Sounds like the spacewalk went quite smoothly! I’m impressed with how slim the EVA suits are.

Starbase activities (2024-09-12):

• Sep 11th cryo delivery update.
• A gecko was spotted overnight.
• Quiet Sep 12th, not much action reported.
• Build site: Work on Starfactory door continues.
• Nice photos posted of Starhopper at her new home. (Mary, RGV Aerial)

Other:

• ChromeKiwi posts a render of the possible layout for the pedestals which were delivered the previous day.

Starlink deploy confirmed.

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

Edit: SECO, nominal orbital insertion.

Norminal launch, booster landing, and payload deploy.

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.

Liftoff!

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1834325314954297462

Targeting tonight for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 @Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from California, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities

That 4th wall break.

I love this idea.

HAAAAAAAAAAAA

YOUR CAMERA

IS

TRAAAAASH

i’m sorry but what kinda pictures you gonna take with that shit

gonna be some joe niépce shit where you spend all day takin a damn photo with a goddam blanket on your head and it turns out lookin like a bunch of rectangles

gonna be like some matthew brady shit where you can only take pictures of dead ppl because no alive person wants to be in your shitass photo

A person of culture, I see :)

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1834089926939574683

Falcon 9 is vertical at SLC-40 ahead of today’s launch of the @AST_SpaceMobile BlueBird 1-5 mission. The four-hour window opens at 4:52 a.m. ET, and weather is currently 30% favorable for liftoff

Sounds like they had another busy day. I’m looking forward to watching the spacewalk.

Orbital sunset video: https://x.com/PolarisProgram/status/1834040387050127809

Starbase activities (2024-09-11):

• Sep 10th cryo delivery tally.
• Pad A: Chopsticks work continues. (Starship Gazer, Gisler 1, Gisler 2)
• Pad B: Reconfiguration of the CC8800-1 crane continues. (ViX, Gisler)
• Office construction continues, nearly connected to Starfactory.
• Build site: Glass panels are installed on Starfactory door.
• A couple of pedestals are delivered.
• Rocket Garden: Crew lift observed at S30.
• Massey’s: S31 at the flame trench. Work continues on Test Tank 16.

Other:

• FAA confirms November timeline for IFT-5. (NASASpaceFlight)

Stage 3 separation confirmed.

Edit: Good orbit insertion, docking scheduled for 19:33 UTC.

Stage 2 separation and stage 3 ignition.

Booster separation and Korolev Cross. Stage 2 performance is nominal.

Liftoff!

I used dimensionality reduction to make it 2D

Huh, interesting. So is the idea to spread the data out as much an possible, while keeping “similar” communities near each other? What was the dimensionality of the original set?