nortex97 said:

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FYI. I still show the higher price in Frisco, TX though.

NEWS: SpaceX has cut the price of its @Starlink Standard Kit to a record low of $89 in parts of the US—a 75% drop from its usual price ($349) and 85% less than a year ago ($599). On top of all this, new customers can also lock in a reduced monthly service fee of $59 (from $120)… pic.twitter.com/4cPMUuGRgU

— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) September 13, 2025

Spoiler alert to the clickbait this week; no, they aren't dead Martians, 1MM bits of rock that have some carbon in them.

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If you live in Sioux Falls SD you can get a good deal

Would be more accurate to say that they found organic compounds surrounded by sulphur and phosphorous in patterns that are common to chemosynthesis on earth and the most likely non-organic process by which that occurs has generally been ruled out, because the conditions in which it occurs, very hot temperatures, was not present in the area.

That scientists don't currently know if that's indicative of life or if some other non-organic process occurred to result in the same patterns. That in order to find out they have to retrieve the samples from Mars with the Mars sample return mission that has been delayed and is growing in expense, that China has their own sample return mission scheduled for 2028 and speculatively they could retrieve the samples taken by NASA and be the first to report with higher probability (or disprove for this sample) organic life on Mars by directly testing the sample.

Cignus XL Launched Aboard Falcon 9 with ZBOT-NC

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/09/northrop-grummans-new-spacecraft-is-a-real-chonker/

4900kg of cargo, including an interesting experiment that might help us out on future missions: Zero Boil-Off Tank Noncondensables (ZBOT-NC)

https://www.nasa.gov/mission/station/research-explorer/investigation/?#id=8190

Interesting new tank rolled out of the Starfactory today.

Too early to tell for sure, but this looks like it could potentially be a propellant storage tank for the Tanker Variant of Starship.

Any other ideas??

🎥: @LabPadre pic.twitter.com/jFCjjBP8xa

— Zack Golden (@CSI_Starbase) September 16, 2025

On the road again…

S38 looking sharp on its way to Pad A for a static fire test.@NASASpaceflight pic.twitter.com/5mwveqX9rF

— Ceaser G (@CeaserG33) September 17, 2025

Not sure of the schedule for a static fire. I guess in the next couple of days. Full heat shield, for the second time, only a few tiles missing around the nose.

The Pad-1 ChopstiX have moved...into Ship receive position. A little earlier, the SQD adapter plate was also moved to the pad, so looks like Ship testing isn't far off now.@LabPadre pic.twitter.com/Tklg2wv9kP

— VixXi (@VickiCocks15) September 16, 2025

This probably makes more sense to transport stuff than as a drone ship to catch stuff.

https://t.co/pe9NaIOO1K

— Jack J Marshall (@jackthejaws) September 16, 2025

But, maybe I'm wrong, it happens.