far, far less of the modern chinese rocketry program involves plausibly espionage-derived technology than people seem to think
i love how xenophobic everyone is about chinese moon landing shit. like ohhhh they stole everything from the US. that’s crazy. everyone knows that american crewed spaceflight tech was spearheaded by red-blooded american Wernher von Braun and was not based on any kind of prior work
November 3, 2026 at 7:53 PM
far, far less of the modern chinese rocketry program involves plausibly espionage-derived technology than people seem to think
LLM code is incredible. But, I still wouldn't get into an LLM-planned rocket launch. Fortunately, some things are rocketry and some things aren't.
November 1, 2026 at 5:52 PM
LLM code is incredible. But, I still wouldn't get into an LLM-planned rocket launch. Fortunately, some things are rocketry and some things aren't.
(Mostly because all that great rocketry work was funded by gov't contracts and should've gone to NASA to make it in-house anyways)
November 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
(Mostly because all that great rocketry work was funded by gov't contracts and should've gone to NASA to make it in-house anyways)
Where did rocketry come from? How many people suffered in poverty while a nationalist spectacle was being prioritized?
November 3, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Where did rocketry come from? How many people suffered in poverty while a nationalist spectacle was being prioritized?
it's like 50% kerbal space program School of rocketry alums who are malding that spacex is just a natural gas into CSAM company now but won't admit it, the other 50% are "kill all communists in my profile" mega groypers
100% virgins tho no doubt
100% virgins tho no doubt
November 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
it's like 50% kerbal space program School of rocketry alums who are malding that spacex is just a natural gas into CSAM company now but won't admit it, the other 50% are "kill all communists in my profile" mega groypers
100% virgins tho no doubt
100% virgins tho no doubt
The Starship is the Cybertruck of rocketry.
October 30, 2026 at 7:25 PM
The Starship is the Cybertruck of rocketry.
There is still a very real, functional, and actually profitable rocketry business hiding beneath all of that fraud and grift.
The actual core rocket business does better than Boeing or Lockheed or any of their closest competitors. When *I* call for nationalizing it, that's what I mean specifically.
The actual core rocket business does better than Boeing or Lockheed or any of their closest competitors. When *I* call for nationalizing it, that's what I mean specifically.
November 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
There is still a very real, functional, and actually profitable rocketry business hiding beneath all of that fraud and grift.
The actual core rocket business does better than Boeing or Lockheed or any of their closest competitors. When *I* call for nationalizing it, that's what I mean specifically.
The actual core rocket business does better than Boeing or Lockheed or any of their closest competitors. When *I* call for nationalizing it, that's what I mean specifically.
Nope, no prior work at all, certainly not for the Reich
von Braun only came up with his rocketry ideas the moment he first set foot on free American soil
He was but a simple yeoman farmer
von Braun only came up with his rocketry ideas the moment he first set foot on free American soil
He was but a simple yeoman farmer
November 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Nope, no prior work at all, certainly not for the Reich
von Braun only came up with his rocketry ideas the moment he first set foot on free American soil
He was but a simple yeoman farmer
von Braun only came up with his rocketry ideas the moment he first set foot on free American soil
He was but a simple yeoman farmer
Celebrating the 105th anniversary of propellant chemistry genius Mary Sherman Morgan's birth! Here are some thoughts about her big discovery, the rocket fuel Hydyne!
#WomenInSTEM #NASA #Rocketry #WomensHistory
#WomenInSTEM #NASA #Rocketry #WomensHistory
November 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Celebrating the 105th anniversary of propellant chemistry genius Mary Sherman Morgan's birth! Here are some thoughts about her big discovery, the rocket fuel Hydyne!
#WomenInSTEM #NASA #Rocketry #WomensHistory
#WomenInSTEM #NASA #Rocketry #WomensHistory
this is what rocketry feels like right now
November 3, 2026 at 7:11 AM
this is what rocketry feels like right now
that’s a super deep cut for rocketry even there
November 2, 2026 at 1:16 AM
that’s a super deep cut for rocketry even there
If he's as skilled at that as he is in, say, rocketry, he'll miss and blow up the gun.
I don’t buy that he’d actually do it, if only because Elon Musk is a complete
and total physical coward.
and total physical coward.
November 4, 2026 at 10:30 PM
If he's as skilled at that as he is in, say, rocketry, he'll miss and blow up the gun.
i agree with both of your points! it’s not like the essentials of rocketry are any kind of arcane secret, especially not to a state that can afford to experiment
November 3, 2026 at 7:55 PM
i agree with both of your points! it’s not like the essentials of rocketry are any kind of arcane secret, especially not to a state that can afford to experiment
November 5, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Split up or nationalize spacex. Or split and nationalize a section, like the rocketry business.
October 29, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Split up or nationalize spacex. Or split and nationalize a section, like the rocketry business.
Interest surged after World War II with rocketry advancements.
November 4, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Interest surged after World War II with rocketry advancements.
A funny 19ish year old memory is my dad and I bonding over figuring out what springs would work best until we could make foam darts dent plywood.
Actually, weirdly enough most of the positive memories I have with my dad involve rocketry and/or explosions.
Actually, weirdly enough most of the positive memories I have with my dad involve rocketry and/or explosions.
November 2, 2026 at 10:23 PM
A funny 19ish year old memory is my dad and I bonding over figuring out what springs would work best until we could make foam darts dent plywood.
Actually, weirdly enough most of the positive memories I have with my dad involve rocketry and/or explosions.
Actually, weirdly enough most of the positive memories I have with my dad involve rocketry and/or explosions.
There's probably a great thesis in the effects of rocketry technology on global events. If Iran could demonstrate the capability to hypothetically strike the US I couldn't begin to imagine what happens next.
November 3, 2026 at 3:06 PM
There's probably a great thesis in the effects of rocketry technology on global events. If Iran could demonstrate the capability to hypothetically strike the US I couldn't begin to imagine what happens next.
I'm mostly talking about taking over all of their IP related to rocketry and spinning everything else off (to die.)
I don't even know that I'd trust their manufacturing facilities without huge changed to workplace practices.
I don't even know that I'd trust their manufacturing facilities without huge changed to workplace practices.
November 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
I'm mostly talking about taking over all of their IP related to rocketry and spinning everything else off (to die.)
I don't even know that I'd trust their manufacturing facilities without huge changed to workplace practices.
I don't even know that I'd trust their manufacturing facilities without huge changed to workplace practices.
If we do end up with a Nuremberg 2 these guys are in trouble.
They don't have any useful rocketry or torturing experience to make them useful to governments, they just say dumb stuff on podcasts.
They don't have any useful rocketry or torturing experience to make them useful to governments, they just say dumb stuff on podcasts.
November 4, 2026 at 7:36 PM
If we do end up with a Nuremberg 2 these guys are in trouble.
They don't have any useful rocketry or torturing experience to make them useful to governments, they just say dumb stuff on podcasts.
They don't have any useful rocketry or torturing experience to make them useful to governments, they just say dumb stuff on podcasts.
Given the advances in neural nets for drone work and elsewhere, seems unlikely the information lid can be maintained on rocketry or power generation.
What Ukraine models for the world is responsible and ethical leadership with public exposure of its internal self dealing powers.
Human org modeling
What Ukraine models for the world is responsible and ethical leadership with public exposure of its internal self dealing powers.
Human org modeling
October 30, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Given the advances in neural nets for drone work and elsewhere, seems unlikely the information lid can be maintained on rocketry or power generation.
What Ukraine models for the world is responsible and ethical leadership with public exposure of its internal self dealing powers.
Human org modeling
What Ukraine models for the world is responsible and ethical leadership with public exposure of its internal self dealing powers.
Human org modeling
Reflect Orbital will be hugely significant in earth history as the moment everyone got really into amateur rocketry with their friends
October 28, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Reflect Orbital will be hugely significant in earth history as the moment everyone got really into amateur rocketry with their friends
But Newton is still applicable for everyday engineering and rocketry, Relativity works for where it is applied. Whatever comes next will not replace them, just extend rhem In the same way the Periodic table of elements and atomic theory will still be applicable.
November 2, 2026 at 11:51 PM
But Newton is still applicable for everyday engineering and rocketry, Relativity works for where it is applied. Whatever comes next will not replace them, just extend rhem In the same way the Periodic table of elements and atomic theory will still be applicable.
Short-range 🇫🇷 rocketry primarily pointed to the Fuldagrabe.
October 31, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Short-range 🇫🇷 rocketry primarily pointed to the Fuldagrabe.
Maybe others can take over production?
(Arthur C Clarke pointed out that rocketry was going to have to be replaced with something better eventually fifty years ago.)
(Arthur C Clarke pointed out that rocketry was going to have to be replaced with something better eventually fifty years ago.)
By most any measure, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is by far the most successful launch vehicle ever flown. But if the company has its way, this rocket will soon retire. What could replace it—and is anyone else ready for a world without Falcon 9?
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Can U.S. spaceflight survive SpaceX’s sunsetting of Falcon 9?
What happens when the most successful rocket in history stops flying? The world is about to find out
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November 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Maybe others can take over production?
(Arthur C Clarke pointed out that rocketry was going to have to be replaced with something better eventually fifty years ago.)
(Arthur C Clarke pointed out that rocketry was going to have to be replaced with something better eventually fifty years ago.)