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HUGE Twitter Update: Elon Musk to introduce 4,000 character tweets next month and Sell Usernames · Elon Musk Podcast

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Twitter is considering selling usernames to generate new
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Revenue. According to two people with
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knowledge of this plan and engineer's at the social media
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company have discussed the possibility of running Online
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Auctions, where users can bid for user names, which are the
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words numbers or string of characters that follow the at
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sign by which accounts, right identified on the platform.
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It's unclear. If the project will move forward
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and if it does, whether it will affect all usernames or only,
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Herb subset of the usernames. Now the social media company has
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been in turmoil since its acquisition by Elon Musk for
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forty four billion dollars in October.
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And given the high price tag of the deal Ilan is under pressure
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to make the purchase a huge success in to that end.
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He slashed expenses at Twitter ordering layoffs, cutting other
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costs, and stopping vendor payments.
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However, he's also looking for new avenues to make money as
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Twitter experience, as a sharp downturn in a Avenue one of the
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new revenue streams. He's considered is a revamped
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subscription plan, where users pay for verification badges.
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The company has also filed paperwork with the treasury
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Department to process payments. And mr.
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Musk has said he has visions of creating an everything up,
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similar to China's WeChat, which more than a billion.
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People use to find news connected friends, make payments
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order food. You can basically do everything
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on WeChat and unique user names. Also known It has handles can be
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lucrative, they're often claimed by early adopters, or social
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media platforms, and some people and brands are willing to pay
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thousands of dollars for them. Black markets have even sprung
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up where people can buy OG usernames that are desired
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because they feature a short word or a number and may have
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been abandoned by their owners. But Twitter's rules forbid, the
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buying and selling of handles but the trade has previously
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attracted hackers and in 2020 17 year old and Florida was Rested
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after hacking Twitter to obtain usernames to sell compromising,
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the accounts of Elon Musk and other celebrities.
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Now telegram a popular messaging platform, said it would let
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people auction their Handles in October.
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Now he'll on plans to eliminate inactive accounts on Twitter and
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free up 1.5 billion. Usernames igniting concerns
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among some who fear the company would delete the accounts of
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people who had died. I'd and whose Twitter pages were
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used to memorialize them. And as of July the last time,
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the company reported Financial figures, Twitter hidden nearly
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238 million, daily active users who saw advertisements Twitter
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primarily makes money through advertising in the company
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offers a variety of advertising formats including promoted,
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tweets, promoted accounts and promoted Trends.
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And these formats allow advertisers to reach specific
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audiences and drive engagement with their content.
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Twitter also offers a suite of targeting options such as
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keywords interests and behaviors, which allows
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advertisers to reach specific audiences based on their
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demographics interests and online Behavior.
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Additionally, Twitter offers a self-service advertising
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platform which allows small and medium-sized businesses to
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create and manage their own advertising campaigns, Twitter.
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Also, generates revenue from data licensing and other
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Partnerships in the company provides access to its Te to
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businesses and organizations for research and Analysis, and also
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partners with other companies to integrate its data, into their
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products and services. Twitter also continues to lay
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off employees with mr. Musk reducing the company's
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Workforce by about 75%, from the 7500 employees at had at the
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time that he took over, it's worth noting that the potential
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sale of usernames by Twitter, raises several ethical concerns.
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One of the main issues is the possible.
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Of users privacy as their personal information could be
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exposed to third parties if their usernames are sold.
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Additionally, it could lead to potential exploitation of users
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by Third parties, who may purchase usernames for the sole
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purpose of exploiting, the personal information and data of
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the accounts followers. Now, another concern is the
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possibility of creating a digital divide against users,
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where those who can afford to purchase a desirable username
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would have an advantage over those.
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Those who cannot and this could lead to an unequal distribution
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of power and influence on the platform which could harm the
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overall user experience a. Furthermore, the sale of
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usernames would also raise questions about the ownership
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and control of online identities.
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Users have invested time and effort into building their
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online presence in the sale of their usernames, with strip them
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of control, over their online identity.
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This could have serious implications for personal
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branding Networking and even poor personal privacy.
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Now let's move on to some other Twitter news, Twitter CEO, Elon
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Musk has confirmed that the character limit for tweets will
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increase from 280 to 4000 characters, early, next month.
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And this feature, which was first proposed in.
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December, is one of the number of changes for the social media
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platform that the tech, billionaire plans, to roll out,
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over the coming months, after purchasing it for forty four
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billion dollars. Last October, the increase in
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character, length will be only the second time in Twitter,
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17-year history that has changed the limit.
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Having previously, boosted, the original hundred and forty limit
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to 280 in 2017 and mr. Musk explained that the
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long-form tweets would get the same timeline screen space as
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other tweets. But you will be able to click
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for more and it's part of a much larger user interface overhaul
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which will include the ability to swipe between recommended and
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follow tweets as well as a bookmark feature that will
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function as a silent like button.
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We will also be adding simple. Formatting features like bold
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underline and font size later this quarter.
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That's what Elon tweeted. And the goal is to allow people
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to publish long-form natively on Twitter, rather than forcing
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them to use another website and Twitter will continue to
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recommend brevity and Tweets. In the update, may bring an end
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to lengthy Twitter threads which had become a popular way of
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sharing longer form content since the functionality was
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introduced in 2017. Now some Twitter users
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criticized the latest long-form features.
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Which some were claiming that the brevity of tweets
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distinguishes Twitter from other platforms like Facebook or
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medium, a Twitter cat is supposed to be short.
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And to the point that's the part of its appeal, wrote fashion
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blogger. Kept Moon, and tweets, aren't
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meant to be full blog posts. Now, there's other people that
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are criticizing this as well. Now film critic, Noah gentle
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wrote, anyone who posts a long-form tweet is an automatic
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block other Twitter users suggested the feature can be A
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ploy to get people to subscribe to Twitter blue and Eight dollar
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per month, premium version of the platform that allows users
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to edit. Their tweets a feature that
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would be particularly useful for fixing spelling or grammatical
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errors in lengthy posts. And to increase the character
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limit, it's significant for Twitter.
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It's a huge change and it remains to be seen how it will
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affect the platform and its users on one hand, it could lead
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to more in-depth and meaningful conversations is users.
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Have more space to express their thoughts and ideas, and this
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could lead to a more engaged community and more diverse range
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of content on the platform. And on the other hand, it could
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lead to more clutter and noise. As users may feel compelled to
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fill the extra space with unnecessary information.
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Additionally, the increase in character limit could also
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change the way users consume content on the platform.
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Long-form tweets, may take longer to read and may require
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more focus and attention. This could potentially lead to a
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less Passive scroll through experience in a more active
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engaged audience, and it's worth considering the implications for
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the businesses Brands, and individuals who use Twitter, as
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a marketing tool, and this increase in character limit,
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could give them more opportunities to share more
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detail and informative content. But it can also make it more
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challenging to get their message across in a clear and concise
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manner. A few days ago, SpaceX rolled
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booster seven down highway for about 1.5 mile drive from the
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production facility down to the launch site and put it on the
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orbital launch moment. Now, they also lifted ship 24 on
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top of booster 7, and there are readying it for its first
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orbital flight test. Now, Ilan said there's a
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possibility that Starship could launch within the next few
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months, either February. But more than likely March of
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2023 on January 12th 2023, Elon Musk posted a picture.
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A beautiful photo of a fully stacked Starship at Starbase
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Texas and the caption to that tweet said, Starship launch
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attempt soon. So he's wrapping this up, he's
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pumping us up for a ship launch sometime in the next few months
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at NASA space flight replied to Elon and said, does this sound
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about right Ilan? Cryo test today, then went dress
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rehearsal Weak D stack the ship and the booster for 33 engine
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static fire. Final TPS work on 24 restack.
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Launch license possible end of February.
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Early March, if all goes well per year, previous timeline,
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Ilan replied with, that's a good guess.
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They're going to be doing a cryogenic test.
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Basically, testing all the pipes, all of the Interiors of
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the booster and the Starship in the next generation of launch
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vehicles from companies, such as SpaceX, blue origin, and United
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launch Alliance will rely on liquid methane as a fuel source.
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However, in order for the liquid methane to remain in its liquid
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state, it must be stored at temperatures Of - 160 degrees
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Celsius. That's about 260 degrees
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Fahrenheit or below. And unlike the launch vehicle
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itself, where the propellants are pumped into its internal
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tanks. Only a few minutes to a couple
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of hours before launch. The fuel stored at the launch
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site can be stored for up, to several weeks in advance of the
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actual launch date to accommodate for the need for
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cryogenic storage. Specifically, designed tanks are
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needed to keep the fuels. Old without necessarily
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deploying active or permanent cooling, continuous venting, or
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boiling off of the gas evaporating as a cryogenic
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liquid. Warms up is not an option.
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Since the fuel needs to remain inside the tanks for several
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days or longer. And the continuous replacement
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of the Lost, propellant will be extremely expensive and
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labor-intensive. A typical cryogenic propellant.
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Tank situated at a launch facility consists of a
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double-walled. Spherical steel structure in the
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inner wall acts as a pressure, vessel that contains The liquid
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while the outer wall Shields, the inner wall from direct heat
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exposure to stop the heat. The reaches the outer wall from
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being conducted through air particles to the inner wall, a
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vacuum is created in this space between the two walls, so that
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no particles are present to conduct the heat to the inner
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structure. However, by Simply Having, a
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clear line of sight between the two walls, he can still reach
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the inner wall through a process called radiation heat transfer
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and to prevent this from happening and insulation
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material typically, Light is placed in the vacuum between the
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two walls. NASA has improved on this type
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of insulation, with the hydrogen storage tank.
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Built at launch complex 39. Be at Kennedy Space Center by
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replacing the Pearl, a with specially Designed Glass,
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bubbles resulting in a 48 percent reduction.
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In the boil off of evaporated gas by implementing these
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techniques in the construction of cryogenic storage tanks some
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heating, as well as the resulting pressure buildup on
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venting will still occur, but will be dramatically reduced to
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an Evaporation rate of only approximately point zero three
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percent per day. This allows the propellant to be
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stored safely and efficiently at the launch site in advance of
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the launch date. And it is crucial for the
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success of these launch vehicles.
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At the cryogenic storage tanks are able to maintain the liquid
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and using heavy double-walled steel tanks for an orbital.
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Launch vehicle isn't really feasible due to their weight,
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making it difficult to lift off. Additionally, it is a known fact
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that some evaporation and loss of propellant will occur.
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As soon as it enters a Rockets internal tanks, which is why
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fueling is typically delayed until the last possible moment
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before a launch and is cryogenic propellants are pumped into an
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orbital rocket. They start to warm up and
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evaporate causing a dangerous pressure build-up that can
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rupture these tanks to prevent this Rockets usually vent.
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The Boiled off gas into the atmosphere.
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This means that the fuel inside the vehicle is constantly being
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replenished to replace the Lost propellant, cryogenic,
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propellants are dangerous to handle an extremely difficult to
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keep cold. Especially for extended periods,
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without any form of active cooling, then the team would
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move on to a wet dress rehearsal.
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And that is a pre flight test conducted to check the Readiness
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of a launch vehicle and its ground support systems.
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It's typically done close to the scheduled launch date and
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simulates the entire launch countdown process, including the
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fueling of the rocket with liquid propellants.
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The term wet refers to the fact that the rocket is fully loaded
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with fuel as opposed to a dry dress rehearsal, where the Is
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not fueled at all. And during the wet dress,
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rehearsal, the countdown sequence is simulated, including
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the loading of liquid propellants into the Rockets
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tanks and testing of all the systems such as Communications.
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Guidance navigation. All the ground crew as well and
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the launch abort systems. The objective of this test is to
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check for any issues or mail functions that may occur during
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the launch and to ensure that the rocket the launch pad and
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ground support systems are working properly.
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It's also used to check and test the coordination of all.
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Parties involved such as launch Cruise meteorologist, safety
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teams recovery Crews and to make sure that they are ready and
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prepared for an actual launch. And after the wet dress,
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rehearsal is complete, they'll D stack ship 24 from the top of
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booster 7 in the move it to the side away from the booster.
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So it's safe and then they'll take the boosters 33 Raptor
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engines and do a static fire. That means lighting the engines
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as if they would launch but they wouldn't actually launch the
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rocket. They do it with less.
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You'll and also less propulsion and then finally the TPS which
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are the tiles on ship 24 will sometimes they Shake loose
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during these tests so they'll do a final check out of these
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tiles. The heat tiles that will protect
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the rocket when it comes back into the Earth's atmosphere and
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then the restack the rocket on top of booster, seven acquire,
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the launch license from the FAA and then possibly end of
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February. Early March will be the The
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launch of Starship. Super heavy from Boca Chica
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Starbase Texas. The SpaceX cargo Dragon
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spacecraft has successfully returned to Earth after
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completing its mission of delivering NASA supplies to the
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International. Space Station the spacecraft,
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which was launched on this 26. Commercial resupply Services to
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Mission the CRS to buy a Falcon 9 rocket left.
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The ISS on January 9th, and using its Draco thrusters it
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lowered. Its orbit over period of 36
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hours before During Earth's atmosphere, this Dragon capsule
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known as see 211 employed. Its heat shield to slow down
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from a speed of 7.5, km per second or 16,800 miles per hour
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to about 150 5 meters per second about 350 miles per hour before
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deploying its parachute Jean. You are 11th, the capsule.
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Gently landed in the waters off the coast of Tampa, Florida and
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was quickly recovered by a SpaceX ship SpaceX is second
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generation. Cargo dragon is almost exactly
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identical. Equal to the crew.
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Dragon both are made up of two parts.
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One is a reusable capsule and Expendable trunk.
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The trunk is a tube like carbon fiber composite structure that
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skinned with curved solar rays and radiators and it can also
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hold several tons of unpressurized cargo making it
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very valuable to send things to the International Space Station.
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Now the capsule holds a pressure vessel environmental control
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systems in all 16, Draco thrusters propellant tags
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Docking septums docking systems and a heat shield.
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And in the case of a crew Dragon, the capsule is outfitted
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with Windows. But with the cargo Dragon,
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there's none of that, there's no windows, there's no seats,
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there's no controls and there's no launch abort thrusters.
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And after the cargo Dragon successfully landed, the cargo
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was swiftly transferred to a helicopter for transport and
20:23
scientists were able to access their experiments from the ISS
20:26
just a few hours after the Dragon.
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Down the dragon spacecraft. Brought back, several scientific
20:33
investigations to Earth, including radiation protection.
20:36
It's a vest designed to protect astronauts from high doses of
20:40
radiation, caused by unpredictable, solar particle
20:43
events. And it was tested for months on
20:45
the ISS the crew members provided feedback on.
20:49
Its ease of use fit comfort and range of motion and a developers
20:53
will use this feedback to improve the design of the vest
20:56
which could be used for radiation protection during the
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Artemis. To the moon and also to Mars
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missions in the future. There was also a gardening
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experiment for plant growth. The X Roots investigation, use
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Hydroponic and aeroponic techniques to grow plants
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without soil or other growth media.
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Researchers collected video and still images to evaluate growth
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Chambers through the plant life cycle from seed.
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Germination through maturity, in the plant Chambers are being
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returned to Earth for further analysis.
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Similar techniques could be used to produce crops for future
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space missions. Missions and to enhance
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cultivation and food security for the benefit of people on
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Earth. And also, there's another one
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bio prospecting. It's a process of identifying
21:40
plants and animals that may contain substances with
21:44
potential for uses drugs, biochemicals and more previous
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studies found this space can cause genetic and physiological
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changes that could result in microbes, yielding such
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materials rhodium. Microgravity, bio prospecting,
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one studied a way to search for these.
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Microbes in the science. Chamber is in temperature logger
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from the investigation or returning to Earth for future
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