The tweet archive.

“RT @niccruzpatane: SpaceX says it aims to deploy up to 1 million orbital satellite data centers in space to provide enough compute power fo…”

“@Teslarati @13ericralph31 Unmodified water tower machines do not work well for orbital rockets, as mass efficiency is critical for the latter, but not the former. Hopper, for example, was made of 12.5mm steel vs 4mm for SN1 orbital design. Optimized skins will be <2mm in places across a 9000mm diameter.”

“RT @SpaceX: Falcon 9 launches 25 @Starlink satellites from California ahead of completing the 600th overall landing of an orbital class roc…”

“@MatthewCable6 @ErcXspace Just a guess, but probably mid teens. Booster & stacking on orbital pad are likely limiting factors. We’ll build several ships just to improve the production system.”

“@Erdayastronaut @TheGledinator @w00ki33 @Teslarati But cool pics of the demo Starship that will fly suborbital hops coming in ~4 weeks”

“@Erdayastronaut @ValkyrieBaron11 @flcnhvy @NASASpaceflight A fully & rapidly reusable orbital rocket is fundamental to extending life beyond Earth. Propellant cost is roughly a 1000th of vehicle cost (unless using a foolish propellant). Same principle as cars, planes, boats, etc.”

“@george_sowers Orbital refilling is essential to get serious tonnage to Mars and Moon”

“@DJSnM Cool, but it’s better to use a rocket booster. Planes just can’t compete when it comes to orbital Spaceflight.”

“RT @DimaZeniuk: Elon Musk on reusable heat shields and Mars reentry: — No one has created a truly reusable orbital heat shield before — Re…”

“@Erdayastronaut @teslaownersSV @NASA SpaceX has a lot of experience berthing & now docking with @Space_Station, which is very difficult. Orbital refilling should in theory be easier, since Starships dock with themselves & will be uncrewed at first.”

“RT @SciGuySpace: Before Starship, no orbital rocket stage had ever made a soft, vertical landing back on Earth.”

“@annerajb @Erdayastronaut @flcnhvy @austinbarnard45 We decided to skip building a new nosecone for Hopper. Don’t need it. What you see being built is the orbital Starship vehicle.”

“@SPEXcast @SciGuySpace What’s amazing is how non-linear the effect of gravity is. Starship can travel by itself from surface of Mars to surface of Earth, but requires massive booster on Earth with orbital refilling to get to Mars, which is ~38% of Earth gravity.”

“But credit for 1st reusable suborbital rocket goes to X-15 https://t.co/LSb0f8FLJd And Burt Rutan for commercial https://t.co/TGWlNjsyQz https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_X-15”

“@teslaownersSV @Erdayastronaut Fully reusable orbital rocket, then orbital refilling, then Mars”

“RT @Al_Rationale1: Days since last blue origin orbital launch: 274 Days since last SpaceX orbital launch: 0 Total orbital launches by Blue…”

“@BasedBeffJezos Starlink orbital laser data backhaul is working well. Just confirmed.”

“@bartjehoel @djenkins6 Correct, pure electric. Wish orbital rockets could be so too, but there’s no escaping Newton’s Third Law. SpaceX is already developing high efficiency CO2 capture with H2O to form liquid CH4 (methane) & O2. Critical for propellant production at Mars Base Alpha.”

“@seeMOUSErun @SpaceX Full and immediate reusability of an orbital rocket is the fundamental break through needed to become a multi planet species and a true spacefaring civilization”

“This is 1st ever orbital rocket launch w landing legs. Will attempt leg deploy & soft landing out to sea.”

“RT @StockSavvyShay: SpaceX just filed with the FCC to launch up to 1M satellites designed to function as solar-powered orbital data centers…”

“@amirmasoudabdol Down the road, they will not even be repainted between launches. Aiming to be able to relaunch same orbital rocket booster in <24 hours.”

“@SciGuySpace @yokem55 @waynehale Without a fully & rapidly reusable orbital rocket, humanity will never be a multiplanet species”

“@martinengwicht @macodiseas @katlinegrey Exactly. That’s the critical point for Starship/BFR: more payload than the biggest rocket ever made, but for less money per launch than the smallest (orbital) rocket. Without something that lowers orbital flight cost by 100X, humanity will never be a multiplanet species.”

“@13ericralph31 @varunversion1 @Erdayastronaut @SpaceX If we need to tweak sat orientation to minimize solar reflection during critical astronomical experiments, that’s easily done. Most orbital objects are close to Earth btw, as shown by this NASA density map. https://t.co/83MwIZAEP6 https://t.co/NllMXregRg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_debris”

“@ludan27 @Erdayastronaut @JeromeJaccard @Robotbeat @alan1bernard Yes, but single stage to orbit with no payload is pointless. Add Super Heavy rocket booster & orbital payload is gigantic. Only need booster on Earth, due to deep gravity well & thick atmosphere. Starship alone on moons & Mars.”

“RT @teslaownersSV: Elon Musk “A fully reusable orbital rocket may be the hardest engineering problem of all time. SpaceX is tackling it wit…”

“@Matthew_Nolan1 @austinbarnard45 Starship will do orbital launches from Boca Chica (near Brownsville) & Cape”

“@annerajb @highlyaaronic Orbital refilling is critical for high payload to moon or Mars. Initially just Starship to Starship, later dedicated tankers.”

“RT @ezrafeilden: Awesome detail from the SpaceX orbital datacenter filing - heliocentric disposal of satellites at their end of life. This…”

“Just received #Dragon docking clearance from @NASA. Will begin orbital maneuvers to Space Station at 11pm Pacific time.”

“Congratulations to @OrbitalSciences! “@CNETNews: Orbital's Antares rocket makes successful test flight http://t.co/y7bwdDMGCi” http://cnet.co/17QCmKa”

“The tower has caught the rocket!! https://t.co/CPXsHJBdUh”

“Starship rocket booster caught by tower https://t.co/aOQmSkt6YE”

“Great energy from @SpaceX fans in Mexico https://t.co/R695MUaicc”

“Falcon going to orbit as seen from ocean https://t.co/Dclhju24ya”

“But then I started thinking about Mars”

“Great video of Starship Super Heavy Booster landing as seen from Mexico! 🇲🇽 https://t.co/R695MUaicc”

“We should send rockets not at each other, but rather to the stars https://t.co/h4apedUrsU”

“Starship Flight 2 https://t.co/ZfJ9ERl5ET”

“Even rockets need hugs 🥰 https://t.co/oF36F0AvBf”

“🇺🇸🇺🇸 AMERICA IS GOING TO MARS 🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://t.co/Jfvi43YWse”

“Still hard to believe Starship is real https://t.co/YJCRGrPNS7”

“Starship reentering like a meteor https://t.co/YjfVIHLLCl”

“This is the final straw. Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its HQ from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas.”

“Starship is ready to fly https://t.co/3PIb5FhHaR”

“@FedorovMykhailo Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route.”

“Great work by the Starship team!”

“Given the terrible flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, @Starlink will donate 1000 terminals to emergency responders and make usage for all terminals in the region free until the region has recovered. I hope the best for the people of Brazil. https://t.co/NK6kjz7Iag”

“Starship will take humanity to Mars https://t.co/BMBNI2mMKF”