Space X

josip

Wind speed 18 knots, I assume that's on the ground.
What's the max wind speed that it can still launch at?

Nee_Loo

Marcus House (best stream in my opinion) saying just under half an hour till launch

jogdish

Nee_Loo wrote: »

Marcus House (best stream in my opinion) saying just under half an hour till launch

Marcus is pretty good, but I keep coming back to NSF for all the angles. But honestly I get very weary of the banter at times.


What doe we all think on the streams?
NSF/ Everyday Tim / Felix / Marcus / Angry astro

Shlippery

Now this, this I like to see.

Mrmoe

Prefer NSF for stream, not really a fan of the new Everydayastronaut layout. Marcus House is probably the best for regular news updates.

Looking forward to the launch, hopefully landing in one piece, looking forward to this the most since SN8.

Shlippery

I like NSF for the buildup and they're good for interesting questions -but as soon as SpaceX show their stream - I put them up on the TV/.main screen.

Prefer watching the action clean w/ commentary on the official stream then back to NSF for the replays/analysis!

Westernyelp

jogdish wrote:

What doe we all think on the streams? NSF/ Everyday Tim / Felix / Marcus / Angry astro

I like Felix. Great enthusiasm. Can't warm to Tim at all.
Marcus House is boring.
NSF undoubtedly the most knowledgeable team.

Shlippery

https://twitter.com/BCCarCounters/status/1390066960021524483

23:25 for liftoff according to spreadsheet guy!

Will tonight be the night we get a soft safe landing?

jogdish

Shlippery wrote: »

I like NSF for the buildup and they're good for interesting questions -but as soon as SpaceX show their stream - I put them up on the TV/.main screen.

Prefer watching the action clean w/ commentary on the official stream then back to NSF for the replays/analysis!

How do you put the spaceX stream on the TV? I don't see ayoutube channel for them.

josip

Up!

josip

Down!

josip

Uh oh, turn off the f****g engine
Not a good look.

MonkieSocks

Soft landing

Methane leak....hope they put that fire out

AMKC

Ye looks like they done it. Well done Space X. So where were you watching it? I was watching on NASAs feed and on Everyday Astranauts feed. NASA turned out to be the better one.

Shlippery

Fire potentially out..
Ahh so exciting.

Hope theey can recover the video we lost too If it doesn't blow up

Mrmoe

Great news, so happy it made the landing and they were able to quench the methane leak.

Shlippery

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1390073153347592192

Well worth being tuned in since 2pm!

Now we're into the unknown. Lets see how successfully 'safing' a Starship works.

AMKC

What next I wonder? Will they fly the next one higher or just do the same again just to make sure this one was not a fluke?

MayoForSam

Landed about a foot from the edge of the pad, leaving room for SN16??

jogdish

Excellent stuff, hope there is a clean video from spaceX I assume all those cameras record locally too?

jogdish

AMKC wrote: »

What next I wonder? Will they fly the next one higher or just do the same again just to make sure this one was not a fluke?

SN6 repeated SN5, then onto SN8


By that Logic, maybe SN16 repeat slightly higher? I don't think the altitude does that number for a good number of km


SN20 was an internal goal for 'orbit' which I think is a bit much, I think the next threshold is breaking the sound barrier on re entry and heating issues with tiles. I'm not sure if much higher needs more raptors either.

.42.

I think SN16 will be a full heat shield test to 10k to check stability

It seems many fell off yesterday.

Westernyelp

I doubt you will see that until SN20. Which is the start of the next upgrade block. Next few flights will be Perfecting the landing and sea level raptor performance.

.42.

Westernyelp wrote: »

I doubt you will see that until SN20. Which is the start of the next upgrade block. Next few flights will be Perfecting the landing and sea level raptor performance.

I thought SN20 and beyond are orbital Starships?

josip

Where are the Starships manufactured?
Are they assembled remotely and transported complete or is there some onsite assembly?
Are they trucked from the nearest railhead?
From Google Street Maps in 2019 Boca Chica is a very basic setup.

Westernyelp

josip wrote:

Where are the Starships manufactured? Are they assembled remotely and transported complete or is there some onsite assembly? Are they trucked from the nearest railhead? From Google Street Maps in 2019 Boca Chica is a very basic setup.

All built on site. Some parts like the flaps and thrust domes are trucked in

Westernyelp

.42. wrote:

I thought SN20 and beyond are orbital Starships?

Supposedly. You don't need heat shield for sub orbital

Beeker

.42. wrote: »

I thought SN20 and beyond are orbital Starships?

That's the plan and they will need a good heat tile configuration that stays on

Beeker

.42. wrote: »

I think SN16 will be a full heat shield test to 10k to check stability

It seems many fell off yesterday.

Pictures of SN16 do show it will have a lot if not a full belly of tiles. Hopefully they can solve the "falling off" problem. Reminds me of Columbia back in 79-80.

Shlippery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTA0GTgFn5E
Crane is on its journey over to have a poke at SN15.

_it still hasn't spontaneously exploded_!