Old Man Posted November 18, 2023 Report Share Posted November 18, 2023 Starship ILT2 launch window is set for Saturday morning from 0700-0720 CST. Early, but at least there won't be an endless wait to see if they're gonna launch or not. Scott Ruggels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 18, 2023 Report Share Posted November 18, 2023 That thing is uncannily large lifting off the pad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted November 18, 2023 Report Share Posted November 18, 2023 Scott Manley's analysis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 18, 2023 Report Share Posted November 18, 2023 Dammit! Always check your staging! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich McGee Posted November 18, 2023 Report Share Posted November 18, 2023 Inauspicious, to put it mildly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted November 18, 2023 Report Share Posted November 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Rich McGee said: Inauspicious, to put it mildly. I would not put it that far. The launch was clean. The Hot staging worked. The problem with the booster is the stresses of the flip and burn caused the booster to fail, and the Loss of Telemetry, either through ground stations, or Starlink made the termination system remove ship 25 from existence, lest it go uncontrolled and land on a city in Africa or something. If you remember the Falcon development they lost a number of them before they were able to get controlled landings and were able to reuse the part. THis is a much more complex rocket than the Falcon, so I am expecting five failed launches until they can get a a good, reuseable rocket. Rich McGee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich McGee Posted November 18, 2023 Report Share Posted November 18, 2023 Sure, could have gone worse, much worse. Still, these are much bigger, much more expensive rockets than the original Falcon and this is private enterprise even with NASA counting on them. IIRC they only lost the first three Falcons. Five Starships failing isn't unreasonable, but it's going to put a lot of eyes on the costs involved and overall margins. Still, they've got the Falcon 9 to point at. They've shown their designs can be reliable once they're past the early trials. Just have to get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted November 19, 2023 Report Share Posted November 19, 2023 More Scott Manley analysis: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scott Ruggels Posted November 19, 2023 Report Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) Felix Schlang tracking the rockets ascent with an X-Box Ontroller over a Starlink connection to a Camera in Boca Chica. He may have a better recording later of the booster's RUD. Edited November 19, 2023 by Scott Ruggels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DShomshak Posted November 29, 2023 Report Share Posted November 29, 2023 A remarkable system of exoplanets: ‘Shocked and delighted': Astronomers find six planets orbiting in resonance (msn.com) (The BBC story was cringe-inducing. The presenter interviewing the scientist kept calling it a "universe" instead of a "solar system." Aargh!) Dean Shomshak I was reading about making pharmaceuticals in space back in the 1980s, in books like Stine's The Space Enterprise. Now it's happening for real. https://www.marketplace.org/2023/11/29/low-earth-orbit-open-for-business-varda-space-industries/ Dean Shopmshak L. Marcus, tkdguy and Scott Ruggels 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich McGee Posted December 1, 2023 Report Share Posted December 1, 2023 On 11/29/2023 at 6:53 PM, DShomshak said: (The BBC story was cringe-inducing. The presenter interviewing the scientist kept calling it a "universe" instead of a "solar system." Aargh!) And here I thought that only happened in those crappy AIP Gamera dubs that got riffed on MST3K. Scott Ruggels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BigJackBrass Posted December 10, 2023 Report Share Posted December 10, 2023 Time to ketchup on the latest from space: Lawnmower Boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2023 But is it still edible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJackBrass Posted December 10, 2023 Report Share Posted December 10, 2023 1 hour ago, tkdguy said: But is it still edible? I find it hard to believe that after eight months it's recognisably a tomato. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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