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Engineering / Re: Interesting stuff about SpaceX Starship (hate the name)
« Last post by Nemesis on December 05, 2025, 07:27:51 am »The Chinese launched a reusable rocket. It put its payload in orbit but failed the landing. Seems to have been an engine issue. Not a lot of details of course.
The Chinese also had their capsule at their station take damage (space debris strike) to a window that make it doubtful that the crew would survive a landing. They launched the next crew up, the crew that was already there returned in the capsule that had just arrived. A new capsule (which carried extra cargo due to no passengers) has since arrived at the station to be their return vehicle.
The Russians had an "incident" at the launch facility (the only one) that they use for sending Soyuz to the ISS. The launch was successful BUT the launch systems took significant damage. They claim they have everything on hand to fix it but can they be trusted.
A Russian astronaut prepping to launch on Dragon was caught taking documents and photos of documents about the Merlin engines. He of course claims no wrong doing and was expelled.
The Chinese also had their capsule at their station take damage (space debris strike) to a window that make it doubtful that the crew would survive a landing. They launched the next crew up, the crew that was already there returned in the capsule that had just arrived. A new capsule (which carried extra cargo due to no passengers) has since arrived at the station to be their return vehicle.
The Russians had an "incident" at the launch facility (the only one) that they use for sending Soyuz to the ISS. The launch was successful BUT the launch systems took significant damage. They claim they have everything on hand to fix it but can they be trusted.
A Russian astronaut prepping to launch on Dragon was caught taking documents and photos of documents about the Merlin engines. He of course claims no wrong doing and was expelled.