Spaceflight ๐Ÿš€ · @spaceflight
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โ€™s engine is currently the king ๐Ÿ’ช of chamber pressure at 270 bar and theyโ€™re aiming for 300 bar. Just to put into perspective how much pressure that is, thatโ€™s like putting a 740i Sedan which weighs nearly 2 tonnes and placing it on something not much bigger than an average sized US Postage stamp everydayastronaut.com/aerospik

#SpaceX #Raptor #bmw

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Spaceflight ๐Ÿš€ · @spaceflight
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: four of the rocket's 33 main engines shut down prematurely, water suppression system appeared to function well arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/

#starship #staticfire #Raptor

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Spaceflight ๐Ÿš€ · @spaceflight
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: "Looks like we can increase thrust by ~20 per cent" ๐Ÿ“ˆ. โ€œFifty ๐Ÿš€flying every three days on average enables over a megaton of payload ๐Ÿ“ฆ to per year โ€“ enough to build a self-sustaining city on ๐Ÿ”ด.โ€ independent.co.uk/space/spacex

Picture : :ccby: :ccnc: flickr.com/photos/spacex/52822

#starship #Raptor #rockets #orbit #Mars

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Spaceflight ๐Ÿš€ · @spaceflight
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It was the 16th launch and landing for the B1058 ๐Ÿš€ booster. There are now more than 4,000 active ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ in around ๐ŸŒŽ.
: "Looks like we can increase thrust by ~20 per cent" ๐Ÿ“ˆ. โ€œFifty ๐Ÿš€flying every three days on average enables over a megaton of payload ๐Ÿ“ฆ to per year โ€“ enough to build a self-sustaining city on ๐Ÿ”ด.โ€ independent.co.uk/space/spacex

Picture : :ccby: :ccnc: flickr.com/photos/spacex/52822

#Falcon9 #rocket #starlink #satellites #orbit #earth #starship #Raptor #rockets #Mars

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Rihilistic Imagery by Rihilism · @Rihilism
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A turkey vulture that appears to have been feeding on carrion just prior to perching on a branch along Biscuit Creek in Coralville, Iowa. Yes, that is an apartment building in the background but I'm pretty confident all the residents are accounted for ๐Ÿ˜‰.
(04/12/23)

#Vulture #vultures #Raptor #raptors #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #naturemastodon #MastodonNatureCommunity #MastoArt #photography #alttext

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Spaceflight ๐Ÿš€ · @spaceflight
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๐Ÿ“† July 14, 2022 โ€™s primary goal is for the cost-per-tonne of thrust of to be under $1,000 โ€” this means Raptor needs to be ~$250,000 ๐Ÿ’ต to produce everydayastronaut.com/spacex-r

๐Ÿ“† November 6, 2022 ships โ€™s 200th ๐Ÿ“Š upgraded Raptor engine. SpaceX was also able to boost Raptor 2โ€™s thrust by 25% ๐Ÿ“ˆ teslarati.com/spacex-starship-

๐Ÿ“† May 1, 2020 will pay $146 million ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ฐ for each rocket engine. The needs four engines, and it is arstechnica.com/science/2020/0

#everydayastronaut #musk #Raptor #SpaceX #starship #NASA #sls #rocket #expendable #launchcost #rocketscience #artemis #senatelaunchsystem

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Spaceflight ๐Ÿš€ · @spaceflight
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๐Ÿ“† 2019 's has potential to be truly game changing at around $133 : kN over 25 flights, which could make it about as cheap to operate than the at $117 per kN per flight. But if the engine truly lives up to its hype, it could bring that number all the way down to $20 ๐Ÿ’ต per kN per flight.

is around $8 million ๐Ÿ’ฐ per engine, the is less than $1 million and for the , Elon has mentioned he thinks they can produce the Raptor for cheaper than or close to the Merlin engine everydayastronaut.com/raptor-e

๐Ÿ“† February 2022 Musk indicated that the engine production cost was approximately half that of the Raptor 1 version. Production โš™๏ธ rate for Raptor 2 has reached 1.8 a day as of ๐Ÿ“† February 2023 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor_(

#everydayastronaut #blueorigin #be4 #merlin #Raptor

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Recent photo from my local FB Lake Superior Birding Photography Group for you to enjoy ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Northern Harrier





#birding #Raptor #raptorphotography #birdingphotography #birdphotography

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Rihilistic Imagery by Rihilism · @Rihilism
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It was an incredible year for American bald eagles along the in and , Iowa. But the beginning of March is typically the end of the migratory visit and the eagles move north to breed. Sorry to see them go but look forward to our encounters next year.
(03/11/23)

#iowariver #coralville #iowacity #eagle #eagles #Raptor #raptors #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #naturemastodon #MastodonNatureCommunity #MastoArt #photography #alttext

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The Peregrine Falcon is a powerful and fast bird of prey found in various habitats across the world. They are known for their incredible speed, reaching up to 240 mph (386 km/h) in a dive, making them the fastest animals on Earth.
๐Ÿฆ… Debre Libanos | Ethiopia

#peregrinefalcon #bownaankamal #birdofprey #Raptor #falconry #nature #wildlife #Conservation #birding #birdwatching #birdlife #birdlovers #ethiopianwildlife #birdsofethiopia

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Rihilistic Imagery by Rihilism · @Rihilism
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You may understand why holding a 5 lb wildlife lens angled upward to take a photo of an American bald eagle directly overhead is a bit of a challenge. The difficulty mostly lies in trying to keep the relatively close eagle sufficiently centered in the frame so that you have a useful crop.
(03/02/23)

#eagle #eagles #Raptor #raptors #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #naturemastodon #MastodonNatureCommunity #MastoArt #photography #alttext

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Rihilistic Imagery by Rihilism · @Rihilism
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Rihilistic Imagery by Rihilism · @Rihilism
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Rihilistic Imagery by Rihilism · @Rihilism
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A remarkable number of eagles on the between & this past winter. A friend counted 48 along a 7 mile stretch of the river & the . On Monday I observed 10 in stand of 5-7 trees. I think this one๐Ÿ‘‡, taken from the paved trail, may be the closest I've been to a bald eagle.
(02/20/23)

#iowariver #iowacity #coralville #iowarivertrail #eagle #eagles #Raptor #raptors #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #MastodonNatureCommunity #MastoArt #photography #alttext

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Bater Kari · @bater
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A red-tail hawk (Buteo Jamaicensis) I photographed. I captured this shot with a Nikon D7000 and an AF-S NIKKOR 70-300MM 4.3-5.8G ED VR.






#Raptor #redtailhawk #photography #nikon #nikond7000 #wildlife

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Rihilistic Imagery by Rihilism · @Rihilism
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Rihilistic Imagery by Rihilism · @Rihilism
556 followers · 2946 posts · Server toot.community
Rihilistic Imagery by Rihilism · @Rihilism
556 followers · 2946 posts · Server toot.community
Rihilistic Imagery by Rihilism · @Rihilism
556 followers · 2946 posts · Server toot.community

Bald eagle scores a prize along the just south of the in , Iowa. Normally they pull shad out of the river but this one looks like a perch to me. Can any fishers out there ID the fish species from the pic?
(01/25/22)

#iowariver #iowariverpowerdam #coralville #eagle #eagles #Raptor #raptors #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #MastodonNatureCommunity #MastoArt #photography #alttext

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