Found this listed in a government surplus auction recently. No meaningful description, just that it had something to do with military simulations in the 1980s. Located in Colorado Springs.

Exclusive: ESA has confirmed that a full-scale Space Rider test model was lost following a failed drop test earlier this month. europeanspaceflight.com/spac…

SpaceX's annualized revenue is now about twice NASA's budget.

JUST IN: A California space startup has illuminated a section of desert near Mount Whitney at night, demonstrating how future satellites could deliver sunlight to Earth on demand. Reflect Orbital conducted the October 10 test using powerful ground-based spotlights to simulate sunlight redirected from orbit by large reflective mirrors. Working with China Lake Mountain Rescue, the company illuminated terrain across roughly three miles, allowing rescue teams to conduct nighttime searches, stretcher carries and other emergency-response exercises. Reflect Orbital ultimately wants to deploy satellites capable of directing sunlight toward specific areas on Earth after sunset, potentially supporting emergency operations and extending electricity generation at solar farms. The company received FCC authorization in July for its first experimental satellite, Eärendil-1, which will use an 18-meter reflector to test the concept from orbit. The October demonstration used ground-based lighting. No orbital mirror has yet demonstrated the proposed capability.

Wow it looks so cool to disrupt nocturnal life and the natural rhythm of Earth.

Want to know something fun? The first time a human will be in manual control of Starship HLS is in the event the autopilot landing system fails. Unlike Apollo- there’s no (current) plans to have humans manually prefly Starship; perhaps just before landing but to be seen.

Sir they leaked one of our project names and footage of the New Glenn pad explosion

holy hell. i had no idea autodesk could do this: if you use fusion they can force you to install arbitrary software of their choosing to snoop on your computer and you’re legally required to comply within 15 days this is insane

People don’t understand how impractical the flying Roadster is. If another car gets caught under the thrusters, it would experience the same force as the Roadster’s weight. That’s why they had to flip during this maneuver, to protect other cars from the thrusters.

If the propellant is relatively cheap, this tech could make vehicle collisions a thing of the past.

I'm not an Elon hater. I'm just telling you the Honest Truth: This is a marketing stunt. The technology is quite old. Just nobody ever thought of bolting it on a car. Because it's pointless. Porsche or Ferrari could also build something like this if they wanted, but they don't, because it's not worth it for them. It's worth it for Elon though, because his entire brand is all about having the halo of futurism. His marketing scales especially well with tech gimmicks like this, which is why he is financially incentivised to do them, while others aren't. Again, I'm not hating, but actually educating yall. This is not engineering genius. It's marketing genius.