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Forum: Space Flight and Operations

19th Nov 2023, 09:36

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SpaceX flight testing in South Texas

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Posted By pasta

I think there's a serious purpose to that: Even...

I think there's a serious purpose to that: Even this thread shows that there are people out there who don't understand iterative development and view flights like yesterday's as failures (SLS didn't...

Forum: Space Flight and Operations

18th Nov 2023, 15:45

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SpaceX flight testing in South Texas

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Posted By pasta

Fair point. It's still (necessarily) venting a...

Fair point. It's still (necessarily) venting a lot of propellant though, and you wouldn't want them mixing in anything even vaguely approaching a stoichiometric ratio.

That's interesting; looks...

Forum: Space Flight and Operations

18th Nov 2023, 13:35

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SpaceX flight testing in South Texas

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Posted By pasta

Something that came to mind when it was sitting...

Something that came to mind when it was sitting on the pad, emitting great clouds of boiling-off propellant: How do they avoid creating an explosion risk? Do they capture the boiling methane and just...

Forum: Space Flight and Operations

21st Apr 2023, 08:29

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SpaceX flight testing in South Texas

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Posted By pasta

Were they even watching the footage, and if so...

Were they even watching the footage, and if so did they know anything at all about rocketry? They seemed totally oblivious to the first flip, and when it went for its second they started talking...

Forum: Space Flight and Operations

6th Jan 2021, 16:25

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SpaceX flight testing in South Texas

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Posted By pasta

That all makes sense (and, if the booster's...

That all makes sense (and, if the booster's launching over water its return path will be over water).

What I'm getting at is that there appears to be no orbit for which both launch and re-entry...

Forum: Space Flight and Operations

6th Jan 2021, 09:48

Replies: 631

SpaceX flight testing in South Texas

Views: 79,989

Posted By pasta

Anyone know where they're planning to land their...

Anyone know where they're planning to land their first orbital flight(s)? The re-entry path for a Texas landing would be straight across Mexico, which doesn't seem the greatest idea for the first...

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