Franklin Ratliff
rocketplane.bsky.social
Franklin Ratliff
@rocketplane.bsky.social
Chief Technology Officer for Titans Space Industries
At the 1:20 mark it is explained why the flight time of electric drones is limited to 20 minutes no matter how big you make the battery. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q92S...
This F1 Driver Designed a NO RULES F1 Car
YouTube video by Driver61
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November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"The Aerojet LR87 was the only engine known in the world that was operated (with modifications) using all three major propellant combinations: kerosene RP-1 and liquid oxygen; storable hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide; and liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen." www.astronautix.com/l/lr87.html
LR87
LR87
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November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
@jackiewattles.bsky.social @lorengrush.bsky.social @antidr.bsky.social @genejm1017.bsky.social @dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social It figures these pseudointellectual fanboy Musk shills would not make the time to include an actual shuttle in their video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GceW...
A Deep Dive Tour Of Kennedy Space Center Visitor's Complex
YouTube video by Everyday Astronaut
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November 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reposted by Franklin Ratliff
We've worked on this project for months — excited to finally share it!

[Note: The animations are not to scale, and details such as flight paths are simplified to give an illustrative overview of the mission design.]

cnn.com/interactive/...
Apollo's bold, unruly and controversial successor
A visual guide to the audacious moon-landing mission design that put SpaceX and NASA in the hot seat — and has experts worried the US could lose the new moon race.
cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
@antidr.bsky.social @maxtwang.bsky.social @lorengrush.bsky.social @acollierastro.bsky.social @genejm1017.bsky.social @dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social The irony of using the phrase "super honest" totally escapes scam artist/conman/snake oil salesman Sam Altman. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fBh...
OpenAI Invests In Fake Robot Company
YouTube video by Wall Street Millennial
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November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
@lorengrush.bsky.social @newgen7267.bsky.social @genejm1017.bsky.social @buccaneerboosters.bsky.social @dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social @antidr.bsky.social In this framecap it can be seen how B18 had numerous simultaneous failures at the seams where the ring segments are welded together.
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
@antidr.bsky.social @dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social @lorengrush.bsky.social @newgen7267.bsky.social @genejm1017.bsky.social As usual, SpaceX fanboy Marcus House buries the lead and starts the video with 8 minutes of infrastructure trivia that no one else cares about. www.youtube.com/watch?v=auiG...
Starship Super Heavy Just Blew Itself Apart! 🤯 What Happened Here!?
YouTube video by Marcus House
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November 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Reposted by Franklin Ratliff
Even saying Dragon has worked very well is a kinda wrong as the crew version is constantly on the verge of disaster and getting waivers its competitor does not...
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=goI5...
Skip to the 1:00:00 mark.
"We have not borne any of the fruits of that labor with the exception of Dragon. The only commercial entity that has worked really really well for our national spaceflight goals as a country. What else had worked?"
"Oh... My God" AGAIN! - The Flame Trench
YouTube video by NASASpaceflight
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November 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM