Author Topic: The Starship "I risk sending a thread off topic" Homeless Posts Thread 2 (Read 484690 times)

mclumber1 · « **Reply #60 on:** 05/03/2021 08:56 pm »

The Mexican side of the Rio Grande and beach is about 3 miles from the launch site, while South Padre is about 5 miles from the launch site. Has the Mexican government taken any action during these test launches to restrict access to their portion of the beach? If not, has anyone attempted to watch a launch from the Mexican side of the border?

https://goo.gl/maps/GUdxZfXjDCU22P6K7

alphacentauri · « **Reply #61 on:** 05/03/2021 10:26 pm »

Quote from: mclumber1 on 05/03/2021 08:56 pm

The Mexican side of the Rio Grande and beach is about 3 miles from the launch site, while South Padre is about 5 miles from the launch site. Has the Mexican government taken any action during these test launches to restrict access to their portion of the beach? If not, has anyone attempted to watch a launch from the Mexican side of the border?

https://goo.gl/maps/GUdxZfXjDCU22P6K7

Someone here posted a video of the SN10 flight from the Mexican side. Not sure which thread it's in. Quite a crowd had gathered to watch.

Norm38 · « **Reply #62 on:** 05/05/2021 10:33 pm »

Oh god it's on fire again. don't blow up, don't blow up!

I'm a nervous wreck. Why isn't there more water??

Vent, vent. Come on baby.

Prettz · « **Reply #63 on:** 05/05/2021 10:35 pm »

They didn't build any more fire hoses on the pad since SN10 did they?

abaddon · « **Reply #64 on:** 05/05/2021 10:35 pm »

Stressful. Obviously more successful than SN9, Raptors looked great all the way down, skirt is off the pad and legs are down. But it’s be really nice if it didn’t blow up.....

Norm38 · « **Reply #65 on:** 05/05/2021 10:39 pm »

Fire is out maybe? Hopefully?

raivo45 · « **Reply #66 on:** 05/05/2021 10:41 pm »

Hopefully we can now see if the big Sarens SPMT thing is used to pick up a landed Starship.

Ixian77 · « **Reply #67 on:** 05/05/2021 10:46 pm »

Big congrats to SpaceX.

So no one has attached a drone to the end of a garden hose?

Jimmy_C · « **Reply #68 on:** 05/05/2021 10:48 pm »

Congratulations to everyone at SpaceX!!!

philw1776 · « **Reply #69 on:** 05/05/2021 10:53 pm »

Program the Boston Robotics dog to envision SN15 as a fire hydrant. Fire problem solved.

punder · « **Reply #70 on:** 05/05/2021 10:55 pm »

Quote from: philw1776 on 05/05/2021 10:53 pm

Program the Boston Robotics dog to envision SN15 as a fire hydrant. Fire problem solved.

Huh. Now you mention it, there is a definite resemblance.

erv · « **Reply #71 on:** 05/05/2021 11:01 pm »

Quote from: raivo45 on 05/05/2021 10:41 pm

Hopefully we can now see if the big Sarens SPMT thing is used to pick up a landed Starship.

Probably not, since it is so close to the edge of the pad. My guess is they will need a crane for this one.

Lampyridae · « **Reply #72 on:** 05/06/2021 05:47 am »

Congrats to SpaceX.

The 4th was not with them, but SN15 had its Revenge of the 5th. Flawless Victory!

electricdawn · « **Reply #73 on:** 05/06/2021 06:26 am »

Stayed up (well, lying in my bed) till 0100 here in Germany (2300 UTC). Didn't regret it. Wenn I closed the laptop it was still "steaming". I was still afraid it might explode, but SN15 didn't disappoint!

Big milestone for Starship and SpaceX! Now onward to supersonic flight and higher altitudes!

Big thank you to all the folks at NASA Spaceflight.com, Mary, LabPadre, Tim Dodd and all the others (WAI, Marcus House, etc.) for their coverage and dedication.

To say it with Felix from WAI: You rock!

mikelepage · « **Reply #74 on:** 05/06/2021 12:40 pm »

Just spit-balling possibilities for future flight profiles they could test with near-term Starship serial numbers, and I wondered if there would be any value in trying to replicate the flight path of a Falcon 9 booster with return to pad.

Might there be some use in calibrating the aero performance of Starship reentry against >75 returned F9 boosters for which they have significant data? Obviously would be very approximate, since no reentry burn, and belly-flop plus flip'n'burn would have very different dynamics (basically talked myself out of it by this point), but yeah, thoughts anyone?

spacenut · « **Reply #75 on:** 05/06/2021 12:57 pm »

It has to belly flop when re-entering the atmosphere. Also falling like a skydiver helps slow down the decent without using fuel. Starship will have very little fuel left when returing from space. They want to get this type landing down pat before going orbital.

sanman · « **Reply #76 on:** 05/06/2021 01:11 pm »

https://twitter.com/daily_hopper/status/1390094567261851650

Star-Dust · « **Reply #77 on:** 05/06/2021 01:24 pm »

I presume next flight tests will be made with proven flight Serial numbers like SN15, this could speed up the process of testing.

Any clues about next step for SX test compagn.

sanman · « **Reply #78 on:** 05/06/2021 01:29 pm »

Quote from: Star-Dust on 05/06/2021 01:24 pm

I presume next flight tests will be made with proven flight Serial numbers like SN15, this could speed up the process of testing.

Any clues about next step for SX test compagn.

I thought the whole point of this development path is to keep iterating. I'm not sure what if any differences there are in SN16 relative to SN15, but I'd also like to know if SN16 will fly higher/farther than SN15 did, or if it will attempt a similar flight.

WisRich · « **Reply #79 on:** 05/06/2021 01:38 pm »

Is there any thought to reflying SN15?