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Joe, Tim, and Ben talk about Demo-2 Mission Splashdown, Starship hopping, and a smaller Cybertruck for the EU market.
Read more from the articles we referenced:
Smaller Cybertruck for EU – https://electrek.co/2020/08/04/tesla-smaller-cybertruck-europe-elon-musk/
EV West Speed Record – https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/04/ev-west-aims-for-speed-record-with-tesla-powered-lakester/
Mysterious Circular Objects in the sky – https://www.livescience.com/circular-radio-objects-space.html?utm_source=notification&fbclid=IwAR2Nz4iJnp7v1QyFLIQjmmz2rMVOoPJZy89ZJboqZYx7pNSodoKS_14fY_4
Bob and Doug Come home from DM-2 – https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1289674029624745984?s=20
The forward hatch is closed on the @SpaceX Dragon Endeavour to seal up the spacecraft for departure: pic.twitter.com/VNQdpWKlSy
— NASA (@NASA) August 1, 2020
Undocking sequence initiated for an on time departure at 7:34 p.m. EDT https://t.co/bJFjLCzWdK pic.twitter.com/3pxvHoNj5x
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 1, 2020
Dragon's four main parachutes have deployed pic.twitter.com/iU5Uy7lHbM
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 2, 2020
Good splashdown of Dragon confirmed! Welcome back to Earth, @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug! pic.twitter.com/0vAS3CcK9P
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 2, 2020
.@AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug have been lifted out of the water and are aboard the Go Navigator. Welcome home. #LaunchAmerica pic.twitter.com/gjqUcLMy8X
— NASA (@NASA) August 2, 2020
Tracking footage of Crew Dragon’s descent, parachute deployments and splashdown pic.twitter.com/pzbm1iXCC6
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 4, 2020
SN-5 hops! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugVZ41USN_0&t=104s
Starship takes flight pic.twitter.com/IWvwcA05hl
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 5, 2020
Starship liftoff and landing photos → https://t.co/095WHX44BX pic.twitter.com/S2xooN5mt4
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 5, 2020
Rocket Lab is back and better than ever! – https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1291182725437616128?s=20
This week was a big one for the recovery team. We conducted the final drop test and passed with flying colors. Next step is the real thing – bringing Electron's 1st stage back under a chute on Flight 17! pic.twitter.com/KFUrvBm6S1
— Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) August 6, 2020
Same rocket, more payload. We’re excited to announce that we’ve increased Electron’s payload capacity to 300 kg (660 lbs) to enable interplanetary missions and to support reusability! Learn more: https://t.co/elFvPyLlxn pic.twitter.com/0tWoCLPgRs
— Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) August 4, 2020
Bigger fairing – https://www.rocketlabusa.com/assets/Uploads/Rocket-Lab-Launch-Payload-Users-Guide-6.5.pdf
Virgin Orbit wraps up their investigation – https://virginorbit.com/wrapping-up-our-first-launch-demo-and-looking-ahead-to-launch-demo-2/
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