Roundup of thoughts

 Erika #PlanetaryDefense @_AstroErika shared:  Using 2 decades of data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, astronomers at Johns Hopkins University have created an interactive map that lets you scroll to the edge of the observable universe. You can travel from spiral galaxies to redshifted galaxies and back 13.7 billion years. See the interactive map here: https://mapoftheuniverse.net

1/ Here’s my roundup of @amazon ‘s gigantic tranche of 94 launch contracts for its #ProjectKuiper satellite constellation These contracts may open up access to space like the US transcontinental railroad 11 Announced Prior to 2022 83 Announced in 2022 94 Launches Total Wow! 2/ Here’s a breakdown of the 11 Launches Announced Prior to 2022 2 2% @ABLspacesystems RS1 (in development) 9 10% @ULAlaunch United Launch Alliance’s #AtlasV (in production) Here’s background on ABL Space Systems https://aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/project-kuiper-announces-plans-and-launch-provider-for-prototype-satellites … And the RS1 https://ablspacesystems.com/rs1/ 3/ Here’s a breakdown of the 83 announced in 2022 38 40% @ulalaunch #Vulcan (in development) 18 19% @ArianeGroup @Ariane6 (in development) 12 13% @BlueOrigin #NewGlenn (in development) Optional 15 16% @BlueOrigin #NewGlenn Read more from @lorengrush https://theverge.com/2022/4/5/23010245/amazon-project-kuiper-megaconstella...

Here's an animated gif of the awesome #SpacexStarship Build Diagrams of @brendan_lewis from 1-Apr-2022 through 7-Sep-2022. As I see it, #starbaseWIP inventory for - StarShip grew from 3 to 6 (24, 25, 26 + 27, 28, 29) - Booster grew 3 to 5 (7, 8, 9 + 10, 11) Thanks for your hard work!

https://twitter.com/reidlewis/status/1561359208846688256 1/ Here’s my roundup of 4 new space stations #CommercialLEO Destinations Please reply if you find facts reported here as TBA = To Be Announced @AxiomSpace #AxiomSegment - launch 2024 @NanoRacks #Starlab - launch 2027 #NorthrupGrumman Commercial Space Station #NGCSS - launch TBA @BlueOrigin #OrbitalReef - launch 2027 https://www.space.com/nasa-private-space-station-design-contracts 2/ Find details on the plans for the @NASA contracted #CommercialLEO Destinations here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_space_stations Also, please reply with any corrections or facts reported here as TBA (To Be Announced) 3/ @AxiomSpace #AxiomSegment  Launch vehicle TBA See mockups & details here https://www.axiomspace.com/axiom-station Capacity for 4 crew in each of 4 planned segments, #AxH1, #AxH2, #AxRMF, #AxEO Volume TBA Find details here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiom_Orbital_Segment See analysis here http://www.parabo...

 Here's my roundup of #launchcapacity to #LEO for planned #HLV rockets #Ariane6 22K kg - 47K lb #NewGlenn 45K kg - 99K lb #SLS 95K kg - 209K lb #Starship 100K kg - 220K lb #ULAVulcan/ #Centaur 25K kg - 56K lb Sources: Wikipedia HLV, SLS & StarShip pages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy-lift_launch_vehicle

https://twitter.com/reidlewis/status/1554871751921786886 1/ Here's my roundup of #wenhop for #HLV rockets Ariane 6 “sometime in 2023” New Glenn ““The runway is closing on 2022,” Jones said, but its premature to announce it. “It will not be at the end of this year.” SLS “could launch as early as August 29th” Starship “A *successful* orbital flight is probably between 1 and 12 months from now” Vulcan “Slipping into 2023” 2/ FYI, learn about #HLV rockets here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy-lift_launch_vehicle 3/ Ariane 6 “sometime in 2023” https://spacenews.com/ariane-6-launch-debut-pushed-into-2023/ 4/ New Glenn ““The runway is closing on 2022,” Jones said, but its premature to announce it. “It will not be at the end of this year.” https://spacenews.com/vulcan-centaur-on-schedule-for-first-launch-in-2022-as-new-glenn-slips/ 5/ SLS “could launch as early as August 29th” https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/20/23271511/nasa-sls-rocket-launch-dates-artemis-august-september 6/ Starship “...