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#1040
by
Slothman
on 17 Apr, 2023 02:59
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#1041
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 17 Apr, 2023 03:22
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#1042
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 17 Apr, 2023 03:23
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twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1647776508415471618
It today the final day of the Before Starship Era? Because when this begins to work, it changes humanity’s relationship to the sky forever. Mass, volume, and cost have been ruthless adversaries to spaceflight. What happens when we start to beat them back? 🚀
https://twitter.com/rookisaacman/status/1647802583317381123We go to Mars
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#1043
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 17 Apr, 2023 03:25
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#1044
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 17 Apr, 2023 03:29
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#1045
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 17 Apr, 2023 03:35
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#1046
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 17 Apr, 2023 05:04
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#1047
by
sdfasdfasd
on 17 Apr, 2023 07:08
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re. The timing 2
Launch is now 8am at the earliest.
I guess Prop Load Go Poll is now 6am
Spacex video will begin at 7:15am
Starship splashdown is now 9:30am earliest
But is the launch window still 150 minutes or has it reduced to 90 minutes?
P.S. Can the orbit posts not simply be deleted by the mods when they appear?
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#1048
by
sanman
on 17 Apr, 2023 07:24
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Musk predictably downplaying expectations of a successful launch, while emphasizing the long-haul process:
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#1049
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 17 Apr, 2023 07:38
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#1050
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 17 Apr, 2023 08:17
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#1051
by
sanman
on 17 Apr, 2023 08:37
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Some guy from TimDodd/EDA's team asked Elon why no soft landing attempt for S24 at the end. Elon's reply seemed to say that he had such low expectations that S24 would achieve its full mission trajectory all the way, so that he didn't really care about attempting a soft landing (he also mentioned the inability to fit S24 with legs and ballast for tailsitter landing)
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#1052
by
sdfasdfasd
on 17 Apr, 2023 09:18
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Just listened to Musk's Starship Twitter Spaces discussion.
He mentioned the hundreds of changes from Booster 7 to Booster 9 including electric thrust vectoring, new heat shield, etc.
It occurred to me that that magnitude of change, to a rocket system that has already been designed and built, would take an Old Space company literally YEARS to plan, build, component test, integrate, integration test, etc etc. Really highlights the Move Fast And Break Things advantage.
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#1053
by
allio
on 17 Apr, 2023 09:44
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Regarding the booster return...
there has been no mention of an entry burn.... Is there not a risk of damage to the engines coming in hot without reducing speed. Falcon regulary knocks off 2000-3000 kph at entry burn.
any thoughts?
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#1054
by
CMac
on 17 Apr, 2023 09:59
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I understand that staging happens earlier, at lower speed. Also the steel can handle heat better
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#1055
by
allio
on 17 Apr, 2023 10:07
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I understand that staging happens earlier, at lower speed. Also the steel can handle heat better
It wasn't the steel i was worried about, rather the engines which take the brunt of it with the booster coming at the atmosphere ass first... If seperation is at a slower speed then apogee must be lower after boostback, thence reentry interface speed must be lower.
Any Numbers?
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#1056
by
Alvian@IDN
on 17 Apr, 2023 10:09
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Regarding the booster return...
there has been no mention of an entry burn.... Is there not a risk of damage to the engines coming in hot without reducing speed. Falcon regulary knocks off 2000-3000 kph at entry burn.
any thoughts?
Electron recovery shows it's possible to survive what's Peter called "The Wall"
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#1057
by
CMac
on 17 Apr, 2023 10:25
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A lot of shipping out in the gulf along the debris path
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#1058
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 17 Apr, 2023 10:36
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#1059
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 17 Apr, 2023 11:20
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