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Unconfirmed rumours the FAA have given last-minute approval and a launch attempt is expected within 10 minutes.

Today (Thurs 28 January 2021) we're currently go for launch of the SN9 Starship prototype. It's predecessor SN8 achieved most of the flight goals including the controlled "bellyflop" fall and only exploded on landing when not enough fuel came from the header tank in the nosecone to power the engines sufficiently.
SpaceX have made alterations, including putting nitrogen into the header tank to pressurize it and ensure a stronger flow. They're not convinced this is the best solution but it'll do for now, especially as SN10 is fully formed and now queuing waiting its own flight.
My personal question would be if the stubby legs can support the weight of the vehicle at the end of its descent. I like the leg design (relying on gravity to deploy rather than hydraulics - the design philosophy is as simple as possible but no simpler) but I simply don't think they look long enough. I do know the Head of Rocket Landing at SpaceX (cool job title) so I will ask him some time! He should know better than me.
I confess I've been daydreaming of buying a place on South Padre Island in Texas so I can watch these launches live from the balcony.
I'm guessing no earlier than 16:30 today, but the livestream is up already (with commentary) at:
 

Yesterday I suggested to Amanda Solloway (in her role as Science Minister) that the UK look at repurposing oil rigs and take advantage of our shipbuilding manufacturing expertise to turn them into floating spaceports. Today a story broke that SpaceX acquired two oil  rigs last year and is doing exactly that! They have been renamed Phobos and Deimos after the two Martian moons.
 

Give us a clue.

Would have to agree with that considering they haven't won it for over half a century ?
And I would sooner see them win it than United or City but somebody who isn't Mourinho would also be preferable 
 

Tottenham would class as ‘outside the usual suspects.’

Tottenham would class as ‘outside the usual suspects.’

He was at the QPR match, so I assume he traveled with the squad and was back up for them bench in case anyone got injured in warm up.

Why on earth would 32 Red give us more money to cover Phil Jones wages in a Covid-era?

They've not looked the same side for a year now. I could see this coming

Remember when they lost to villa and Koop was all smiles like ‘sometimes weird things like this happen in football, nothing really to worry about.’

It's nice, but it's no Mason Bennett v Wigan.

He's no Mason Bennett though...
 

Tonight SpaceX really went for it in Boca Chica, with three successive static fires of the engines through the afternoon, while holding the rocket down on the pad. There's only ever been one every few days before. Given the hugely experimental nature of the rocket, it was a tremendous achievement it held together in one piece, leaving the way open for the high-altitude test flight. I suspect they will want to study the engine fires first, but clearance is there to do this any time from tomorrow (Thursday).
Here's a thread with footage of all three engine fires:
 

Social Media - The worse thing ever. The internet is out of control and needs some regulation.
It’s also the best thing the internet. 

It was just as easy in the 70's. All you had to do was ask your mates if they were up for going into town early when Man United, Leeds, etc were playing..........ok, it might not be that organised as such but you knew where it was going to happen.
The lads who used to brick the away coaches at Spider Island seemed to manage to congregate without WhatsApp ?

Unquestionably it's improved our lives.
Just imagine this pandemic before the internet.
DNA profile mapped in days, due to a network of thousands/millions of computers all chipping in a small piece of processing power in a collaborative effort, rather than relying on one super computer to do it all.
Imagine getting the relevent information out to the world using a system of TV and Radio networks, postal systems and print media?
How long would that have taken?
Being an ambulance driver, and having to ring round to find a Covid patient a bed, rather than be directed automatically to capacity(if any)?
Trying to home school by setting the VCR to 3.30am to record lesson's, hoping there's no extra time in cup games to ruin your plans.
Who was the first president of the United States? "Charlie George miss, just look at his face".
Need to go shopping, but need a face mask prior? Good luck finding a open air face mask shop 30 years ago!
The internet has bought the world together, and the way some people use it to divide us is a small price to pay.
For every person who uses the net to spread hate, there's many more who use it to educate and better themselves.
To use myself as an example, I've learned more about the Opium Wars, Slavery, the gender spectrum and the history of Viz than would ever be possible without the internet.
 

Currently mRNA vaccines, hopefully they help make the world a better place

Where to begin? :)

I refuse apologise for sharing an amusing anecdote at Leeds' expense for those uninvolved with the world of Twitter.
I did it for the people, and a few likes.

What’s the FA Cup and a Cordless drill got in common? No Leeds.

He used to be on TOWIE. If that makes you a celebrity than that's another question.
But anyway the Beeb have been plugging this story about him to see if he can finally make it as a professional footballer at Crawley after he's previously had stints for the youth teams of Spurs and West Ham I believe.
It's the Beeb progressing their own vested interest in the story hence the huge fanfare of him coming on as a sub with a minute to go.  

Mark Wright? He is a reality TV person. He is in The Only Way Is Essex.

Forgive my cultural naivety, but who was that guy that came on at the end? I saw it in the highlights on the BBC. They made a big deal of it, like Rooney making his debut for us, but didn’t explain why.