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Re: SpaceX BFS - Phase 1 - StarHopper - Photos and Updates
« Reply #40 on: 01/09/2019 02:10 pm »
Perfect fit.
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Re: SpaceX BFS - Phase 1 - StarHopper - Photos and Updates
« Reply #41 on: 01/09/2019 03:01 pm »
The third fin is now receiving it's stainless finish.
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« Reply #42 on: 01/09/2019 08:23 pm »
Pics showing some stages of the dome assembly.
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Re: SpaceX BFS - Phase 1 - StarHopper - Photos and Updates
« Reply #43 on: 01/10/2019 07:06 am »

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Re: SpaceX BFS - Phase 1 - StarHopper - Photos and Updates
« Reply #44 on: 01/10/2019 11:58 pm »
 All I have is a sunset and some of those things uncle Fester use to eat.
 I get worn out watching Bocachicagal work so hard.
 
« Last Edit: 01/11/2019 12:05 am by Nomadd »
Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who couldn't hear the music.

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Re: SpaceX BFS - Phase 1 - StarHopper - Photos and Updates
« Reply #46 on: 01/11/2019 02:44 am »
Elon just tweeted an image of the finished hopper.

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Starship test flight rocket just finished assembly at the @SpaceX Texas launch site. This is an actual picture, not a rendering.
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Re: SpaceX BFS - Phase 1 - StarHopper - Photos and Updates
« Reply #47 on: 01/11/2019 03:00 am »
Confirmation of shock absorbers to be installed
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Re: SpaceX BFS - Phase 1 - StarHopper - Photos and Updates
« Reply #48 on: 01/11/2019 03:04 am »
 I would have been in left side of that photo a few minutes earlier, but determined looking people in hard hats were advancing on my position, so a strategic advance to the rear seemed in order. We were wondering why they took that part of the fence down for a while.
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Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who couldn't hear the music.

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Re: SpaceX BFS - Phase 1 - StarHopper - Photos and Updates
« Reply #49 on: 01/11/2019 03:08 am »

Colin @somepitch
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Re: SpaceX BFS - Phase 1 - StarHopper - Photos and Updates
« Reply #51 on: 01/11/2019 03:28 am »
This is probably one of the most accurate 3D model I've ever seen! This is why I love engineering!
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Re: SpaceX BFS - Phase 1 - StarHopper - Photos and Updates
« Reply #52 on: 01/11/2019 03:44 am »
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1083576980010881024

Elon confirming that the 9m water tower tank is indeed the fuel tank.

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Sounds like they are pouring the cement for the pad today!

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So I was able to get a bunch of clear shots of the raptors and the “bulkhead,” there is also an envoy of cement trucks and I counted 12 already on the launch pad tilling the cement in the back of the trucks waiting until their gonna start poring i have to guess.



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Re: SpaceX BFS - Phase 1 - StarHopper - Photos and Updates
« Reply #55 on: 01/12/2019 01:34 am »
Pics of the bells and the bottom of a fin. Taken on 1-8-19 during the fit test excitement.
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Re: SpaceX BFS - Phase 1 - StarHopper - Photos and Updates
« Reply #58 on: 01/12/2019 09:46 pm »
Quiet day here. Just about everyone had a well deserved day off. A cold front moved in this afternoon.
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Re: SpaceX BFS - Phase 1 - StarHopper - Photos and Updates
« Reply #59 on: 01/12/2019 10:30 pm »
Quiet day here. Just about everyone had a well deserved day off. A cold front moved in this afternoon.
That one might help settle the "picture, not a render" debate. The variations of this thing depending on the sky and angle are endless.
 (1st photo is bocachicagal's last post)
« Last Edit: 01/12/2019 10:39 pm by Nomadd »
Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who couldn't hear the music.

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