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#2356 |
The Seated Villain
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Seattle
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#2357 |
Banned
Join Date: Jan 2013
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#2358 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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#2359 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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Mildly concerning. It's not unusual for satellites to have to move around a bit to avoid debris (sounds like ESA had to do this 28 times in 2018), but if SpaceX is hoping to put thousands of these things up there, it's not gonna be good if this becomes a regular thing. |
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#2360 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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In case anyone's interested, Elon is going to be giving a press conference of sorts tonight to update everyone on the current state of the Starship / Super Heavy program. They've got the prototype in Texas topped off (though it's nowhere near ready to fly yet), so it'll be cool to hear all about what they're planning.
And for effect, they've brought in the only remaining Falcon 1 booster to stand beside it. Pretty insane to see the scale difference in what they're tackling now vs. 11 years ago (to the day). ![]() Talk goes on at around 7pm.
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#2361 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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Bumped to 8pm due to weather. Ironic when they're not actually launching anything tonight.
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#2362 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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On the first test flight, is Starship going to separate from SH and both return for landing?
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#2363 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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#2364 |
(Sir/Yes Sir/Aye Aye Sir)
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Diving
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#2365 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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#2366 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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#2367 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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I remember when BFR had one wing...
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#2368 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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Looks like he's not talking about landing back on the launch pad now. Thank goodness.
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#2369 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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#2370 |
Sprinkle in some Mahomes
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Butte Montana
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