digging venture, may be eyeing its next project in Austin, Texas. The company recently posted half a dozen new jobs in the city and tweeted favorably about Austin’s soil.

It’s not surprising that the Boring Company would target Austin for its next project. Musk’s other company, Tesla, recently announced that the city would be the site for its next factory, with a focus on Model 3, Model Y, and Cybertruck production.

Rumor has it that “Austin Chalk” is geologically one of best soils for tunneling. Want to find out? Austin jobs now available.https://t.co/imlQMDfprJ

— The Boring Company (@boringcompany) November 9, 2020

The jobs available in Austin range from electrical engineer to mechanical engineer, business development lead, and technical recruiter. It’s unclear whether the Boring Company has actually initiated conversations with local officials about a tunneling project. A spokesperson for the company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Whether a possible Austin project is connected to Tesla’s planned factory there also remains up in the air. If so, Tesla certainly has laid the groundwork by working with local officials for months on issues surrounding the factory. In July, officials in Austin approved a total of at least $60 million in property tax rebates for the company.

Tesla plans to hire up to 5,000 workers at an average salary of $47,147, with entry-level positions starting at $35,000. It will invest at least $1 billion and is planning to make a factory of between 4 and 5 million square feet.

The Boring Company has a 1.14-mile test tunnel near SpaceX’s headquarters in Los Angeles. It is also currently working on a system of tunnels to shuttle people under the Las Vegas Convention Center — though that project won’t carry as many passengers as originally estimated. The company’s plans to build a fast transit system in Maryland were recently scaled back, and its Chicago project is all but dead after Lori Lightfoot’s election as mayor in 2019.

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Virgin Hyperloop: The first successful manned journey

Last weekend, yesterday’s Sunday afternoon, the first manned test of the Virgin Hyperloop ultrafast transport system took place. Passengers who are, of course, employees of the company, made a journey of 500 meters, which may seem extremely modest, but in fact is another, this time – a milestone in creating a system of connections between different locations. The idea of ​​placing a Pegasus capsule in a vacuum tube from the beginning of the project looked interesting, but never before has the technology been tested on real passengers. So let’s check what speed was achieved by the capsule and how far it deviates from assumptions.

The first manned test of Virgin Hyperloop was successful. Co-founder Josh Giegel was accompanied by Sara Luchian, Head of Passenger Service. What’s the next step?

SpaceX : We will fly to Mars and the Moon straight from the sea platform

The stout heads of this world are experimenting with various forms of transport in order to provide the most efficient way of collective long-distance travel. Although sky voyages are at the forefront, in an undefined future there may be enough space for a revolution in this field. Who will be responsible for it? Assuming that subsequent tests will be similarly successful, we can very likely identify the Virgin Hyperloop Vacuum Railroad as a potential alternative to aircraft.

SpaceX: Falcon 9 has brought the Dragon capsule into orbit. Great success

Virgin Hyperloop plans to create a track that will be able to propel a multi-person capsule to speed 1080 km / h, i.e. 670 mph. The title test taking place on the DevLoop track located in the desert 30 minutes from Las Vegas was not so phenomenal. The trip was limited by speed 100 mph, i.e. approximately 160 km / h. It is also worth adding that the length of the track is only 500 meters and a more effective result should not be expected. The bottom line is that the process was successful. Unmanned tests in 2017 allowed to reach speeds of 386 km / h (240 mph), but yesterday’s passenger comfort mattered.

Source: Virgin Hyperloop, The Verge