Author Topic: SpaceX Starship : First Flight : Starbase, TX : 20 April 2023 - DISCUSSION (Read 532650 times)

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #1060 on:** 04/17/2023 11:34 am »

https://twitter.com/EzekielOverstr1/status/1647921555786158080

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SpaceX cameras ready for launch

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #1061 on:** 04/17/2023 11:40 am »

https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1647927837398122497

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The dawn of a new era

litton4 · « **Reply #1062 on:** 04/17/2023 12:06 pm »

NSF Youtube stream keeps pausing for me.....just a heads-up

Nearly 150,000 viewers last time I checked

Orbiter · « **Reply #1063 on:** 04/17/2023 12:07 pm »

Quote from: litton4 on 04/17/2023 12:06 pm

NSF Youtube stream keeps pausing for me.....just a heads-up

I'm also having a similar problem, page keeps crashing for me. Just FYI for any of the NSF team who might be looking at the forums today.

clongton · « **Reply #1064 on:** 04/17/2023 12:13 pm »

Quote from: alugobi on 04/17/2023 12:57 am

I hope that they do a Mission Control audio for this one.

Herb Schaltegger · « **Reply #1065 on:** 04/17/2023 12:15 pm »

Quote from: Orbiter on 04/17/2023 12:07 pm

Quote from: litton4 on 04/17/2023 12:06 pm
NSF Youtube stream keeps pausing for me.....just a heads-up

I'm also having a similar problem, page keeps crashing for me. Just FYI for any of the NSF team who might be looking at the forums today.

Must be your network/ISP or some associated issue. I’ve had the stream up for 25 minutes without issue.

Slothman · « **Reply #1066 on:** 04/17/2023 12:19 pm »

Quote from: Herb Schaltegger on 04/17/2023 12:15 pm

Quote from: Orbiter on 04/17/2023 12:07 pm
Quote from: litton4 on 04/17/2023 12:06 pm
NSF Youtube stream keeps pausing for me.....just a heads-up

I'm also having a similar problem, page keeps crashing for me. Just FYI for any of the NSF team who might be looking at the forums today.
Must be your network/ISP or some associated issue. I’ve had the stream up for 25 minutes without issue.

I have the same, "Out of Memory" crash of the tab, happens maybe every hour or so

gsa · « **Reply #1067 on:** 04/17/2023 12:25 pm »

Quote from: Slothman on 04/17/2023 12:19 pm

I have the same, "Out of Memory" crash of the tab, happens maybe every hour or so

Try to turn off the chat. Worked for me.

Herb Schaltegger · « **Reply #1068 on:** 04/17/2023 12:27 pm »

Quote from: Slothman on 04/17/2023 12:19 pm

Quote from: Herb Schaltegger on 04/17/2023 12:15 pm
Quote from: Orbiter on 04/17/2023 12:07 pm
Quote from: litton4 on 04/17/2023 12:06 pm
NSF Youtube stream keeps pausing for me.....just a heads-up

I'm also having a similar problem, page keeps crashing for me. Just FYI for any of the NSF team who might be looking at the forums today.
Must be your network/ISP or some associated issue. I’ve had the stream up for 25 minutes without issue.

I have the same, "Out of Memory" crash of the tab, happens maybe every hour or so

That’s a browser error. Turn off the chat, try a different browser, whatever.

Framryk · « **Reply #1069 on:** 04/17/2023 12:33 pm »

Just want to say a huge thanks, especially to FutureSpaceTourist and Steven Pietrobon, for the excellent posts in the "SpaceX Starship : First Flight : Starbase, TX : 17 Apr 2023 13:20 UTC - UPDATES" channel.

I'm on a 12 hour work shift bringing 1.2 gigawatts of nuclear power back on the grid, no access to live YouTube, Twitter, etc, but can get the forum updates and it's helping me through the day watching this exciting event unfold

Really big thank you!

bulkmail · « **Reply #1070 on:** 04/17/2023 12:48 pm »

Quote from: jackvancouver on 04/14/2023 10:23 pm

The official mission patch looks very... Electron. But that's not a bad thing.

What are the 10 "star/lines" symbolizing?

Patch is at: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=47352.0;attach=2175152;sess=1219

Herb Schaltegger · « **Reply #1071 on:** 04/17/2023 12:51 pm »

Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 04/17/2023 12:49 pm

Second stage engine view.

Ship 24’s engine bay looks a lot neater/cleaner than the prior suborbital test flight Ships. Nice to see a good view of the more or less “finished” installation complete with shields and everything buttoned up out of harm’s way.

sanman · « **Reply #1072 on:** 04/17/2023 01:12 pm »

Scrub

WisRich · « **Reply #1073 on:** 04/17/2023 01:12 pm »

Launch cancelled.

PM3 · « **Reply #1074 on:** 04/17/2023 01:20 pm »

"Recycle in minium 48 hours" enables a launch on 4/20.

Herb Schaltegger · « **Reply #1075 on:** 04/17/2023 01:22 pm »

Quote from: PM3 on 04/17/2023 01:20 pm

"Recycle in minium 48 hours" enables a launch on 4/20.

A 48 hour recycle is 4/19. A 72 hour recycle would be 4/20. As a non-stoner, I am annoyed by the juvenile fascination with the weed jokes.

frogamazog · « **Reply #1076 on:** 04/17/2023 01:27 pm »

Well, I thought they should do a WDR before proceeding to launch ... but I actually DON'T feel vindicated by this. But for the valve issue, everything went flawlessly and they nearly were ready to go. Was probably a low probability of going all the way to hold-down release, but prepping everything for liftoff seems reasonable. They did the truest possible rehearsal and will be more likely to be ready to go next time.

Orbiter · « **Reply #1077 on:** 04/17/2023 01:28 pm »

Today was the best day weather wise to launch. Wednesday looks a little rough with winds. Thursday looks marginal?

rdale · « **Reply #1078 on:** 04/17/2023 01:29 pm »

Quote from: PM3 on 04/17/2023 01:26 pm

A minimum 48 hour recycle to 7 am CST is 4/20.

So the 48-hr requirement is a scrub to the start of the original window or 48 hours from when it was scrubbed?

Also please avoid confusion - Houston Texas is on Daylight Saving Time so use CDT (or just CT year round

) to reduce that.

kanno41 · « **Reply #1079 on:** 04/17/2023 01:29 pm »

This is where doing that other WDR the week before likely would have discovered the issue. But hey, this is why we test things -- to learn. SpaceX isn't viewing this is a failure.