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    From Alain Fournier@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 30 19:15:17 2023
    There seems to be a serious possibility that Starship will launch next
    month:

    https://spaceexplored.com/2023/03/30/starship-faa-launch-license-2-weeks-for-real/


    Alain Fournier

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  • From Alain Fournier@21:1/5 to Alain Fournier on Fri Apr 14 16:46:59 2023
    They still don't have a launch license from the FAA. But they must be
    quite close to obtaining it because the are now planing for a launch on
    April 17. Even Elon with his wishful thinking calendars wouldn't plan
    for a launch in less than a week if he wasn't close to having the launch license.

    https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-april-17-orbital-flight


    Alain Fournier


    On Mar/30/2023 at 19:15, Alain Fournier wrote :
    There seems to be a serious possibility that Starship will launch next
    month:

    https://spaceexplored.com/2023/03/30/starship-faa-launch-license-2-weeks-for-real/


    Alain Fournier

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  • From Snidely@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 15 00:23:26 2023
    Alain Fournier suggested that ...
    They still don't have a launch license from the FAA. But they must be quite close to obtaining it because the are now planing for a launch on April 17. Even Elon with his wishful thinking calendars wouldn't plan for a launch in less than a week if he wasn't close to having the launch license.

    https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-april-17-orbital-flight


    Alain Fournier


    On Mar/30/2023 at 19:15, Alain Fournier wrote :
    There seems to be a serious possibility that Starship will launch next
    month:

    https://spaceexplored.com/2023/03/30/starship-faa-launch-license-2-weeks-for-real/


    Alain Fournier

    "NET" applies, but not "NLT".

    By the way, JUICE crossed the Karmann line on April 14.

    /dps


    /dps

    --
    "This is all very fine, but let us not be carried away be excitement,
    but ask calmly, how does this person feel about in in his cooler
    moments next day, with six or seven thousand feet of snow and stuff on
    top of him?"
    _Roughing It_, Mark Twain.

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  • From Snidely@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 15 02:34:05 2023
    Snidely suggested that ...
    Alain Fournier suggested that ...
    They still don't have a launch license from the FAA. But they must be quite >> close to obtaining it because the are now planing for a launch on April 17. >> Even Elon with his wishful thinking calendars wouldn't plan for a launch in >> less than a week if he wasn't close to having the launch license.

    https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-april-17-orbital-flight


    Alain Fournier


    On Mar/30/2023 at 19:15, Alain Fournier wrote :
    There seems to be a serious possibility that Starship will launch next
    month:

    https://spaceexplored.com/2023/03/30/starship-faa-launch-license-2-weeks-for-real/


    Alain Fournier

    "NET" applies, but not "NLT".

    They do, however, have a u-tewb stream ready for pre-dawn excitement.

    By the way, JUICE crossed the Karmann line on April 14.

    On the last Ariane 5, innit? Nope, there is still one more to go, but
    NSF reports this as the "last Ariane 5 to be built". Looks like they spacecraft made the window to do a Lunar-Earth Gravity Assist, the
    first ever LEGA, about 15 months from now.

    /dps

    --
    "I am not given to exaggeration, and when I say a thing I mean it"
    _Roughing It_, Mark Twain

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  • From Snidely@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 15 03:57:14 2023
    With a quizzical look, Snidely observed:
    Snidely suggested that ...
    Alain Fournier suggested that ...
    They still don't have a launch license from the FAA. But they must be
    quite close to obtaining it because the are now planing for a launch on
    April 17. Even Elon with his wishful thinking calendars wouldn't plan for >>> a launch in less than a week if he wasn't close to having the launch
    license.

    https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-april-17-orbital-flight


    Alain Fournier


    On Mar/30/2023 at 19:15, Alain Fournier wrote :
    There seems to be a serious possibility that Starship will launch next >>>> month:

    https://spaceexplored.com/2023/03/30/starship-faa-launch-license-2-weeks-for-real/


    Alain Fournier

    "NET" applies, but not "NLT".

    They do, however, have a u-tewb stream ready for pre-dawn excitement.


    And NSF reports the launch license was published late Friday.

    During one of the NSF Raptorside Chats on the Starbase Live stream,
    Chris B put out the link to the FAA launch license site (with the note
    that Hoppy's license is still up there), but they don't seem to have
    saved that as a separate video, so finding the FAA page is up to your
    tracking ability.

    /dps

    --
    Maybe C282Y is simply one of the hangers-on, a groupie following a
    future guitar god of the human genome: an allele with undiscovered
    virtuosity, currently soloing in obscurity in Mom's garage.
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  • From Niklas Holsti@21:1/5 to Alain Fournier on Sat Apr 15 18:12:18 2023
    On 2023-04-15 17:55, Alain Fournier wrote:
    On Apr/15/2023 at 03:23, Snidely wrote :
    Alain Fournier suggested that ...
    They still don't have a launch license from the FAA. But they must be
    quite close to obtaining it because the are now planing for a launch
    on April 17. Even Elon with his wishful thinking calendars wouldn't
    plan for a launch in less than a week if he wasn't close to having
    the launch license.

    https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-april-17-orbital-flight


    Alain Fournier


    On Mar/30/2023 at 19:15, Alain Fournier wrote :
    There seems to be a serious possibility that Starship will launch
    next month:

    https://spaceexplored.com/2023/03/30/starship-faa-launch-license-2-weeks-for-real/


    Alain Fournier

    "NET" applies, but not "NLT".

    You have outwitted my acronym decoding abilities. What do NET and NLT mean?


    I believe these acronyms commonly mean

    NET = Not Earlier Than
    NLT = Not Later Than

    So, NLT is what is usually meant by a "deadline", while NET is like an "aspirational schedule".

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  • From Alain Fournier@21:1/5 to Snidely on Sat Apr 15 10:55:21 2023
    On Apr/15/2023 at 03:23, Snidely wrote :
    Alain Fournier suggested that ...
    They still don't have a launch license from the FAA. But they must be
    quite close to obtaining it because the are now planing for a launch
    on April 17. Even Elon with his wishful thinking calendars wouldn't
    plan for a launch in less than a week if he wasn't close to having the
    launch license.

    https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-april-17-orbital-flight


    Alain Fournier


    On Mar/30/2023 at 19:15, Alain Fournier wrote :
    There seems to be a serious possibility that Starship will launch
    next month:

    https://spaceexplored.com/2023/03/30/starship-faa-launch-license-2-weeks-for-real/


    Alain Fournier

    "NET" applies, but not "NLT".

    You have outwitted my acronym decoding abilities. What do NET and NLT mean?


    Alain Fournier

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  • From Snidely@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 15 14:10:32 2023
    Watch this space, where Niklas Holsti advised that...
    On 2023-04-15 17:55, Alain Fournier wrote:
    On Apr/15/2023 at 03:23, Snidely wrote :
    Alain Fournier suggested that ...
    They still don't have a launch license from the FAA. But they must be
    quite close to obtaining it because the are now planing for a launch on >>>> April 17. Even Elon with his wishful thinking calendars wouldn't plan for >>>> a launch in less than a week if he wasn't close to having the launch
    license.

    https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-april-17-orbital-flight


    Alain Fournier


    On Mar/30/2023 at 19:15, Alain Fournier wrote :
    There seems to be a serious possibility that Starship will launch next >>>>> month:

    https://spaceexplored.com/2023/03/30/starship-faa-launch-license-2-weeks-for-real/


    Alain Fournier

    "NET" applies, but not "NLT".

    You have outwitted my acronym decoding abilities. What do NET and NLT mean?


    I believe these acronyms commonly mean

    NET = Not Earlier Than
    NLT = Not Later Than

    So, NLT is what is usually meant by a "deadline", while NET is like an "aspirational schedule".

    Yes, and NET is very frequently encountered in connection with orbital
    rocket launch schedules, such as nextspaceflight.com.

    /dps

    --
    Maybe C282Y is simply one of the hangers-on, a groupie following a
    future guitar god of the human genome: an allele with undiscovered
    virtuosity, currently soloing in obscurity in Mom's garage.
    Bradley Wertheim, theAtlantic.com, Jan 10 2013

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