Color me not impressed if Musk can only communicate with ground stations...
Oh, they probably didn’t go anywhere. Probably just drove around on the interstate for a while. Pics!! Or it didn’t happen!!
Like driving Hwy 50 in NV. Long stretches with ZERO cell service. 🚀😂😲
“Or did a toilet malfunction render the interior of the craft too horrifying for public consumption?”
Funniest thing I will read today.
/I was hoping
I am guessing it’s because the video footage was “X” rated. Perhaps the crew was trying to get into the “350 mile high club”???
I am guessing it’s because the video footage was “X” rated. Perhaps the crew was trying to get into the “350 mile high club”???
I suspect that 3 of the 4 were barfing non-stop and it doesnt bode well for similar trips in the future.
Its NOT "zero-g". You are falling down an elevator shaft all the time and a few trips on the vomit comet are hardly an adequate preparation.
and it wasn’t recorded for later viewing/replay?
In an interview with NBC’s Lessie Holt, the questions were power puff like how did the earth look, and I think one of the passengers said the experience would aid some sort of fundraising.
All that “fecal” matter floating around would not make good visual picture.
Starlinks are not designed to receive transmission from orbiting capsules, nor are capsules designed to transmit to starlinks. This is not a limitation ; rather, the limiting factor is are the relatively few ground receiving stations - there is only so much time to be in range of any one. Its not continuous. The author,Victor Tangermann, does not seem to have a very firm grasp on his subject.
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“Over the weekend, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk promised that there will be “free wifi next time,” while also apologizing for pizza being served cold.”
“With private space competitors planning their own communication satellite networks in Earth’s orbit, it’s not out of the question that space comm technologies could soon get a much-needed makeover - and the one-percenters vacationing in space will certainly appreciate it.”
Snarky guy.
Say what?
Wallowtiz Zero-G toilet?