Let’s not set the precedent of having the UN make decisions about space.

A missile would not change the re-entry time or location: just break the target into many pieces. In the one case where the US used a missile the target broke into many small pieces which mostly burned up on re-entry but I don’t think that would happen with the ISS. Uncontrolled re-entry of a single large object would, I think, be preferable to re-entry of dozens of them.

No agreement would have any effect on the headlines saying “US allows its spacestation to crash on city, killing 800 people”.

Musk said that he thought that FAA approval of a new FTS design was likely to be the long pole.

Hot staging also eliminates the gravity loss that otherwise would occur during the coasting phase during and after separation.

They may ignite only three engines at half thrust for the first second or so.

Such a device has been spotted at the shipyard. It has been speculated that the reason the ship QD was removed was to adjust it for the height added by the vented spacer.

We’re talking about apps used by moderators to do their work. The mods say that the tools provided by Reddit are inadequate.

Fewer users -> less ad revenue.

New. They already took a few of the old panels off and then put them back.

Steel sheathing going up on the tower at 10:40AM CDT on Starbase Live.