I won't be using these features, but I'm not sure there's cause for concern. The implementation seems very sensible and legitimately privacy-centric. The LLM runs locally and is meant as an very basic email proofreader. The crypto wallet is a likely an extension of the password management tech they've already developed, with transaction features that some people care about.
I can see why some people want these features, and I'm glad there are new alternatives.
Great points. I think my concern is that a failed catch has the potential to look very dramatic, even if nothing significant goes wrong. I worry that a lengthy investigation will be triggered. But admittedly I don't know how that process works!
I wonder if a successful catch will be what accelerates the launch schedule.
I hope a failed catch doesn't mean a six month pause...
They have, and that seems to be the industry standard. I don't expect issues. But you can't test everything in a full gravity vacuum chamber and SpaceX has never made an EVA suit before.
I'm sure the depressurization process includes tons of safety measures and tests, but I'm still creeped out by a tourist flight being this experimental!
As far as I know these EVA suits aren't going to be tested sans people, and that gives me the creeps!
I'm impressed by the quality of their onboard cameras, without the help of starlink.
FYI to everyone: there are several fake "ESA Official" YouTube channels running deepfaked Elon crypto scam streams that claim to be "Ariane 6 Launch Stream".
They're nothing new, but sharing in case anyone hasn't seen it before. Those aren't real streams!
IT'S SO CUTE
Why do our brains work like this...
Can't wait to see this team, but I don't understand why they paid this much. Wow.
Wow, the "little" max has gotten big! Going to take a while to get used to these numbers.
Musk is gross and SpaceX has some questionable marketing claims that you've identified, but I don't see how anyone could claim that anything about the company's products are a shitshow.
Falcon 9 has radically changed the economics of the space industry, and has no competition to force lower prices.
Starship has had a very successful testing campaign, and operates within a different development paradigm than Saturn. They've shown more progress on more technology in the last year than almost any rocket ever. It won't be long before Starship has demonstrated all the capabilities you mentioned. While the price tag is large in absolute terms, it will be very cheap relative to the competition.
Dear Moon was not canceled by SpaceX, and no one who follows the industry has ever believed Musk's timelines.
I guess I'm confused, because everything I know about Starship points towards it being one of the most incredible engineering accomplishments ever. There are lots of other problems with SpaceX's leadership, environmental impact, and work culture, but aren't the products inspiring?
I was firmly in the "nothing is actually wrong and the media coverage is silly" camp, so this report is pretty shocking.
If there are real engineering reasons (as opposed to anxious bureaucrat ones) that Dragon needs to rescue them, this seems like one of the bigger crises in the modern era?
Will wait for more details, but clearly I was wrong about media coverage!