....set two new milestones by reusing a booster for the fourth time and the first reuse of a nosecone/fairing. Booster successfully landed on the drone ship. I heard they cancelled plans to recover the fairings (by catching them in a net) at the last minute. Not sure if they fished them out of the sea.

I hadn't heard they scrubbed the fairing recovery by Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief (the fairing recovery ships). Wonder why?

Booster 1048 (gotta start giving those names...) sure stuck that landing! As close to center of the drone ship as I've seen, with nary a bounce!

Haven't heard if all 60 StarLink satellites have activated and deployed their solar wing or not. Last I heard on the webcast was they had successful release from the docking adapter.

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Paul F.
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A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca c. 5 BC - 65 AD
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Good is the enemy of Excellent. Talent is not necessary for Excellence.
Persistence is necessary for Excellence. And Persistence is a Decision.
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Eureka, CA

YOU get internet... And YOU get internet... And YOU get internet!

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I am that Masked Man.

All you can do, is all you can do.

There’s trouble — it's time to play the sound of my people.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

Promise is 15ms latency from StarLink...

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RAMd®d
YOU get internet... And YOU get internet... And YOU get internet!

And YOUR astronomical observations get distorted... And YOUR astronomical observations get distorted... And YOUR astronomical observations get distorted!

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rj
AKA
Vreemac, Moth of the Future

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RAMd®d
YOU get internet... And YOU get internet... And YOU get internet!

And YOUR astronomical observations get distorted... And YOUR astronomical observations get distorted... And YOUR astronomical observations get distorted!

I'd like to think the latter will be somewhat resolved by a "space observatory" surcharge that SpaceX can attach to their internet service, much like the currently mandated FCC Universal Service and 911 fees, but rather than funding rural/educational/emergency telecommunications it would fund the launch and maintenance of hobbyist accessible mini-Hubbles.