@SpaceX Civil Engineer, Building the Buildings that Build the Starships. Lego Lover. Future Martian.
Pale Blue Dot
Joined August 2016
- Tweets19.9K
- Following559
- Followers6.3K
- Likes373K
Nathan Commissariat retweeted
Yes, I need to make sure SpaceX stays focused on making life multiplanetary and extending consciousness to the stars, not pandering to someone’s bullshit quarterly earnings bonus!
Obviously, IF SpaceX succeeds in this absurdly difficult goal, it will be worth many orders of magnitude more than the economy of Earth, but don’t expect entirely smooth sailing along the way.
Nathan Commissariat retweeted
Congratulations @JeffBezos and the
@BlueOrigin team!
Nathan Commissariat retweeted
Well said JEdwards!!! Congrats @blueorigin on achieving orbital rocket reusability!
This milestone moves the country and industry forward to aircraft like operations and cheaper, more available launch!
Congratulations to the @blueorigin team! Recovering an orbital-class rocket is incredibly hard. Well done! 👏
We as Americans should be very proud of what we are accomplishing in space. 🇺🇸🚀
Nathan Commissariat retweeted
Having a NASA Administrator who knows literally ZERO about rockets & spacecraft undermines the American space program and endangers our astronauts
Nathan Commissariat retweeted
This is the most badass spaceflight photo I have seen in a long, long time.
Nathan Commissariat retweeted
Your post was: SLS works. Orion works. Starship is the problem.
My post was the entire picture does not look great. That statement doesn't absolve SpaceX of their responsibilities to the Artemis-- but it was a sober assessment of the entire program. If you can shed your bias for a bit, then my statement was not a misrepresentation but accurate.
- Orion is more than 20years old, has not flown humans and has had issues beyond the heat shield they are working towards. This includes ECLSS and subcontractor obligations that run right up against Artemis III margins.
- The SRB anomaly is part of the SLS program that you stated works-- it was certainly not an anticipated outcome from the test and willing to bet NASA resources were invested to better understand it.
- Artemis II is years behind schedule and the lack of lunar orbit insertion is a designed risk mitigation measure, which pushes more on Artemis III. This trade was up for discussion rather recently.
- Landers and suits are both behind schedule. No misrepresentation there.
- The program is reusing lots of legacy shuttle hardware, it is behind schedule and very costly, as referenced numerous times in NASA IG reports. Further, having the lowest flight rate of any NASA designed crewed launch system adds to the costs and risk of the program.
Nathan Commissariat retweeted
Starlink has now mostly recovered from the network outage, which lasted approximately 2.5 hours. The outage was due to failure of key internal software services that operate the core network. We apologize for the temporary disruption in our service; we are deeply committed to providing a highly reliable network, and will fully root cause this issue and ensure it does not occur again.
Nathan Commissariat retweeted
Service will be restored shortly.
Sorry for the outage.
SpaceX will remedy root cause to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
Nathan Commissariat retweeted
The road to Mars will be paved with failures, breakthroughs and millions of other hard lessons..
but we will get there.
Nathan Commissariat retweeted
On Wednesday, June 18 at approximately 11 p.m. CT, the Starship preparing for the tenth flight test experienced a major anomaly while on a test stand at Starbase. A safety clear area around the site was maintained throughout the operation and all personnel are safe and accounted for.
Our Starbase team is actively working to safe the test site and the immediate surrounding area in conjunction with local officials. There are no hazards to residents in surrounding communities, and we ask that individuals do not attempt to approach the area while safing operations continue
Nathan Commissariat retweeted
Starship made it to the scheduled ship engine cutoff, so big improvement over last flight! Also, no significant loss of heat shield tiles during ascent.
Leaks caused loss of main tank pressure during the coast and re-entry phase. Lot of good data to review.
Launch cadence for next 3 flights will be faster, at approximately 1 every 3 to 4 weeks.
Nathan Commissariat retweeted
With a test like this, success comes from what we learn, and today’s flight will help us improve Starship’s reliability. We will conduct a thorough investigation, in coordination with the FAA, and implement corrective actions to make improvements on future Starship flight tests → spacex.com/launches/mission/…
Nathan Commissariat retweeted
During Starship's ascent burn, the vehicle experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly and contact was lost. Our team immediately began coordination with safety officials to implement pre-planned contingency responses.
We will review the data from today's flight test to better understand root cause. As always, success comes from what we learn, and today’s flight will offer additional lessons to improve Starship's reliability.
Nathan Commissariat retweeted
Really big things are coming to Florida!!!!
In addition to continued infrastructure development at Starbase, Texas, where SpaceX is headquartered, SpaceX is expanding its Starship operations in Florida, bringing Starship production and launch capabilities to the Space Coast → spacex.com/updates/#building…
Nathan Commissariat retweeted
Falcon 9 will launch its third planetary defense mission – @NASA's NEO Surveyor telescope, designed to discover Earth-threatening asteroids and comets
🚀NASA has selected @SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to launch NEO Surveyor!
NASA's Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission is a planetary defense space telescope that will look for asteroids and comets that could potentially pose a threat to Earth. Targeting launch NET Sept. 2027.
ALT An illustration of the NEO Surveyor satellite set against a vibrant cosmic background of green and yellow nebulae and sparkling stars.
Nathan Commissariat retweeted
She's supersonic! Congratulations to @boomsupersonic on an amazing achievement!
Nathan Commissariat retweeted
Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn. Teams will continue to review data from today's flight test to better understand root cause.
With a test like this, success comes from what we learn, and today’s flight will help us improve Starship’s reliability.