*** Official Space Flight Discussion (Non-political Only) ***

Edit: Changed thread title to reflect for generic space discussion.


New Glenn Launch

Not sure why the Starship thread got closed, but here's one for discussing Starship's main competitor, New Glenn. The NG-1 mission is scheduled to launch tonight (Jan 11) at midnight CST after many, many delays. They were ready a few days ago but seas were too rough for the landing.

Looks like they're going to attempt to land the massive booster on a drone ship 600 miles off the coast of Florida. If they pull that off, it will be incredible and give Jeff Bezos a little bit of bragging rights over Starship, even though Starship is still way ahead.

New Glenn and Blue Origin have a special place in my heart because my daughter, an ISU engineering grad works on New Glenn and has some software running on a few of the controllers on the booster and second stage. She has a mentor that is pretty high up that is also an ISU grad.

LFG!!!

Dental X- Rays

Just wondering how often posters on here get their teeth x- rayed. My dentist, who is fairly young, insists I get them every year. (Actually wants them every 6 months) I Googled , and it looks like I could get by with every 36 months based on my history- no cavities for 17 years now, no other problems or complaints. Full disclosure, my dental insurance pays for one set/ year, and I’m not overly concerned about the radiation. But if I don’t really need them, why risk the exposure?

Williams & Blum: Welcoming Jake Brend to Cyclone Fanatic

Chris Williams welcomes new Chief Content Producer Jake Brend to the team by digging into the state of media, his past as a Cyclone fan, and what he will bring to Cyclone Fanatic. All this and more presented by Mechdyne.


CFTV: Daily Update with Jake Brend – June 19, 2025

Jake Brend gives you the Iowa State Athletics news of the day with Audi Crooks earning a spot on Team USA for the 2025 AmeriCup Games, new football helmets and an update on Tyrese Haliburton‘s injury status for Game 6 of the NBA Finals.

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We Will Iowa Cubs Night

Hey all!

Wanted to pass along this opportunity to meet some Cyclones this Saturday late afternoon at the Iowa Cubs game.

Rocco Becht, Tamin Lipsey, Dom Orange, Addy Brown, Audi Crooks will be in attendance. Come get photos/autographs, etc and watch them throw out first pitches and a few other special Cyclone touches.

Please use this link if you can join as We Will gets a percentage of each ticket sold:

P Lucas Tenbrock Commits!

Looks like the punter for the class. Same HS as the three Barrett brothers.

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Alli Ragan St John appreciation thread

Today Alli ran a clinic for my Lewis Central girls wrestling program, and I just want to let everyone know what an amazing job she did!!! She is such a valuable asset to Cyclone wrestling and CRTC we should all be very grateful for her!

She made 40 LC girls wrestlers better today, and I can’t thank her enough!!

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North Shore - Duluth and Lake Superior

As long as others are posting about summer vacation plans, I thought I'd throw mine out there as well.

We have a large group of family members (14-15 people) staying in a large 8-bedroom house along the north shore of Lake Superior near Silver Bay for week in late June.

Any tips/tricks of things to see and do? Planning to do some hiking, fishing, relaxing, and general sightseeing. Youngest is 14, oldest in their 70's.

RECRUITING: Iowa State Lands 2026 Punter Lucas Tenbrock

Iowa State lands 2026 Chris Sailer's No. 1 ranked Punter Lucas Tenbrock, their first specialist of the class.

CBS ranks CFB coaches

CMC is rated the top coach in Big 12 and #10 in CFB.


Interesting note on Scott Frost, he has been a head coach for 7 seasons and only has one winning season (which happened to be 13-0).

RECRUITING: Iowa State earns Commitment from 3-Star Safety Bryson Williams

Iowa State lands Bryson Williams and now has commitments from 6 of the top 10 players in Nebraska for 2026.

In honor of Easter, what's your favorite frozen pizza?

I've always had a jones for Tombstone. It's definitely NOT the fresh ingredients and quality, but 40-ish years ago my Dad and I used to fish at Woman Lake and there was a tavern there somewhere and after a day of walleye fishing we'd go get a coke (me), a beer (him) and freshly made frozen tombstone pizzas at the bar...

Home Assistant Automaton

We're moving into a new house and I want to start using Home Assistant. Looking for what type of setup to run.

I have a Windows 11 NUC just laying around that I could use.

I have a bunch of smart lights. Some Hue.
The new house has Ecobee thermostat
I have a couple of Google nest Cameras
Today I use Google Assistant to control things and run routines.

I'm going to be buying probably 8 smart blinds from SmartWings. They are giving me the option of ZigBee or ZWave Plus.

Would this be a good use case for Home Assistant?
Should I use my NUC for this purpose? Will i have to constantly be updating it or is this set it and forget it?
Should I use Zigbee or ZWave?
Anything else I'm missing?

Williams & Blum: CF’s big move, comparing this summer to last in anticipation for ISU athletics

Chris Williams & Brent Blum discuss the state of local media and Cyclone Fanatic’s big announcement that Jake Brend is joining our team as a content creator. The guys discuss where 2025/26 ranks in terms of anticipation for Iowa State athletics compared to last offseason. Is Bill Self cooked? Is Kelvin Sampson somehow underrated? The Matt Campbell / Pat Fitzgerald comp and more, all presented by Mechdyne.


Special Teams Coach / Coordinator?

posted on twitter, but maybe worth a thread. we don't have a named ST teams coach again this season correct? "team effort" or whatever?

I know the guy they hired as a ST consultant in 2023 apparently wasn't thought much of, but dang, clearly the best ST season in a long time. Kinda have to expect we stay a middling to bad ST unit this season based on past performance ...


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RECRUITING STORIES: Ajibola Afuye & Brysen Wessell

Our guy Jackson Pence together some recruiting news for you all.

Check them out! Enjoy!


https://cyclonefanatic.com/2025/06/recruiting-cyclones-earn-commitment-from-de-ajibola-afuye/

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