Can't wait. Let's hope the concrete doesn't explode with 33 raptors.
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OKCAg2002 said:
Can't wait. Let's hope the concrete doesn't explode with 33 raptors.
I saw a video showing that SpaceX hadn't used the fancy new concrete yet as of the last engine test. But then they also seem to be fast tracking the deluge system before the engine test too. Not sure what to make of that.
No, I don't care what CNN or MSNBC said this time
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lb3 said:
Thursday for the Super Heavy's 33 engine live fire?
lb3 said:
Thursday for the Super Heavy's 33 engine live fire?
"For the next-generation crewed DC-200 series, Sierra Space is studying a twin-tail, fixed-wing design."
— Massimo (@Yrouel86) January 6, 2023
So DC-101 is the cargo version that will debut this year while DC-201 is the redesigned crew variant.
Very excited for this 🤩 https://t.co/pYtptAJhKa
Good to see Sierra Space continue to invest in/evolve the Dreamchaser series with this notional DC-200 series that is to be 40 percent larger. I'm a little skeptical this thing would bolt on just fine to a Vulcan Centaur but I am pretty sure we don't have all the details of their plans for it from 2025 on either.
According to reddit, no 33 engine test today. It's going to be a week or more.
Yeah, things sound pretty iffy to even go for launch by April, fwiw.
Frankly, they really shoulda just put the water suppression in from the get-go.Quote:
No statics for B7 for the time being, Hold status atm whilst SpaceX comply with FAA and EIA benchmarks. Safety protocols and modeling still in development. Looks like the water suppression system might have to go in before launch to mitigate and comply with said requirements. Still under discussion.
S25 proving will likely go ahead in the meantime, and/or if all goes good, a crack at B7 chilldown and spin later this week or early next week.
SpaceX's Gwynne Shotwell says SpaceX will attempt a 33-engine Super Heavy static fire test tomorrow.
— Jeff Foust (@jeff_foust) February 8, 2023
Shotwell: tension between pace of innovation by us and regulators. Need to figure out how to work with regulators to make process faster.
— Jeff Foust (@jeff_foust) February 8, 2023
Shotwell on Starship and HLS: we need to get orbital pretty quickly. We don't want fly people on the 15th flight. Want it to be the 100th or 200th flight.
— Jeff Foust (@jeff_foust) February 8, 2023
Shotwell: shooting for 100 launches this year. Falcon, though, is limited: can't build a Falcon every day. Designed Starship to build one every day.
— Jeff Foust (@jeff_foust) February 8, 2023
Can't wait!
T&P for South Padre, Port I, And every sea turtle on a 3 mile radius.
Lets light this candle!
Lets light this candle!
Idk why it took me so long to check out this thread, but better late than never.
This thread is the only redeeming quality of this board.
What spacex is doing is amazing. Even more incredible is the access to real time information.
True game changer and disruptor in the industry.
True game changer and disruptor in the industry.
Dammit, y'all finally convinced me to go back to checkout reddit today and sure enough I read something that sounded convincing/informed but was disproven within like 3 hours as totally wrong.
double aught said:
This thread is the only redeeming quality of this board.
There are several imo, as long as you can wade through boomers believing everything they read on Twitter, but let's not derail.
Got my kids a telescope recently and we started looking at planets and they loved that. We should be moving to the country soon so they will get a much better night sky. They love the star finder app and constellations. Back in my day, I could navigate across the world using the stars, but I would need a little refresher now.
r/spacex and r/spacexlounge are really good subreddits.
For fun r/spacexmasterrace too
For fun r/spacexmasterrace too
The first static fire of all engines is rumored to be tomorrow. I expect only 5 seconds. Hopefully it holds together.
bmks270 said:
I expect only 5 seconds.
If only my wife could be so lucky.
inconvenient truth said:bmks270 said:
I expect only 5 seconds.
If only my wife could be so lucky.
Username checks out
Ooooo...shots fired lol!!
Testing out whether or not the 4,000 word limit is working properly on Twitter.
— Zack Golden (@CSI_Starbase) February 9, 2023
Spacex has now removed the mobile work platform from underneath the orbital launch mount. All scaffolding was removed earlier today.
There is still a lot of equipment that needs to be removed… https://t.co/ViccU2NtE2
Great question! I have an episode that explains this in depth. https://t.co/r3vpk91LXP
— Zack Golden (@CSI_Starbase) February 9, 2023
We should know toward 6 or 7 this am if they are going forward with a static fire, and then the issue becomes (a) if it happens without destroying the mount/booster/gse substantially, and (b) if the detonation suppression system works. I didn't understand that component at all until I saw this video this am.
I'd say it's probably 50/50 they can even pull off firing up all 33 engines for a couple seconds, but will be fun to see if they try it.
Well it's 0613….
Anyone in South Padre today?
Not if they're smart
Pending.
Michael Baylor and crew should have commentary on this feed this am I think.
Michael Baylor and crew should have commentary on this feed this am I think.
Let's do this!!
Estimated test time?
Probably later this afternoon. They've started filling LOX earlier than usual, but they're also lighting more than twice the number of engines they've lit before.Premium said:
Estimated test time?
I don't think they want to leave it sitting full for too long though. Maybe…11 or 12 is my swag. Curious about that as well. Next step is venting on the OLM since they have started spinning up the pumps.
Anybody got them live feeds…
Is that a flame diverter under the OLM?
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