Space Exploration

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[jmacvols1]

cell phone company connecting to Musk's Starlink

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Note humans for scale!

 

[OrangeTsar]

Yet another reason to turn Elon and SpaceX loose. No more foot dragging on launch licenses for Starship testing. That would be the best vehicle possible to deal with the threat.

 

[Firebirdparts]

Somebody doesn't know the meaning of the word extremely. Holy cow. Maybe this didn't come from an actual smart person.

It's not a major problem, but it does hit on land it'll be impressive. It could bust up several square miles.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Holy crap!

 

[CagleMtnVol]

 

[CagleMtnVol]

 

[LouderVol]

I have never looked into this.

When they do these static fires, are the vehicles locked into place somehow and they are running full throttle? Or are they just running at a rate that won't generate enough thrust to get off the ground?

 

[CagleMtnVol]

I have never looked into this.

When they do these static fires, are the vehicles locked into place somehow and they are running full throttle? Or are they just running at a rate that won't generate enough thrust to get off the ground?

They are clamped down.

 

[LouderVol]

They are clamped down.

from a structural standpoint that is a much different way/location of dealing with the forces. Unless they are clamped from straight below, which doesn't seem feasible.

 

[twoffo]

 

[twoffo]

More info:

 

[twoffo]

from a structural standpoint that is a much different way/location of dealing with the forces. Unless they are clamped from straight below, which doesn't seem feasible.

Not sure this is still up to date but it is an animation of how it is designed:

EDIT: An updated animation:

 

[CagleMtnVol]

More info:

I figured they did the long test to see if they could replicate what caused the anomaly on the last flight.

 

[twoffo]

 

[CagleMtnVol]

 

[twoffo]

Easy to forget we have this:

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Easy to forget we have this:

I didn't know that thing went that far out. I assumed it was a LEO reconnaissance vehicle.

 

[TVOLS]

I didn't know that thing went that far out. I assumed it was a LEO reconnaissance vehicle.

I thought the same thing when I seen the image. Be interesting to know what exactly this thing does.

 

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[CagleMtnVol]

A look back at Flight 7!

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Overnight Booster 15 made it's way to the Pad ahead of stacking for Flight 8 on Friday.