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static fire watch stream

 

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new Flaps

 

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looking at 60 more Starlink launch



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SN11 test flight stream for later today

 

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today

 

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this thing is going to be massive

 

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did not even know they hve already moved to BN3


some interesting hcanges too

 

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Fingers crossed it launches tomorrow.

 

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Live Stream link for NSF


I have to be up this early anyway

 

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Launch scrubbed for the day... hopefully tomorrow itll launch

 

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we will try this again

 

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They just blew it up, something was going wrong.

 

[MastaKiiLA]

Starship yard saled. Tim looks shook. Thinks they might have lost some equipment to falling debris. That would suck to have that happen on a day when you couldn't see shit.

What a really strange day overall. They launch in pea-soup fog, and then end up blowing the thing up during the start of the landing sequence. Little to no visible evidence of what transpired, other than huge chunks of space ship falling to the ground.

 

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they test these things for a reason, they wanted sn11 out of the way for sn15 to roll out, the first model with a real proper chance of sticking a solid landing.

 

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work moves on when the cloud clears

 

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around the clock

 

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upodate


hope the chenges in SN15 pays off

 

[GaviotaGrande]

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hope the chenges in SN15 pays off

15 is my lucky number. It will land safely. Do we know when it will be ready to launch?

 

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15 is my lucky number. It will land safely. Do we know when it will be ready to launch?

can't say could be a few weeks away


news update

 

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the cause for SN11 explosion

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

I'm curious about what is inside these test vehicles. Do they already account for seating, passengers, interiors etc? Will all that be accounted for in future tests/iterations?

 

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I'm curious about what is inside these test vehicles. Do they already account for seating, passengers, interiors etc? Will all that be accounted for in future tests/iterations?

I think that comes later right now they just want to make sure it takes off and lands where and when it should

all that other stuff you'll start seeing in the next phase. We will know the next phase when we start seeing windows and hatches.
Mind you they pretty much already know what they want to crew and cargo areas to look like but that is about a year away.



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SN20 spotted

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

I think that comes later right now they just want to make sure it takes off and lands where and when it should

all that other stuff you'll start seeing in the next phase. We will know the next phase when we start seeing windows and hatches.
Mind you they pretty much already know what they want to crew and cargo areas to look like but that is about a year away.

I saw the renders and what not of the interiors, looks good and spacious by comparison to the older NASA/international systems. I guess I was just curious how much they back into early testing, one would think things like hatches and the like would be paramount to get into real world testing, obviously things like interiors are far less priority.

 

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Rollout

 

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I saw the renders and what not of the interiors, looks good and spacious by comparison to the older NASA/international systems. I guess I was just curious how much they back into early testing, one would think things like hatches and the like would be paramount to get into real world testing, obviously things like interiors are far less priority.

it is still a good question to be curious about, I am not sure how it is handled but I would think weight and balance would be important. Right now you have a nose tank and the renders had nice windows near to nose. Maybe the final design will look nothing like the renders.

still the interior space will be huge.

 

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Live stream for testing SN15



a little news

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Catching fairings always seemed a little "thread the needle" like and too dependent on weather or ocean variables etc. I wonder if they can just treat the fairings to be more resistant to salt water for faster recovery instead.

 

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Catching fairings always seemed a little "thread the needle" like and too dependent on weather or ocean variables etc. I wonder if they can just treat the fairings to be more resistant to salt water for faster recovery instead.

Catching the Starship with an arm or hook sounds like the same move to me it sounds risky

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[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Catching the Starship with an arm or hook sounds like the same move to me it sounds risky

Wait the whole starship? Holy shit.

 

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Wait the whole starship? Holy shit.

Well Elon has been talking about it during these SN testing so I would think it woild have been the top half but you got a point both halves will need a way to land and he has been talking catching and they even files some contruction papers of the tower recently that mentions the tower catching Starship.

The whole thing makes me dizzy.

I did not mind the nets on two ships hoping to catch a metal pieces that can save them millions

but this Voltron level anime thing I can't get my mind around it.

Not saying it won't work just saying it is a wierd way of doing it.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Well Elon has been talking about it during these SN testing so I would think it woild have been the top half but you got a point both halves will need a way to land and he has been talking catching and they even files some contruction papers of the tower recently that mentions the tower catching Starship.

The whole thing makes me dizzy.

I did not mind the nets on two ships hoping to catch a metal pieces that can save them millions

but this Voltron level anime thing I can't get my mind around it.

Not saying it won't work just saying it is a wierd way of doing it.

Next up in Musk's crazy brain...a giant robot arm spinning up a WWF style throw to launch rockets into space.

 

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Next up in Musk's crazy brain...a giant robot arm spinning up a WWF style throw to launch rockets into space.

yeah looks like it was catch Super Heavy which is the bottom half







just wierd

 

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If it can land gently on the ground it should be able to land via the giant arm. Makes a lot of sense, could have robotics equipment in proximity to work on it immediately, remove any remaining fuel, etc. And of course rapidly refuel for another launch at some point per Elon.

 

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yeah looks like it was catch Super Heavy which is the bottom half







just wierd

Holy crap this is amazing. I some how missed this news.

 

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We are going to see them try this catch soon enough.

SN15 test

 

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Interesting BN1 update
Super Heavy BN1, the manufacturing pathfinder, was cut in half overnight and more sections were sliced today. SpaceX will scrap BN1 to make room for newer booster prototypes that will implement changes and undergo testing at the launch pad.

 

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Hmmm why is there a Starlink dish on SN15?