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Friday, August 27, 2021

Where is Boca Chica Village? First interest in Boca Chica; Indoor ventilation study; What is the BGV Theorem? Tesla autopilot leading to Tesla Bot; Bad moon rising

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory


Well our road trip to Texas and New Mexico is over and after getting back we got to thinking about how we first got involved with a big interest in SpaceX and what was happening in Boca Chica.

Thursday, August 19, 2021

Road trip to see (the guard gates) where the billionaire rocketeers launched into space; Missed Fort Bliss! Sampled delicious margaritas and sopaipillas; Lots of guard gates; Surprise chance to visit McDonald Observatory;

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory


Well are bags were packed and we hoped on the plane to El Paso, TX to begin our road trip in search of the billionaire rocketeers launch sites.

Sunday, August 15, 2021

OCA members try their hand at capturing ISS solar transits; Hooray, in our first attempt we captured a video movie of the transit!

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well this week we were excited by the success of OCA Craig Bobchin in capturing a solar transit of the ISS.

Friday, August 6, 2021

Day 2 of trip to South Padre Island and SpaceX Boca Chica Launch Site; Observing from SPI; Roadblock for BN4 rollout; Postscript: Hooray, Starship lifted on top of BN4!

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well, here we are with the Day 2 Trip Report for covering our adventure in Boca Chica to check out the latest activity in SpaceX Starship development and check out launch viewing opportunities from South Padre Island.

Thursday, August 5, 2021

Day 1 of trip to Brownsville to visit SpaceX Starship site in Boca Chica, TX; Telephoto views of Starship launch site from South Padre Island

 Greetings from Palmia Observatory

Well this blog post covers the first day of our exploration trip to Boca Chica to check out all of the SpaceX activity with Starship and Booster, BN4 status and integration at the orbital launch tower.