There seems to be a serious possibility that Starship will launch next
month:

https://spaceexplored.com/2023/03/30/starship-faa-launch-license-2-weeks-for-real/

Alain Fournier

They still don't have a launch license from the FAA. But they must be
quite close to obtaining it because the are now planing for a launch on
April 17. Even Elon with his wishful thinking calendars wouldn't plan
for a launch in less than a week if he wasn't close to having the launch
license.

https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-april-17-orbital-flight

Alain Fournier

On Mar/30/2023 at 19:15, Alain Fournier wrote :
> There seems to be a serious possibility that Starship will launch next
> month:
>
> https://spaceexplored.com/2023/03/30/starship-faa-launch-license-2-weeks-for-real/
>
>
> Alain Fournier

Alain Fournier suggested that ...
> They still don't have a launch license from the FAA. But they must be quite
> close to obtaining it because the are now planing for a launch on April 17.
> Even Elon with his wishful thinking calendars wouldn't plan for a launch in
> less than a week if he wasn't close to having the launch license.
>
> https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-april-17-orbital-flight
>
>
> Alain Fournier
>
>
> On Mar/30/2023 at 19:15, Alain Fournier wrote :
>> There seems to be a serious possibility that Starship will launch next
>> month:
>>
>> https://spaceexplored.com/2023/03/30/starship-faa-launch-license-2-weeks-for-real/
>>
>>
>> Alain Fournier

"NET" applies, but not "NLT".

By the way, JUICE crossed the Karmann line on April 14.

/dps

/dps

--
"This is all very fine, but let us not be carried away be excitement,
but ask calmly, how does this person feel about in in his cooler
moments next day, with six or seven thousand feet of snow and stuff on
top of him?"
_Roughing It_, Mark Twain.

Snidely suggested that ...
> Alain Fournier suggested that ...
>> They still don't have a launch license from the FAA. But they must be quite
>> close to obtaining it because the are now planing for a launch on April 17.
>> Even Elon with his wishful thinking calendars wouldn't plan for a launch in
>> less than a week if he wasn't close to having the launch license.
>>
>> https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-april-17-orbital-flight
>>
>>
>> Alain Fournier
>>
>>
>> On Mar/30/2023 at 19:15, Alain Fournier wrote :
>>> There seems to be a serious possibility that Starship will launch next
>>> month:
>>>
>>> https://spaceexplored.com/2023/03/30/starship-faa-launch-license-2-weeks-for-real/
>>>
>>>
>>> Alain Fournier
>
> "NET" applies, but not "NLT".

They do, however, have a u-tewb stream ready for pre-dawn excitement.

> By the way, JUICE crossed the Karmann line on April 14.

On the last Ariane 5, innit? Nope, there is still one more to go, but
NSF reports this as the "last Ariane 5 to be built". Looks like they
spacecraft made the window to do a Lunar-Earth Gravity Assist, the
first ever LEGA, about 15 months from now.

> /dps

--
"I am not given to exaggeration, and when I say a thing I mean it"
_Roughing It_, Mark Twain

With a quizzical look, Snidely observed:
> Snidely suggested that ...
>> Alain Fournier suggested that ...
>>> They still don't have a launch license from the FAA. But they must be
>>> quite close to obtaining it because the are now planing for a launch on
>>> April 17. Even Elon with his wishful thinking calendars wouldn't plan for
>>> a launch in less than a week if he wasn't close to having the launch
>>> license.
>>>
>>> https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-april-17-orbital-flight
>>>
>>>
>>> Alain Fournier
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar/30/2023 at 19:15, Alain Fournier wrote :
>>>> There seems to be a serious possibility that Starship will launch next
>>>> month:
>>>>
>>>> https://spaceexplored.com/2023/03/30/starship-faa-launch-license-2-weeks-for-real/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Alain Fournier
>>
>> "NET" applies, but not "NLT".
>
> They do, however, have a u-tewb stream ready for pre-dawn excitement.
>

And NSF reports the launch license was published late Friday.

During one of the NSF Raptorside Chats on the Starbase Live stream,
Chris B put out the link to the FAA launch license site (with the note
that Hoppy's license is still up there), but they don't seem to have
saved that as a separate video, so finding the FAA page is up to your
tracking ability.

/dps

--
Maybe C282Y is simply one of the hangers-on, a groupie following a
future guitar god of the human genome: an allele with undiscovered
virtuosity, currently soloing in obscurity in Mom's garage.
Bradley Wertheim, theAtlantic.com, Jan 10 2013

On Apr/15/2023 at 03:23, Snidely wrote :
> Alain Fournier suggested that ...
>> They still don't have a launch license from the FAA. But they must be
>> quite close to obtaining it because the are now planing for a launch
>> on April 17. Even Elon with his wishful thinking calendars wouldn't
>> plan for a launch in less than a week if he wasn't close to having the
>> launch license.
>>
>> https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-april-17-orbital-flight
>>
>>
>> Alain Fournier
>>
>>
>> On Mar/30/2023 at 19:15, Alain Fournier wrote :
>>> There seems to be a serious possibility that Starship will launch
>>> next month:
>>>
>>> https://spaceexplored.com/2023/03/30/starship-faa-launch-license-2-weeks-for-real/
>>>
>>>
>>> Alain Fournier
>
> "NET" applies, but not "NLT".

You have outwitted my acronym decoding abilities. What do NET and NLT mean?

Alain Fournier

On 2023-04-15 17:55, Alain Fournier wrote:
> On Apr/15/2023 at 03:23, Snidely wrote :
>> Alain Fournier suggested that ...
>>> They still don't have a launch license from the FAA. But they must be
>>> quite close to obtaining it because the are now planing for a launch
>>> on April 17. Even Elon with his wishful thinking calendars wouldn't
>>> plan for a launch in less than a week if he wasn't close to having
>>> the launch license.
>>>
>>> https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-april-17-orbital-flight
>>>
>>>
>>> Alain Fournier
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar/30/2023 at 19:15, Alain Fournier wrote :
>>>> There seems to be a serious possibility that Starship will launch
>>>> next month:
>>>>
>>>> https://spaceexplored.com/2023/03/30/starship-faa-launch-license-2-weeks-for-real/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Alain Fournier
>>
>> "NET" applies, but not "NLT".
>
> You have outwitted my acronym decoding abilities. What do NET and NLT mean?

I believe these acronyms commonly mean

NET = Not Earlier Than
NLT = Not Later Than

So, NLT is what is usually meant by a "deadline", while NET is like an
"aspirational schedule".

Watch this space, where Niklas Holsti advised that...
> On 2023-04-15 17:55, Alain Fournier wrote:
>> On Apr/15/2023 at 03:23, Snidely wrote :
>>> Alain Fournier suggested that ...
>>>> They still don't have a launch license from the FAA. But they must be
>>>> quite close to obtaining it because the are now planing for a launch on
>>>> April 17. Even Elon with his wishful thinking calendars wouldn't plan for
>>>> a launch in less than a week if he wasn't close to having the launch
>>>> license.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-april-17-orbital-flight
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Alain Fournier
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mar/30/2023 at 19:15, Alain Fournier wrote :
>>>>> There seems to be a serious possibility that Starship will launch next
>>>>> month:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://spaceexplored.com/2023/03/30/starship-faa-launch-license-2-weeks-for-real/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Alain Fournier
>>>
>>> "NET" applies, but not "NLT".
>>
>> You have outwitted my acronym decoding abilities. What do NET and NLT mean?
>
>
> I believe these acronyms commonly mean
>
> NET = Not Earlier Than
> NLT = Not Later Than
>
> So, NLT is what is usually meant by a "deadline", while NET is like an
> "aspirational schedule".

Yes, and NET is very frequently encountered in connection with orbital
rocket launch schedules, such as nextspaceflight.com.

/dps

--
Maybe C282Y is simply one of the hangers-on, a groupie following a
future guitar god of the human genome: an allele with undiscovered
virtuosity, currently soloing in obscurity in Mom's garage.
Bradley Wertheim, theAtlantic.com, Jan 10 2013