The old movie was way better than the book

I’m going to disagree with you there. The addition of the scene where Charlie Bucket and Grandpa Joe surreptitiously consume the Fizzy Lifting drink against Willy Wonka’s instructions completely undermines their characters as the “polite, non-entitled ticketholders”. This forced the screenwriters to add the Slugworth scene at the end of the film to provide a reason why Charlie should be given the factory.

The new movies are complete trash

While the 2005 movie also has its flaws, they at least didn’t change critical aspects of the plot, and also preserved the Oompa Loompa songs as they were in the book.

The book describes the boat as being made of pink glass

I’m pretty sure the book describes the boat as being made of pink sugar (which looks like glass).

Great for launching to polar orbits. Smaller inclination change required.

The chicken part was not in the book, I might add. Or the 2005 Tim Burton adaptation, for that matter.

Yeah, we should be yeeting probes throughout and out of the solar system to learn as much as we can. If the probes of today are overtaken by the probes of tomorrow, that’s just a bonus, and should be cause for celebration.

eVTOLs are cool.

2025-11-20 Starbase activities:

• Massey’s: Overnight, B18 moves from the build site to Massey’s. (NSF timelapse, NSF livestream, LabPadre, ViX, Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2, Starship Gazer 3, Gisler 1, Gisler 2, Gisler 3)
• SpaceX photos of B18 and thoughts from Golden and Anderson on the panelling on the forward dome.
• Build site: Test tank S39.1 moves into Megabay 2 overnight, and is placed on the “puck-shucker stand”. (ViX)
• B17 enters Megabay 1 and is cut in half. (ViX, Gisler)
• Construction begins on the third level of the Gigabay. (Anderson)
• Pad 1: The left chopstick is cut shorter. (NSF, LabPadre, ViX, Anderson)
• Launch mount leg 5 of 6 is knocked down. (ViX, Anderson)
• Video of how the leg debris are cleared from under the pad. (Gisler)
• Pad 2: Crews work on the crane rigging to balance the ship quick disconnect arm. (Gisler 1, Gisler 2)
• Ceasar G conducts a flyover of the launch site and Massey’s.

2025-11-21 Starbase activities:

• Massey’s: Overnight, B18 ruptures during its first cryo test. (NSF, LabPadre, ViX 1, ViX 2 (slow-mo))
• Aftermath photos and videos of Massey’s. (NSF 1, NSF 2, Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2, Starship Gazer 3, Starship Gazer 4, Gisler, Schlang)
• Zack Golden notes that the transfer tube remains intact. (Golden 1, Golden 2)
• SpaceX statement: “Booster 18 suffered an anomaly during gas system pressure testing that we were conducting in advance of structural proof testing. No propellant was on the vehicle, and engines were not yet installed. The teams need time to investigate before we are confident of the cause. No one was injured as we maintain a safe distance for personnel during this type of testing. The site remains clear and we are working plans to safely reenter the site.”
• All four chines contain composite overwrap pressure vessels. One of these could have been the cause of the RUD. (Anderson, Hansen)
• A murmuration of Starlings (not Starlinks) fly past the site. (ViX)
• The V3 booster lifting jig moves towards the site. No lift yet. (RoughRidersShow, ViX)
• Two high-reach elevated work platforms are staged at Massey’s. (RoughRidersShow, Killip)
• Build site: Raptor delivery truck is sighted. (Anderson)
• Pad 2: The LOX booster quick disconnect hood is removed. (ViX)
• Crews continue to work on the crane rigging to balance the ship quick disconnect arm. (ViX)
• The LOX booster quick disconnect performs 17 extension-retraction tests. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
• Pad 1: Launch mount leg 6 of 6 is knocked down. (ViX, NSF, Anderson, mymatrixplug 1, mymatrixplug 2)
• Montage of all six. (Anderson)
• The right chopstick’s catch rail is removed. (Anderson)
• The continuous flight auger drill which was at the air separation site is dismantled and removed. (ViX)

Florida:

• All nine sections of the launch tower for SLC-37 are nearing completion. The second half of Gigabay has begun construction at Roberts Road. (Anderson, Stranger 1, Stranger 2)

M-vac shutdown, nominal orbit insertion.

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

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

Liftoff!

https://bsky.app/profile/rykllan.bsky.social/post/3m5yw7aehf22h

#Falcon9 fairing halves of #Starlink 6-94

Norminal liftoff, booster landing, and Starlink deploy.

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1990952590931034381

Deployment of 29 @Starlink satellites confirmed

M-vac shutdown and nominal orbit insertion confirmed.

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

https://bsky.app/profile/rykllan.bsky.social/post/3m5xgbzd6nk2h

#Falcon9 fairing halves of #Sentinel6B

Brand new fairings this time!

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

Liftoff!

No peanut butter

E: Am I a joke to you?

Came here to post this, and you beat me to it!