SpaceX flight testing in South Texas
Said no rocket scientist, EVER!
BTW, why don't you think the ability to extremely large payloads into orbit - at a reasonable cost - would be "something useful".
BTW, why don't you think the ability to extremely large payloads into orbit - at a reasonable cost - would be "something useful".
oh, and a useful payload - a Tesla car, a plastic mannequin, or what?
Or, to put it differently - a hundred years ago, why would anyone possibly need big airplanes that can fly thousands of miles? That's what steamships and trains are for...
What manmade stuff in earth orbit and space has been doing for decades, but on a larger, more economical scale.
Or, to put it differently - a hundred years ago, why would anyone possibly need big airplanes that can fly thousands of miles? That's what steamships and trains are for...
Or, to put it differently - a hundred years ago, why would anyone possibly need big airplanes that can fly thousands of miles? That's what steamships and trains are for...
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Hmm, it wasn’t planned to make orbit, but it made space, which it was planned to.
But it would have made orbit even on this flight if the trajectory had been intended to do so before SECO.
But it would have made orbit even on this flight if the trajectory had been intended to do so before SECO.
Massive progress, all engines remained operating, staging worked, ship flew some while as intended. Well done!
Impressive view of the shock-cone in the colour pic above. I wonder what damage any resonance of that could do when engine(s) start to fail and disturb its symmetry.
But how I wish they'd can the infantile-level "commentary" which is no more than a non-stop hammy commercial for SpaceX - lets's have a bit more of the gravitas, information and Professionalism of a NASA commemtary instead of making it sound like gormless teenagers reviewing a video game. It is seriously trivialising the whole thing.
And FFS put an end to the God-awful expression RUD. It is so, so silly, undignified and pointless. (and not the least bit clever, which I sense they think it is)
Impressive view of the shock-cone in the colour pic above. I wonder what damage any resonance of that could do when engine(s) start to fail and disturb its symmetry.
But how I wish they'd can the infantile-level "commentary" which is no more than a non-stop hammy commercial for SpaceX - lets's have a bit more of the gravitas, information and Professionalism of a NASA commemtary instead of making it sound like gormless teenagers reviewing a video game. It is seriously trivialising the whole thing.
And FFS put an end to the God-awful expression RUD. It is so, so silly, undignified and pointless. (and not the least bit clever, which I sense they think it is)
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
So they need to keep more engines burning and not throttle back so far?
So, if we can trust the telemetry from Starship’s flight, there was a significant negative g observed on the booster during staging. More force was transmitted to the booster than anticipated during hot staging, this would have generated a lot of propellent slosh that may have been enough to damage the booster and ultimately cause it to fail.
So, if we can trust the telemetry from Starship’s flight, there was a significant negative g observed on the booster during staging. More force was transmitted to the booster than anticipated during hot staging, this would have generated a lot of propellent slosh that may have been enough to damage the booster and ultimately cause it to fail.
In this case no as none of the hardware reached orbital velocity. The super heavy booster ended up in the Gulf of Mexico, the Starship second stage in the Atlantic.
The initial analysis from Scott Manley:
The BIG problem I see in his report is the massive failure of the heat protection system. The Starship was shedding large sections before staging. That magnitude of damage points to a fundamental problem which will require a completely new approach to attaching the tiles before they try again. In Elon time that will take two months which translates into an Earth time of at least a year.
The BIG problem I see in his report is the massive failure of the heat protection system. The Starship was shedding large sections before staging. That magnitude of damage points to a fundamental problem which will require a completely new approach to attaching the tiles before they try again. In Elon time that will take two months which translates into an Earth time of at least a year.
Why do you feel it necessary to belittle such achievements with your snidy remarks?
The initial analysis from Scott Manley:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hF2C7xE9Mj4
The BIG problem I see in his report is the massive failure of the heat protection system. The Starship was shedding large sections before staging. That magnitude of damage points to a fundamental problem which will require a completely new approach to attaching the tiles before they try again. In Elon time that will take two months which translates into an Earth time of at least a year.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hF2C7xE9Mj4
The BIG problem I see in his report is the massive failure of the heat protection system. The Starship was shedding large sections before staging. That magnitude of damage points to a fundamental problem which will require a completely new approach to attaching the tiles before they try again. In Elon time that will take two months which translates into an Earth time of at least a year.
Dec 3!!!!! That is a good one, even for Elon. They will need to fix the booster restart problem (probably a major redesign of the tanking), the thermal protection system launch survivability, and whatever they find went wrong that caused the loss of the orbiter. A hell of a lot to do in two weeks.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Lots of TPS tiles missing on S25 today. It’s important to note that SpaceX likely fully expected this to happen.
On S28 every tile was tested using a suction cup to verify adhesion. This was not performed on S25 and, as a result, a large number of tiles along the ring weld lines fell off during flight.
In other words, it’s not as bad as it looks.
On S28 every tile was tested using a suction cup to verify adhesion. This was not performed on S25 and, as a result, a large number of tiles along the ring weld lines fell off during flight.
In other words, it’s not as bad as it looks.
As I think at least one other has posted, the flight was never going to be truly in orbit and the destruction of both stages one and two might put debris in a very low earth orbit but it will quickly de-orbit and burn up. I think it's worth remembering that the point of these tests is to get reusable heavy-lift rockets into space that are reusable, so not only do they reduce contributing to orbital debris, they become more affordable.
I've not been able to find a source for that, but it won't happen. Perhaps this is another SpaceX launch? There is too much testing to go through after yesterday's launch but it will have to go through various authorities, so no, another test like this in a couple of weeks isn't going to happen.
Anyway, what else are you going to call it? You don't really want to use the word "failure" because it takes the narrative the wrong way. The term "explosion" is misleading; a lot of rocket failures aren't caused by explosions at all (Challenger being a good example) and even when there is an explosion it's often caused by the FTS responding to a different failure (eg the first Starship launch).
I think it is super impressive how fast they make progress and how far they have come. Reusable rockets, cheapo satellites and private space flight.
However I am not sure about the Mars euphoria it must be about money, mining and bringing back heavy stuff to earth not so much about science, discovery and mankind.
However I am not sure about the Mars euphoria it must be about money, mining and bringing back heavy stuff to earth not so much about science, discovery and mankind.
I think it is super impressive how fast they make progress and how far they have come. Reusable rockets, cheapo satellites and private space flight.
However I am not sure about the Mars euphoria it must be about money, mining and bringing back heavy stuff to earth not so much about science, discovery and mankind.
However I am not sure about the Mars euphoria it must be about money, mining and bringing back heavy stuff to earth not so much about science, discovery and mankind.