“@TobiasVdb The F9 booster can reach low orbit as a single stage if not carrying the upper stage and a heavy satellite.”
The tweet archive.
15 years of Elon, fully searchable. The production archive uses Supabase as the source of truth, with 94,952 indexed tweets available in development as a full-archive fallback and a curated annotation layer for context, theory, and how major claims aged.
“@drew @SpaceX Not from us, but it's awesome”
“Time lapse video of rocket roll out http://t.co/nuHKYrEH Now 3 hours 45 mins to lift off... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T1dfNoNV7k&feature=youtu.be”
“Congratulations to @OrbitalSciences! “@CNETNews: Orbital's Antares rocket makes successful test flight http://t.co/y7bwdDMGCi” http://cnet.co/17QCmKa”
“Navigation bay pointing to deep space and star map being generated by star tracker one. Yes! #DragonLaunch”
“Dragon deorbit burn was good. All thrusters operating. On target for splashdown.”
“Spacecraft arrives at Port of Los Angeles for transfer to SpaceX test facilities in Texas http://t.co/9ab55gRc http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/003/120605port/”
“Landing gear of the mega thrust propulsive landing rocket done (next gen Falcon). First hops soon. http://t.co/JwkynmfL http://img.ly/i5JQ”
“The SpaceX theme song by Total Ghost is just too good ... ooh ooh ooh http://t.co/BuKuopI5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MezkEiS-6jA”
“@fatihorhan @SpaceX That was a great game”
“Was misquoted by BBC as saying "Europe's rocket has no chance". Just said the [Franco-German] Ariane 5 has no chance, so go with Ariane 6.”
“T minus 60 seconds. Terminal autosequence initiated. #DragonLaunch”
“@SmileSimplify @beboutside @Hyperloop @SpaceX @paradigm_hype @swissloop The latter. There are pretty long gaps between each team run, so livestream is not the way to go.”
“@zerosixbravo @john_gilleran True, but that's a minor factor for rockets”
“@JimDeKort @SpaceX Rotates 180 degrees and does a retro burn”
“Recovery ship just heard the sonic booms from Dragon reentry and has data transmission lock.”
“Definitely. Long term goal of SpaceX making life multiplanetary. #OccupyMars @Weaverwerx #APSpaceChat”
“@rocketrepreneur Meant to say 200 AR for production vac engine. Dev will be up to 150. Beyond that, too much flow separation in Earth atmos.”
“Besides ensuring the continuance of life, creating a base on Mars would be the most exciting adventure ever!”
“@BenCam137 @FifthRocket Exactly”
“T minus 10 minutes ... Entering terminal count #dragonlaunch”
“Just test-fired the Superdraco rocket engine. Enables launch escape and landing on thrusters. SpaceX.com http://t.co/IJaYVEE9”
“Almost done reviewing Dragon code with @NASA. Looks good so far. Target launch date is May 19, right after Soyuz docks.”
“The sheer size of Falcon Heavy is mind-blowing. It could literally send a fully loaded London bus to the moon.”
“Just did an interview with Spaceflight Now. Some of your questions may be answered here: http://t.co/vF0Rs3p1 http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/003/120518musk/”
“@AuerSusan @valleyhack True. Also, Ariane primary bay can deliver slightly heavier satellites than Falcon 9. Falcon Heavy is needed ...”
“Also, I am not the kale eating overlord of Mars (altho kale has its moments) http://t.co/nCjMgEjC http://www.thejanedough.com/peta-mars-vegan/”
“The head of the Russian Space Agency and some Russian diplomats are visiting @SpaceX today. Looking forward to meeting.”
“@geoffeg Dragon code is written in C++ on Linux.”
“Just completed the rocket rollout review at SpaceX HQ in California. Almost time to launch. Pucker factor increasing...”
“Computer glitch found by @SpaceX avionics while bench testing on IM. Couldn't replicate on vehicle. Launch proceeding...”
“@TheHackersNews @SpaceX Thanks”
“@Avron_p you can mount a rack to the roof via suction cups and still have one Falcon door work fine. Guaranteed up to 140 mph.”
“Interview in Nature describing why we should extend life to Mars http://t.co/6Ux0q4OX http://www.nature.com/news/backing-up-the-biosphere-1.10395”
“Making large scale rocket propulsion landing work well is a critical step towards a fully reusable Mars transport system”
“View from landing leg camera on Falcon rocket test rig (aka Grasshopper Project) http://t.co/xhFe87AM http://yfrog.us/09qmmivexdorhtchxitvhjzsz”
“@williamwinters @rocketrepreneur pretty close”
“@ID_AA_Carmack That works for Dragon, but hard to do for something long like Falcon”
“Um, while awesome in its own way, that was not actually the SpaceX theme song. It seems that irony is sometimes lost in a tweet.”
“@QuantumG When we launch I want to know that SpaceX has done everything possible to keep the astronauts safe. Only a few more years to go.”
“The Russians are having some challenges with their rockets. Too many of the engineers that designed them have retired: http://t.co/rEs7spSU http://ow.ly/89k5F”
“Next month is also when our Dragon spaceship docks with the Space Station for the first time. Major pucker factor...”
“@MarinaSBlinova Rocket boost stage reaching 0 m/s in one piece :) Will know soon. Odds not high.”
“These articles in Space News describe why Ariane 6 vs 5: http://t.co/IaeYXXK9 and http://t.co/ghs3FG8w http://www.spacenews.com/article/citing-spacex-threat-lawmakers-in-france-urge-early-ariane-6-start”
“@karlbrauer Making rockets”
“Charlie Bolden, NASA Administrator, checks out Dragon at our central Texas test site http://t.co/HXupX9VM http://img.ly/jwGy”
“@FormulaSAE Contact Steve Davis at Hyperloop@spacex.com”
“@n23mc I think we will see people on Mars in less than 20 years. 12 to 15 years most likely. #OccupyMars”
“@rocketrepreneur ~40%”
“@TomMao1 Studied physics in college, read a lot of books and was taught by the world's leading domain experts at SpaceX.”
