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Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Falcon1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Falcon1</span></a> failed three times before tasting success. <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Spectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spectrum</span></a> is somewhat larger and more capable than Falcon 1, with performance in line with <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Firefly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefly</span></a>'s Alpha rocket.</p><p>The fully assembled Spectrum rocket stands about 28 meters 📏 tall and measures more than 2 meters in diameter. The expendable launcher is designed to haul payloads up to 1 metric ton (2,200 pounds) into <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/LEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LEO</span></a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/this-launcher-is-about-to-displace-the-v-2-as-germanys-largest-rocket" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">this-launcher-is-about-to-displace-the-v-2-as-germanys-largest-rocket</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Isar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Isar</span></a></p>
Fediverse Starbase Tracker<p>Here's our meme contribution to <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IFT8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IFT8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Falcon1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Falcon1</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/spacex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacex</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/starship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starship</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/starbase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starbase</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://spacey.space/@PhotonEmpress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PhotonEmpress</span></a></span></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>The "easy start" of <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> : "<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/elonmusk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>elonmusk</span></a></span> said he made $180m 💰 when <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/PayPal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayPal</span></a> was acquired by <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/eBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eBay</span></a> in 📆 2002, and he initially put $90m into <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>, but the costs kept mounting.<br>He said 📆 2008 was an incredibly difficult year - SpaceX's <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Falcon1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Falcon1</span></a> rocket failed 💥 for the third time, and Tesla almost went bankrupt two days before Christmas.<br>By this point, he only had about $40m 💵 left." <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/business-43365710" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.com/news/business-43365710</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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