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To: SunkenCiv

OT

2 things:
Elon Musk has confirmed that Space X has acquired Xai;

Artemis fueling test has been scrubbed over minor leak in a hydrogen line at T-5min. Expect March launch.


4 posted on 02/03/2026 3:45:54 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF
Thanks, I was watching the live feed (which is usually a whole lot of nothing going on, with a couple of commentators) by chance right at the time they were noting the pressure fluctuations. This is a Shuttle-derived system (main engines liquid H with liquid O for an oxydizer, but needing SRBs to get it off the ground), and while that system was in use for decades, turnaround time was always pretty bad, and expensive.

7 posted on 02/03/2026 7:15:22 AM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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