Meatball soup:

Add to pan:

• onions
• garlic
• 3 cloves

Heat (presumably) for a few minutes. Then add:

• tomatoes
• celery
• carrots

Heat for 5 min, then add:

• beef stock

Bring to boil, then simmer 20 min. Then add:

• precooked beef/pork/chicken/turkey/venison/whatever meatballs
• fennel to taste
• jasmine rice (optional)

Simmer 20 to 30 min. Top up with water if the level drops.

FTFY.

Meatball soup:

Add to pan:

• onions
• garlic
• 3 cloves

Heat (presumably) for a few minutes. Then add:

• tomatoes
• celery
• carrots

Heat for 5 min, then add:

• beef stock

Bring to boil, then simmer 20 min. Then add:

• precooked beef/pork/chicken/turkey/venison/whatever meatballs
• fennel to taste
• jasmine rice (optional)

Simmer 20 to 30 min. Top up with water if the level drops.

FTFY.

I expected some classic stop motion animation. This was actually even more impressive.

“He then proceeded to tell me about some rather clandestine parts of WWII”

It might not be real. We could live in a simulation. But it seems real to us, so we might as well enjoy ourselves.

I recall team games called “Project Ares”, which had “break the core” and “capture the wool” objectives. Is this similar?

I never played, but watched videos of it back in the day. It looked really fun.

2026-09-10:

• Sep 9th addendum: The Pad 2 chopstick stabiliser arms are tested. (ViX)
• Massey’s: Overnight B22 performs a cryo test. (Avid Space, ViX, Blobifie)
• S42 moves from Massey’s to Megabay 2. (NSF 1, NSF 2, Avid Space 1, Avid Space 2, ViX 1, ViX 2, ViX 3, StarshipGazer 1, StarshipGazer 2, Gomez, Blobifie)
• Road delay for “Production to Masseys” is posted for Sep 10th 23:59 to Sep 11th 04:00. (starbase.texas.gov, archive, ViX)
• SpaceX propose construction of a 2.7-mile (4.3 km) heavy-haul route to transport ships and boosters between Massey’s and the production site. The route would consist of an 38-foot-wide (12 m) travel surface with 1-foot-wide (0.3 m) shoulders and a 3:1 max fill slope on the north side. (swg.usace.army.mil, Avid Space, interstellargw 1, interstellargw 2)
• Production site: Overnight S43’s transfer tubes move from Starfactory to Megabay 2. (ViX)
• The Megabay 2 bridge crane picks up the ship lifting jig. (ViX)
• B23’s F2:4 section moves from Starfactory to Megabay 1. (Avid Space, ViX)
• S42 is transferred from the cryo stand to a transport stand. (Avid Space, ViX, TrackingTheSB, Blobifie)
• Launch site: The yellow rented LR11000 crane is disconnected from the recently lifted Tower 1 roof. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
• Road delay for “Production to Pad” is posted for Sep 10th 20:00 to Sep 10th 22:00. (ViX)
• Construction of the Pad 1 flame trench continues. (RGV Aerial)
• Back-to-back deluge tests are performed at Pad 2. (Avid Space, ViX, Blobifie 1)
• S42 rolls out to the launch site and is positioned between the Pad 2 chopsticks. (TrackingTheSB, NSF, efraser77, Blobifie 1, Blobifie 2, Blobifie 3, Blobifie 4, Blobifie 5)
• S40 recovery: Forte has passed Madagascar. (JConcilus)
• Flight 14: Now NET Sep 18th, per new CADENA presentation. (compass.atfm.aero (pptx warning), Avid Space, StarshipGazer)

https://bsky.app/profile/rykllan.bsky.social/post/3mv6fyv3t3226

#Falcon9 fairing halves of USSF-153

Nancy Grace Roman :)

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

Liftoff, MECO, stage separation, and M-vac ignition, fairing separation.

Relatively speaking, I suppose it would be. Though rocket engines tend to be pretty delicate, and I’m not aware of any which could stomach stright-up raw oil. Even the “kerosene” used in kerolox engines is a riffled form of kerosene known as RP-1.

Lobsters and crabs too. It’s strange that so many people are fine with eating acquatic bugs, but will turn their nose up at the terrrestrial equivalents.

2026-09-08:

• Sep 7th addendum: The new roof for Tower 1 is relocated by SPMTs. (ViX)
• Pad 1: The yellow rented LR11000 crane lifts the roof off the ground, but sets it back down shortly after. (ViX, ViX)
• Pad 2: Overnight, the launch mount service structure rolls out to Pad 2. (NSF, Avid Space, ViX)
• The chopsticks, landing rails, and stabiliser arms are tested. (ViX)
• The booster quick disconnects, hold-down clamps, ship quick disconnect arm, and ship quick disconnect perform a fast retraction test. (ViX 2, ViX 2)
• A launch and landing deluge test is performed. (ViX 1, ViX 2, Blobifie)
• Massey’s: Overnight, B22 moves from Megabay 1 to Massey’s. (NSF, Avid Space, ViX, StarshipGazer, cnunez 1, cnunez 2, Blobifie 1, Blobifie 2)
• Road delays for “Production to Masseys” are posted for Sep 8th 23:59 to Sep 9th 04:00 and Sep 9th 23:59 to Sep 10th 04:00. (starbase.texas.gov, archive, ViX)
• Production site: B23’s aft section enters Megabay 1. (ViX)
• B23’s LOX landing tank enters Megabay 1. (ViX)
• A bridge crane girder section is staged outside of the Gigabay. (ViX, Gisler)
• The crane which was obstructing the Avid Space Rover 1 camera is moved. (ViX)
• The bridge crane girder section enters the Gigabay. (ViX)
• The girder section is offloaded from the transport in the Gigabay, and the Megabay 2 bridge crane lifts the two-point ship lifting jig. (ViX)
• The girder section is moved over to the left side of the Gigabay. (ViX)
• Ship cryo stand enters Megabay 2. (Avid Space, ViX, Blobifie)
• McGregor: R3.240 (new highest) and R3.237 head towards the testing area. (SpaceRhin0 1, SpaceRhin0 2)
• R3.236 returns from its 3rd round of testing. (SpaceRhin0)
• S40 recovery: Forte is currently anchored off the coast of Madagascar, likely waiting for weather to improve. (interstellargw)

Less soot than kerosene.

The Nova Pathfinder vehicle has a diameter of about 12.5 feet, slightly larger than SpaceX’s Falcon 9 vehicle, although it is considerably shorter. The Block 2 version of Nova is intended to have a 15-foot diameter, Lapsa said.

“Probably the biggest change on the whole vehicle is that we will have a cylindrical second stage,” he said. “That’s an area where, inside our walls for years, we’ve been wrestling with how do we delete the taper on Pathfinder’s upper stage, and I think we’ve got a pretty slick approach to doing that.”

Pretty bold of them to start designing a larger reusable upper stage before recovering even a single Nova Pathfinder upper stage. Looking forward to seeing what they can pull off.

loosing

*losing :)

“Loosing” means “to set loose”, e.g. “loosing the hounds on the fugitive”, and is kinda only applicable in a pretty narrow set of circumstances.

The tea in the OP looks reasonably opaque. It’s probably a darker English tea with a substantial amount of milk, as opposed to a lighter Asian green tea.

2026-09-07:

• Massey’s: Road delay for “Production to Masseys” is posted for Sep 7th 23:59 to Sep 8th 04:00. (starbase.texas.gov, archive, ViX)
• Launch site: Road delay for “Production to Pad” is posted for Sep 7th 23:59 to Sep 8th 04:00. (starbase.texas.gov, archive, ViX)
• Production site: Gigabay construction continues. (cnunez)
• The launch mount servicing structure has been transferred to SPMTs. (Anderson)
• Booster aft section is (probably) fit checked with the horizontal booster transportation frame. (ViX)
• Booster lifting jig is hoisted in Megabay 1. (ViX)
• Booster cryo stand enters Megabay 1. (Avid Space, ViX)
• B22 is transferred to the cryo stand. (efraser77, Blobifie)
• McGregor: R3.236 returns from the testing area. (SpaceRhin0)
• Florida: Venting from Pad 39A is observed. (NSF)

Imagine someone receiving this mug full of tea, not knowing about the eyes until they tilt the mug to take a sip.