What about the FAA? Any hurdles there?
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Last time I think it fired within 3 weeks of their first NET if I'm not mistaken.Premium said:
So what are the odds it actually goes on that date? I understand flights get scrubbed for weather and other mechanical issues - - so not that, but is this tentative or literally scheduled?
Yeah SpaceX just gave the FAA their accident review from the 1st launch and all of their various fixes to make this launch theoretically safer.TexAgs91 said:
What about the FAA? Any hurdles there?
So however long it takes the FAA to go through it and hopefully approve it. I'm guessing a few weeks.
Everything seems to be on track for a late September try assuming the lawsuit is dismissed.
12 miles away there is zero FAA regulations. Elon knows this.
TRADUCTOR said:
12 miles away there is zero FAA regulations. Elon knows this.
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That would be illegal.
Under US law - there is a set of provisions called "ITAR" - The International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
Under those laws, rockets above a certain size are considered to be "Arms" - in that you can bolt a bomb to the top of a rocket and you have a weapon that's considerably more deadly than the bomb by itself.
This means that to export either actual rockets - or the component parts of rockets - or even just the knowledge of how to make them - you have to get permits from the US government.
Since any SpaceX rocket could easily become an insanely effective ICBM - there is absolutely ZERO chance of SpaceX being granted an ITAR exemption to move their business to another country.
PJYoung said:TRADUCTOR said:
12 miles away there is zero FAA regulations. Elon knows this.Quote:
That would be illegal.
Under US law - there is a set of provisions called "ITAR" - The International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
Under those laws, rockets above a certain size are considered to be "Arms" - in that you can bolt a bomb to the top of a rocket and you have a weapon that's considerably more deadly than the bomb by itself.
This means that to export either actual rockets - or the component parts of rockets - or even just the knowledge of how to make them - you have to get permits from the US government.
Since any SpaceX rocket could easily become an insanely effective ICBM - there is absolutely ZERO chance of SpaceX being granted an ITAR exemption to move their business to another country.
August 31 tentative lunch date for the next starship!
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE EATING?
Well this is different!
— Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) August 17, 2023
A Raptor test at SpaceX McGregor (Horizontal stand). We've never seen the nozzle directing the plume at this angle on this stand before.
Got to about 220 seconds run time too.https://t.co/Eh5oaibOBY pic.twitter.com/K2SN8BtlIH
jt2hunt said:
August 31 tentative lunch date for the next starship!
Kids might be skipping a day of school
20 miles away and my door was rattling from this test. Low rumble that just kept building. Impressive.PJYoung said:Well this is different!
— Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) August 17, 2023
A Raptor test at SpaceX McGregor (Horizontal stand). We've never seen the nozzle directing the plume at this angle on this stand before.
Got to about 220 seconds run time too.https://t.co/Eh5oaibOBY pic.twitter.com/K2SN8BtlIH
2 weeks?!?!jt2hunt said:
August 31 tentative lunch date for the next starship!
So you're saying... There's a chance?
SpaceX’s soaring revenue helped it eke out a small profit in the first three months of the year after two annual losses, according to documents that offer a rare view into the financials of Elon Musk’s rocket company https://t.co/R4whN38XIF
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 17, 2023
Raptor engine #164 next in line for install on Ship 28 pic.twitter.com/WPiGfKj3jv
— RGV Aerial Photography (@RGVaerialphotos) August 17, 2023
Is that a Raptor 3 or are they still using Raptor 2s?
Pretty sure those are still 2s.aTmAg said:
Is that a Raptor 3 or are they still using Raptor 2s?
PJYoung said:Well this is different!
— Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) August 17, 2023
A Raptor test at SpaceX McGregor (Horizontal stand). We've never seen the nozzle directing the plume at this angle on this stand before.
Got to about 220 seconds run time too.https://t.co/Eh5oaibOBY pic.twitter.com/K2SN8BtlIH
Long duration test fire of Raptor while gimbaled 15 degrees pic.twitter.com/HuYqmtE8fc
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 17, 2023
I just want Elon to have like some sticks with marshmallows and hot dogs, NEAR, that sucker. Just for grins.
Looks like a massive acetylene cutting torch. It's no wonder thirty two of them blew through several feet of concrete and created a 30' deep hole in the ground.will25u said:PJYoung said:Well this is different!
— Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) August 17, 2023
A Raptor test at SpaceX McGregor (Horizontal stand). We've never seen the nozzle directing the plume at this angle on this stand before.
Got to about 220 seconds run time too.https://t.co/Eh5oaibOBY pic.twitter.com/K2SN8BtlIHLong duration test fire of Raptor while gimbaled 15 degrees pic.twitter.com/HuYqmtE8fc
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 17, 2023
The Texas A&M Space Institute was approved by the board of regents. A $200 million research facility at NASA Johnson was also added to the capital plan. The state appropriated the money as part of the Texas Space Commission funding package.
https://today.tamu.edu/2023/08/17/regents-approve-texas-am-space-institute/
https://today.tamu.edu/2023/08/17/regents-approve-texas-am-space-institute/
Does this mean they will be moving their freeze dryers to JSC so NASA doesn't have to take all the space food to College Station?
Wow. https://t.co/zq544qyHv1 pic.twitter.com/UhEvGKvxzo
— Teslaconomics (@Teslaconomics) August 18, 2023
The engineering decisions/product there fascinate me. I'm not educated or smart enough to critique it. Hope it works well!
I'm such a space geek.
First nighttime OLM Water Deluge Test. The big flashing lights on the Tower sure interacted with it. We were filming it on other cameras too however!https://t.co/e3xbqPnwZ5 pic.twitter.com/Y7fazqIFwe
— Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) August 19, 2023
Marcus' weekly video drop this am. Crewed starship mockups/leaks are interesting.
SpaceX installed the hot stage ring on Booster 9 in the Mega Bay, Ship 28 starts to receive its Raptors, and Jack (@thejackbeyer) and Sean (@SeanKD_Photos) provide views from the air from a flyover on Friday.https://t.co/BrMNm850b4 pic.twitter.com/EmDjIOgcRh
— Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) August 19, 2023
Apparently they did a big deluge test last night (also covered in top video):
Intense nighttime waterworks show coming from SpaceX's OLM water deluge test. @NASASpaceflight
— Sean Doherty (@SeanKD_Photos) August 19, 2023
Catch the recap at https://t.co/Fatc0NQj2M pic.twitter.com/c6iDY9AfLQ
Random cool shot:
Apollo, the robot dog patrolling Starbase, for detecting damages and gas leaks 💫@elonmusk @SpaceX pic.twitter.com/ZvwoVm0sAs
— Tonya de Vitti (@TonyadeVitti) August 14, 2023
From a million miles away, NASA captures Moon crossing face of Earth. (Yes, this is real)
— Amazing Astronomy (@MAstronomers) August 19, 2023
Credit: NASA/NOAA pic.twitter.com/4HTknK2P9A
Amazing.
Can't figure out what part of Earth I'm looking at though.
Can't figure out what part of Earth I'm looking at though.
You don't recognize your own country?double aught said:
Amazing.
Can't figure out what part of Earth I'm looking at though.
That is California, the Baja peninsula, up the west coast to Alaska.
It was taken in 2015. Here is a GIF, and the website.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/from-a-million-miles-away-nasa-camera-shows-moon-crossing-face-of-earth
will25u said:You don't recognize your own country?double aught said:
Amazing.
Can't figure out what part of Earth I'm looking at though.
That is California, the Baja peninsula, up the west coast to Alaska.
It was taken in 2015. Here is a GIF, and the website.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/from-a-million-miles-away-nasa-camera-shows-moon-crossing-face-of-earth
Dark side of the moon, too
Far side.boulderaggie said:
Dark side of the moon, too
Yep you also see Hurricane Hilary off the Baja Peninsula.
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