on a falcon 9 rocket yesterday. voiceover: falcon 9 has successfully lifted off from pad 40 and throttled down to prepare for max q, which is coming up at t plus one minute. power telemetry nominal. ..one minute and about 12 seconds. dispatched to an observation position 1.5 million kilometres from earth. it s hoping to give us the next bit of the puzzle to what this dark universe really is, 95% of the universe is dark, it doesn t shine, and we have to observe it through other means. we know something about it, but we don t know all of the things about these dark substances in the universe. so euclid really is the next step in our discovery of what this stuff is, that makes up most of our universe. euclid will be making a vast 3d map of the cosmos. the hope is to shed light
As a space policy expert, I agree that the rapid unscheduled disassembly the term SpaceX uses when its rockets explode was a very successful failure.The most powerful rocket ever built This launch was the first fully integrated test of SpaceXs new Starship.
The fiery end of SpaceX’s latest rocket highlighted how private guts are best placed for glory in frontier pursuits. But rules must be enforced in this sector and monopolies held in check