If anyone wants to be part of a low-budget space program, Buccaneer needs talent, people, and lots of money. The only condition is that we may make Not-Missiles and you'll have to listen to me talk like a pirate occasionally.

Heading to Cebu City! (Pardon the audio. It's been fixed since.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=qveK...

The dullard who wrote that you could terraform Mars for $10 billion in 10 years (3 years ago, by the way) is not a credible source on spaceflight. It is an indictment against any space enthusiast who listens to him.

Make Us Whole: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywVn...

Had I actually made the "SLS vs. Starship" remake this year, I was going to estimate that Starship was a $25 billion program, part of which comes from how poorly the program has progressed. Based on today's 'please don't hurt me' posts from SpaceX, it appears I have once again been optimistic.

Been learning some Blender. Made Rocheworld.

Something I've noticed is that while Elon Musk (et al) love talking about colonizing Mars, I have yet to see him actually talk about it. No discussions on any aspect of the planet, favorite locations, features, nothing. No actual interest in the place beyond fantasizing about escaping their lives.

Didn't see (or really care about) Flight 11. It's fine. The issue I emphasize is that, at some point, Starship is going to have to actually work. Tiles not falling off, all engines restarting, an airframe that isn't punctured and deformed with heat.

Starting a circumnavigation of the Earth, I hope the locals near Cebu City are nice... www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbLV...

Experimenting with backgrounds for renders of Caravel. Does this feel tropical to you?

The Eternal President, unprompted, reminded me that he's only ever committed one crime: a speeding ticket. And that his biggest regret is not catching the guy who overthrew the last president. (He overthrew and disappeared the last president. I was there.)

Put a crystal in your microwave to find gravity and head over to Mars. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Eb5...

The Eternal President has told me he wants to ban the TV. That's it. The only TV in the Democratic Republic. I don't even know who has it because I don't know who has the TV schedule and I don't have the "who has what" list.

Dead Space 2 it is!

Working on the next KYR.

Doing a Poll for the Halloween Livestream. Ignore the massive paragraph breaks caused by copy/paste. Or fear them. www.youtube.com/post/UgkxTRF...

It is both funny and annoying to watch SpaceX fans talk about Starship because it's very clear they live in an alternate reality with no understanding of anything about spaceflight.

One of my favorite Shuttle experiments so far: FARE II.

Feeling blue? Try FARE II! (Who doesn't love propellant transfer experiments?) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A3u...

Eh success. Engine out on ascent. Deployment system needs work. Aft section explosion. Vehicle is still falling apart on reentry. We're at Flight 10, not 2. This program is an unmitigated mess. Hard to be enthusiastic about it. Still no confidence on HLS.

I'd really like for space advocacy and enthusiasm to stop falling for obvious nonsense like near-term Mars colonization. If you actually researched and this subject, you wouldn't fall for it.

Delaying "Bad Arguments for Space" for a weekend or two. I have a script, I have the arguments, and I have a vision. It's just that I don't like being a negative person about what I like and support.

No, I didn't dress suggestively to gain the Eternal President's attention. It's my fashion sense. I have the urge to build a scale model of OTRAG from PVC pipes. Help.

It is kind of funny how space enthusiasm devolved into a cult around a rocket that doesn't even work.

A stylized Project Prometheus spacecraft in orbit of Saturn. (I tried other planets but those didn't look as nice.)

I was hoping to have SLS vs Starship remake done by the end of this month. Due to things happening, it'll hopefully be done by October (?). Yes, I know there are only so many ways to say 'screw-up' for Starship, but I've got to be creative.

I need a vacation. I have up to 18 days PTO to use at the end of the year / early next year to use. Party time! All I need is somewhere to go. (No, I can't go to the original OTRAG launch site in the Congo. Would if I could.)

Athena, a rocket I think is pretty. Back at it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=03OF...

Not the most energetic episode, but hey. Come to the gas station. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVEy...

Every day, my boss eats something that snaps/cracks (gum, carrots?) when consumed. I can hear it. He does this for 1-5 hours a day. I am now insane.

Coming Friday night, assuming renders don't take 50 years. Athena!

Don't ask me why the Eternal President wants another presidential palace. I've told him repeatedly that it means he's misappropriating aid and violating sanctions again. Oh, he wants to show off the missiles again. I swear the man enjoys international condemnation.

I'm going to have to do a video on a certain carcinogen in space advocacy and enthusiasm, aren't I? (Hint: the most prominent face of space exploration is an extremist with horrendous views.) I don't want to be the guy to do this.

I should note that for Caravel's first flight (the Booster Flight Test), success is a full first stage ascent, second stage ignition, and second stage pitch-over maneuver (with a burn). A good few minutes of flight. Anything less would be a failure.

Working on pre-viz for my biggest animation yet.

56 years ago. Apollo 11. (I picked this image because Buzz Aldrin is deploying the Passive Seismic Experiment Package. Science!)

How do you do, fellow kids? www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e_U...

Quick schedule thing (I say, dooming it) for 2025: 1. Bad Arguments for Space 2. SLS vs. Starship remake 3. A number of shorter videos. 4. Low-Cost Launch Vehicle remake (Know Your Rocket sprinkled in.)

Cat.

Celebrate Independence Day with the 80s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDMo...

As said on the other site: There are plenty of high schools named after dead astronauts. Anyone who thinks we need more should be permanently banned from any space advocacy group.

It's astounding how many of the people who scream "ITERATIVE DESIGN!!!!!!!!" have no idea what a test program is and should look like. As well as not understanding what time is, apparently.

More like BEER Shoemaker, amirite? www.youtube.com/watch?v=P__0... Join the Discord: discord.gg/ywPkFm4Q

The Eternal President stopped by the rocket launch site (which doesn't explode randomly) with "something he's holding for someone" and that I shouldn't think too much about it. How on Earth did he get 400kg of 60% enriched uranium? What am I doing anymore?

Turns out one of my coworkers is not only a Pizzagate believer, but also a 9/11 Thruther, Moon Landing denier, and believes everything (except what we do) is fake/suspect. Wonderful.

I want to be charitable to SpaceX fans, but they act so vile and repugnant to anyone who even faintly questions the company that it's basically a lost cause. Such a disconnect from reality. We all know the best way to advocate for space is to act like a deranged cult.

If you pause at 5:44, I'm looking directly at the little red progress circle/bar. Yes, I can't speak. In my defense, I'm slightly sick (not in the skateboard sense). www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IVH...

This is an open-ended question/request. I'm looking for "SLS vs. Starship" videos that are pro-Starship and recent videos that try to justify the failures of the Starship program. (The one I responded to 5 years ago by Jixuan and Sebastian is buried under pro-Trump crap by them.)

I honestly can't think of anything new to say about how garbage the Starship program is. Even I didn't think it would be this much of a screw-up. I don't care about the technical issues anymore; this is a programmatic failure through and through.

It's going to be a long summer.