Starship 26 Potential Usage Theories

[catdlr]

https://twitter.com/MarcusHouse/status/1860120081646387275

So #SpaceX made very short work slicing up Ship 26. 🫡

[geekesq]

https://twitter.com/MarcusHouse/status/1860120081646387275

So #SpaceX made very short work slicing up Ship 26. 🫡

Seems kind of a shame: if they'd put it up on e-bay, they probably could have gotten some good money for it.
There's got to be at least a few billionaires or well-endowed museums that would have loved to have it for display.

[steveleach]

Seems kind of a shame: if they'd put it up on e-bay, they probably could have gotten some good money for it.
There's got to be at least a few billionaires or well-endowed museums that would have loved to have it for display.

They couldn't even sell SN15

[Bob Niland]

Seems kind of a shame: if they'd put it up on e-bay, they probably could have gotten some good money for it.
There's got to be at least a few billionaires or well-endowed museums that would have loved to have it for display.

They couldn't even sell SN15

If anyone has worked through the issues, just how would a SS be moved?
At 9m diameter, it's roughly 3× the threshold for highway wideload in the US. Even cut into 2.6m long sections, the diameter would still be too tall for road transport, and rail (the diam would be taller than a double-stack).
BC transport is possible only because there are no bridges or overhead wires. BC has no dock for water transport.
One thing that might work is sections small enough for helo (S-64 or similar).
Obviously, one could be cut into transportable slices, but that would be expensive and I doubt Sx even wants to pause production long enough to rent out the manpower hours for the thoughtful dismantling side of it.

[meekGee]

Seems kind of a shame: if they'd put it up on e-bay, they probably could have gotten some good money for it.
There's got to be at least a few billionaires or well-endowed museums that would have loved to have it for display.

They couldn't even sell SN15

If anyone has worked through the issues, just how would a SS be moved?
At 9m diameter, it's roughly 3× the threshold for highway wideload in the US. Even cut into 2.6m long sections, the diameter would still be too tall for road transport, and rail (the diam would be taller than a double-stack).
BC transport is possible only because there are no bridges or overhead wires. BC has no dock for water transport.
One thing that might work is sections small enough for helo (S-64 or similar).
Obviously, one could be cut into transportable slices, but that would be expensive and I doubt Sx even wants to pause production long enough to rent out the manpower hours for the thoughtful dismantling side of it.

Just cut it down to rings, then open the rings, flatten, and voila!

Even better, this way you can (temporarily) tack the flattened rings into one long strip, and roll it up into a spool for transport.

[wannamoonbase]

Chop chop, buh-bye S26, thanks for your service.

You’re obsolete, onward with V2

[DanClemmensen]

Seems kind of a shame: if they'd put it up on e-bay, they probably could have gotten some good money for it.
There's got to be at least a few billionaires or well-endowed museums that would have loved to have it for display.

They couldn't even sell SN15

If anyone has worked through the issues, just how would a SS be moved?
At 9m diameter, it's roughly 3× the threshold for highway wideload in the US. Even cut into 2.6m long sections, the diameter would still be too tall for road transport, and rail (the diam would be taller than a double-stack).
BC transport is possible only because there are no bridges or overhead wires. BC has no dock for water transport.
One thing that might work is sections small enough for helo (S-64 or similar).
Obviously, one could be cut into transportable slices, but that would be expensive and I doubt Sx even wants to pause production long enough to rent out the manpower hours for the thoughtful dismantling side of it.

Just cut it down to rings, then open the rings, flatten, and voila!

Even better, this way you can (temporarily) tack the flattened rings into one long strip, and roll it up into a spool for transport.

Cut it up into small 1'x1' panels, flatten them, and sell them to NFS to use for metal prints.

[jstrotha0975]

They could just cut S26 up into small pieces and sell them outright. There's a company for example called MotoArt that makes small Keychains to big pieces of art from old planes. https://www.motoart.com/