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Launching humans into space again from America - Space X

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28 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

 

Cool as shit.

And they buy their LOX from us.

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8 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

Cool as shit.

And they buy their LOX from us. Of course Jewish space lasers run on LOX. 

38 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

If that’s SN10 adjacent to 9, I hope it survived 9’s landing ok. 

Seems a bit wild to try to land that shit right next to the other. 

58 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

Cool as shit.

And they buy their LOX from us.

My FIL sold a shitload of ultra-high-grade polished stainless steel sheets to an outfit "down near Boca Chica" a while back... I'd bet dollars to doughnuts they're getting made into starships

36 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Seems a bit wild to try to land that shit right next to the other. 

10 is basically just the shell of a silo right now.   Before the launch, one of the analysts remarked SpaceX was not worried about damaging it in its current state.  

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Question I do not know the answer to:

On the crash/landing strategy - if this thing can hover at 30,000, why is the flip from horizontal to vertical so late in the process (a few seconds prior to touchdown) when there is not time to correct any errors?

10 is basically just the shell of a silo right now.   Before the launch, one of the analysts remarked SpaceX was not worried about damaging it in its current state.  
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Question I do not know the answer to:
On the crash/landing strategy - if this thing can hover at 30,000, why is the flip from horizontal to vertical so late in the process (a few seconds prior to touchdown) when there is not time to correct any errors?


My guess is fuel capacity. I didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn son I could be way off.

Likely has something to do with the additional fuel that would be required to maintain a stable decent once back in upright position.

4 hours ago, washparkhorn said:

10 is basically just the shell of a silo right now.   Before the launch, one of the analysts remarked SpaceX was not worried about damaging it in its current state.  

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Question I do not know the answer to:

On the crash/landing strategy - if this thing can hover at 30,000, why is the flip from horizontal to vertical so late in the process (a few seconds prior to touchdown) when there is not time to correct any errors?

They actually prefer it to say horizontal as long as possible because the greater surface area slows it down faster, but yeah, they probably want to work on the landing 

11 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

They actually prefer it to say horizontal as long as possible because the greater surface area slows it down faster, but yeah, they probably want to work on the landing 

SpaceX blew up quite a few falcon 9's trying to land them, and starship is integrating a brand new engine design. I'd bet they figure out the landings before too long lol. 

The belly flop maneuver is pretty profound for descent though, they can fall at a terminal velocity of around 80-100 MPH. That saves them a huge amount of fuel for the return and will increase their payload capacity. It'll be a hell of a show while they figure it out, too lol

Those ships look so damn futuristic. When I watch them I think "cool the future is finally here."

On 2/2/2021 at 4:22 PM, washparkhorn said:

10 is basically just the shell of a silo right now.   Before the launch, one of the analysts remarked SpaceX was not worried about damaging it in its current state.  

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Question I do not know the answer to:

On the crash/landing strategy - if this thing can hover at 30,000, why is the flip from horizontal to vertical so late in the process (a few seconds prior to touchdown) when there is not time to correct any errors?

http://twitter.com/flightclubio/status/1356993819120599040?s=21

 

Interesting simulation about flip altitude 

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3 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

Awesome link. Thank you.

It led me to this: 

 

Meh, would have been better set to Ode to Joy.

3 minutes ago, OrangEngr said:

Meh, would have been better set to Ode to Joy.

Agree, but I like the Halo tie in (since daddy musk is taking us to mars). 

  • 4 weeks later...

Ignition then abort.  Abort was 0.1 secs from release.  Determining whether they will try again today (doubt).

Launch window closes at 6 Texas time. 

Great job turning that around so quickly. 

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Just now, washparkhorn said:

Tri-Vent - ~10 minutes to launch. 

(great job readying the ship so quickly. Every step is an opportunity to learn).

It's pretty remarkable the rate they're producing not only new rocket bodies and tanks, but the engines to go on these things. They're gathering so much data and making so many little improvements each flight. It's really cool to see in real-time. If all goes well, I'm looking forward to watching some Scott Manley and other youtubers analyzing the flight tomorrow

Countdown held at 1 minute

edit: counting again

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Super interested to see if their new strategy for landing works out. Previously they were only lighting 2 engines, so when one had a hiccup it would kill the landing attempt. Now they're gonna light all 3 and pick the best 2 to land with. 

It's fucking AWESOME to see the thrust vectoring at work, just look at that gimbaling!
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looks like they have a little fire on teh pad, but they stuck it. 

FLIP AND BURN IS GOOD! 

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AND SHE STICKS THE LANDING!!!!! Leaning a little bit, and it's slightly on fire, BUT IT LANDED!

It looks like the legs didn't fully deploy, or they failed. But this is a huge step forward

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nonetheless a massive milestone for elon

re-lit 3, did the flip, then shut down 2 and landed on 1

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