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May 23, 2019

@Erdayastronaut @SpaceX Turbopump propellant flow path to achieve high chamber pressure is quite tricky. Requires an inducer & 2 impellers with ~100,000 shaft horsepower.

3.6K likes148 RT112 replies
May 22, 2019

@BPSYT1 @Erdayastronaut @SpaceX Hopefully in about 10 days

1.4K likes71 RT40 replies
May 22, 2019

@Erdayastronaut @SpaceX Physics favors full flow

3.6K likes98 RT77 replies
May 19, 2019

@PunishedFranc83 @SpaceXStarlink @SpaceX Easy to turn one of our Starlink satellites into a debris collector

1.2K likes80 RT101 replies
May 19, 2019

@PunishedFranc83 @SpaceXStarlink @SpaceX Yes

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May 16, 2019

Starlink mission will be heaviest @SpaceX payload ever at 18.5 tons. If all goes well, each launch of 60 satellites will generate more power than Space Station & deliver 1 terabit of bandwidth to Earth.

53.5K likes5.6K RT1.3K replies
May 15, 2019

@NASASpaceflight SpaceX is doing simultaneous competing builds of Starship in Boca Chica Texas & Cape Canaveral Florida

5.4K likes343 RT136 replies
May 12, 2019

@PPathole @SpaceX It is flat-packed. No dispenser.

2.8K likes65 RT89 replies
May 12, 2019

First 60 @SpaceX Starlink satellites loaded into Falcon fairing. Tight fit. https://t.co/gZq8gHg9uK

69.1K likes8.4K RT1.7K replies
May 10, 2019

@Dystopian_Blues @blueorigin @SpaceX @JeffBezos But putting the word “Blue” on a ball is questionable branding

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May 8, 2019

@_TomCross_ @Teslarati @SpaceX @13ericralph31 One of the biggest reusability improvements was fast leg stow. Version 1 sometimes took days.

3.6K likes118 RT66 replies
May 6, 2019

@Rawasen_ SpaceX needs to demonstrate more progress with Starship, but that will hopefully happen rapidly

3.5K likes141 RT71 replies
Apr 27, 2019

@Erdayastronaut @StevenHardison @lrocket Tom is still an advisor to SpaceX, but semi-retired about 5 years ago & doesn’t work on Raptor. Will Heltsley heads propulsion overall, but Raptor is a team effort. No single leader.

1.2K likes41 RT30 replies
Apr 12, 2019

♥️🚀💫 SpaceX team 💫🚀♥️

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Apr 12, 2019

Thanks on behalf of @SpaceX team! We ♥️♥️♥️ @NASA!

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Apr 11, 2019

@NASAGoddard @SpaceX .@SpaceX team would be so honored to fly this for @NASA!

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Apr 11, 2019

@SpaceX Upper atmospheric wind shear is very high. Will have to postpone launch unless weather improves soon.

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Mar 30, 2019

@nextspaceflight @Erdayastronaut @DiscoverMag Yes. Sensitive propulsion & avionics remained dry. Great work by SpaceX Dragon engineering team. Major improvement over Dragon 1.

1.2K likes59 RT28 replies
Mar 10, 2019

@Drew78823936 @Erdayastronaut @DJSnM @RocketTenor @NASA @SpaceX @Space_Station @Commercial_Crew Probably right. Starship rate of progress far exceeds Falcon & Dragon, although they’re critical to getting there. dInnovation/dt is what matters long-term.

1.8K likes97 RT106 replies
Mar 10, 2019

@DJSnM @RocketTenor @NASA @SpaceX @Space_Station @Commercial_Crew For cargo missions, propulsive land landing should be no problem. Doesn’t have same safety criticality as crew.

2.1K likes93 RT73 replies
Mar 10, 2019

@dmk184 @NASA @SpaceX @Space_Station @Commercial_Crew Pretty much any moon or planet that has a solid or liquid surface

1.1K likes34 RT36 replies
Mar 10, 2019

@iamkostmos @NASA @SpaceX @Space_Station @Commercial_Crew Most likely, but this is contingent upon NASA review & approval

1.3K likes44 RT36 replies
Mar 10, 2019

@xandriteme @NASA @SpaceX @Space_Station @Commercial_Crew Best to use a giant brake pad, aka heat shield

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Mar 10, 2019

@ajithshan03 @NASA @SpaceX @Space_Station @Commercial_Crew No

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Mar 10, 2019

@NASA @SpaceX @Space_Station @Commercial_Crew Dragon 2 was designed to land using thrusters, with parachutes as backup. Switched to chutes as primary, due to difficulty of proving safety, but Dragon can still do it. https://t.co/Mr7VFIQwWf https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=07Pm8ZY0XJI

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Mar 9, 2019

@roscosmos @Rogozin @JimBridenstine Thank you on behalf of SpaceX! We have always admired your rocket/spacecraft technology.

6.8K likes233 RT80 replies
Mar 9, 2019

@BarackObama @NASA @SpaceX @Commercial_Crew Thank you on behalf of the people of SpaceX!

40.6K likes1.1K RT206 replies
Mar 3, 2019

SpaceX team in Hawthorne control, Dragon docked to Station above https://t.co/JUWkOrWjsH

34.1K likes2.3K RT592 replies
Mar 3, 2019

SpaceX Crew Dragon has docked with International @Space_Station https://t.co/CccsItLLvJ

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Mar 3, 2019

@BoeingCEO @SpaceX @Commercial_Crew @NASA @Space_Station Thank you. May you have good luck and godspeed with your spacecraft!

1.3K likes48 RT16 replies
Mar 3, 2019

@realDonaldTrump Thank you on behalf of SpaceX. Also, thank you to @NASA, without whom this would not be possible.

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Mar 3, 2019

@VP @POTUS @NASA @SpaceX Thank you on behalf of the many people of SpaceX

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Mar 3, 2019

@fhurst4762 @SpaceX @Space_Station Lightning bolt right before launch

1.6K likes68 RT96 replies
Mar 2, 2019

@raulv48 @bryanMackSC @Tesla Need to get back to SpaceX launch control. Sorry this solution isn’t perfect.

1.4K likes41 RT117 replies
Feb 27, 2019

@NASASpaceflight @flcnhvy @rogiermaas @SpaceX Yes

1.1K likes34 RT49 replies
Feb 27, 2019

@katlinegrey @lrocket @Alexis_wwww Rest of SpaceX propulsion still very active, so only ~50 full-time equivalent people right now. That will grow a lot as we enter production. It’s 10X harder (at least) to design engine production system than engine. In automotive, 100X harder.

1.0K likes56 RT31 replies
Feb 26, 2019

@lrocket @Alexis_wwww @katlinegrey Tom did an awesome job leading Merlin, Kestrel, Draco & other engine developments from start through 2014 that were critical to SpaceX’s success. Great respect & appreciation!

1.5K likes61 RT18 replies
Feb 22, 2019

@flcnhvy @rogiermaas @SpaceX Focusing on Starship instead

1.1K likes34 RT40 replies
Feb 22, 2019

@rogiermaas @SpaceX Deorbits & burns up over the Pacific

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Feb 21, 2019

@katlinegrey SpaceX commercial 🚀 launch market share went from 0% in 2010 to 65% in 2018. Despite massive subsidies to Boeing/Lockeed, they have never won a fair competition against SpaceX for several years. https://t.co/sqAYCCcJtd

1.8K likes182 RT59 replies
Feb 21, 2019

@fan_of_racing @bkent136 @macodiseas @katlinegrey SpaceX Merlin architecture is simpler than staged combustion (eg SSME or RD), but it has world record for thrust/weight & thrust/cost engine. Raptor has better Isp, but I’m worried it may fall short on those two critical metrics.

1.1K likes61 RT24 replies
Feb 21, 2019

@katlinegrey I have been chief engineer/designer at SpaceX from day 1. Had I been better, our first 3 launches might have succeeded, but I learned from those mistakes. https://t.co/3r6ZqEc30A https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/as-the-spacex-steamroller-surges-european-rocket-industry-vows-to-resist/3/

8.8K likes530 RT239 replies
Feb 17, 2019

@FredericLambert @georgezachary I had to focus on solving a painfully large number of engineering & manufacturing problems at Tesla (especially) & SpaceX

1.7K likes64 RT48 replies
Feb 16, 2019

SpaceX foundry casting Raptor engine manifold out of Inconel https://t.co/zWlqNwGj0R

109.0K likes8.1K RT1.6K replies
Feb 13, 2019

@Erdayastronaut @John_Gardi @w0lfyxD @Robotbeat @SpaceX Yeah, but simpler. Needed for landing burn or engines will suck in a bubble.

1.3K likes39 RT38 replies
Feb 13, 2019

@John_Gardi @w0lfyxD @Robotbeat @SpaceX Starship & Super Heavy will press tanks autogenously even in version 1. Very important, as helium costs more than oxygen on Falcon, even though liquid oxygen is 2/3 vehicle mass & helium weighs basically nothing.

1.2K likes69 RT41 replies
Feb 11, 2019

@John_Gardi @w0lfyxD @Robotbeat @SpaceX True

1.0K likes23 RT39 replies
Feb 11, 2019

@AstrumMining @SPEXcast @McMurchie @Robotbeat @John_Gardi @SpaceX Moon first, Mars as soon as the planets align

1.5K likes87 RT66 replies
Feb 11, 2019

@SPEXcast @ikrbkv @MARINAVALOVA2 @alexmd2 @SpaceX On my bedside table

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