Happy Monday, here is non-public footage of Astra's Rocket 3 exploding during pre-launch testing in March 2020.
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Aria Alamalhodaei
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Aria Alamalhodaei
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- Just now, Lisa Watson-Morgan, NASA's Human Landing System program manager, posted to LinkedIn on the "remarkable progress" from SpaceX in relation to HLS, including seeing a "functioning life support mockup" for future missions.
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- Looking back over an Astra deck from Aug '21... they told investors SpaceX would complete less than 30 launches per year....
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