SpaceX is simply phenomenal
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It looked like a skyscraper getting launched into space. I'm no fan of Musk but am in awe of the engineering that goes into something like tech marvel.
Musk believes this platform is all that is needed to go to Mars. Once perfected, he'll be looking for a team to spend two years of their lives going to and getting back from Mars. This is probably just a few years away.
Added to the bucket list today...
We spent most of the winter at Cocoa Beach and saw launches. When the booster comes off, they land it upright on a barge and tow it back in, which I thought was amazing.
SpaceX lost contact with its Starship rocket on reentry over the Indian Ocean
IDK. I've got it from very smart people that it's just billionaires making vanity plays to go to space when there are hungry people.
That’s the same argument the NAACP used when Armstrong walked on the moon. It was a loser then and it’s a loser now. But if you say instead of politicians flushing billions on their campaigns, that money could be directed to places like Milton Hershey Med Center or St. Jude’s you might be on to something.
you missed the snark. his comment was tongue-in-cheek. I always denote my snark with TiC.
Oops. I think there is a contagion of angry old men with onset dementia going on. I might have caught it.
I thought it was obvious with the "very smart people" comment
I apologize. I’m kind of new here. There are some dummies to sort through so I am probably over cautious, on guard for their stupidity.I thought it was obvious with the "very smart people" comment
Well now your are officially qualified to run for President in either party.
Yep, burned up on re-entry
SpaceX's Starship notches major flight test milestones, breaks up over Indian Ocean in final moments
SpaceX launched the third test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, as the company pushed development of the mammoth vehicle past new milestones.
Bet @Catch50 had several of these posters!
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There was no plan for it to land on a barge, but to just splash down into the ocean. There is some amazing video of it during reentry before it burned up, I'll see if I can find it.Yep, burned up on re-entry
SpaceX's Starship notches major flight test milestones, breaks up over Indian Ocean in final moments
SpaceX launched the third test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, as the company pushed development of the mammoth vehicle past new milestones.www.cnbc.com
It's the public who can't think critically about space exploration. We would still have NASA without the billionaires.
Couple thoughts: An amazing difference between this and the 60s/70s NASA launches. Back then the launch team engineers were all crew cut in short sleeved white shirts with narrow ties. And it was dead silent from a few minutes before launch until flight control was handed off to Houston. You could hear specialty teams announcing status one by one to confirm systems were nominal.
This team was screaming like a White Out crowd the entire final minute before lift off and at every key data point. Exciting but how could various flight system engineers communicate?
During reentry; at roughly T+40 minutes and about a minute before the first heat plasma appeared you could see numerous pieces of material floating by. The two talking analysts never mentioned it but my guess it was pieces of the heat shield coming off due to stresses on the hull and the heat. That is probably what doomed the ship.
A great accomplishment and having live video the whole flight was great for civilians like us but also great for data analysts. Hearing after flight reports will be fascinating.
You are seeing and hearing two groups of people and it's a split screen. The people yelling and cheering aren't in the same room as the engineers.
That was definitely heat shield coming off. It looked like they were having some issues maintaining attitude as reentry started. Still a pretty huge success.
Thanks, didn’t realize the split screen.
And surprised they didn’t say anything about the heat shield tiles as they were quite obvious.
Here is a look at how SpaceX redesigned rocket engines to burn far cleaner and generate much more thrust per pound.
At the end, narrator says that Musk foresees building a thousand of those huge rockets with multiple flights per day to the moon and Mars.
At the end, narrator says that Musk foresees building a thousand of those huge rockets with multiple flights per day to the moon and Mars.
I question Mars unless he can think of something that far outstrips what we now know and do. It takes 18 months. Mars/Earth are always different from each other in terms of our orbit around the sun. So it is a problem being consistent in terms of going to and coming back from Mars. That is quite a commitment by the astronauts.
The moon is a different issue. Nobody has found anything that has any value on the moon yet. So why go there?
I do believe there is value in zero-gravity research and manufacturing.
Having said that, I believe Musk is going after approval to do five flights a week. He has stated SpaceX's biggest problem is that each flight has to get approval by the Govt and that takes weeks and even months. He needs to get to regularly scheduled flights that are mass-approved. The govt has stated that they are willing to grant that approval but don't believe they've gotten there yet.
I read that 60% of the satellites in space are from Musk. Which is crazy.
StarLink is a game changer for emerging nations that don't have the wired infrastructure. In Ukraine, the Russians can't knock out communications as they are done via StarLink (including the navigation and control of drones). StarLink just made services free to registered international aid organizations in Gaza.
I don't understand why people don't like Musk. The guy is probably the greatest human in our lifetimes. He'll end up being Bill Gates x 10.
Things you won't see in the MSM.
Elon Musk Offers Starlink Services To Internationally Recognized Aid Organizations In Gaza
Elon Musk has offered his Starlink advanced satellite system to support internationally recognized aid organizations working in Gaza, following a communications outage as Israel steps up its military campaign in the territory. Palestinian telecommunications company Paltel announced on Friday...
Anyone watch the rocket video? One of the great things they did was switch from standard liquid rocket fuel…… highly refined kerosene…… to liquid methane. Kerosene burns dirty and leaves a lot of soot and carbon particles in the atmosphere. Methane burns extremely clean.
But to get liquid methane requires extremely cold temps and materials and pumps that can function at those temps. Completely redesigned space rockets.
And a lot less pollution which is important when sending that many rockets through the atmosphere.
But to get liquid methane requires extremely cold temps and materials and pumps that can function at those temps. Completely redesigned space rockets.
And a lot less pollution which is important when sending that many rockets through the atmosphere.
Because that crazy left winger has the audacity to believe in free speech, understands and articulates the craziness with global warming arguments being put forward, and likes larger families. Any one of those is enough to make unhinged heads explode. The rest of us just thinks he's a kook.
hmm...seems to be for small payloads as this would get more and more complicated as the load increases. Interesting though. The larger the load, the more power. Also would seem to be a challenge for manned flights.
From the movie "Contact" staring Jodie Foster and filmed in 1997. This was the uber advanced instructions sent by an allien planet on how to achieve space travel.
Seems to me that this system will only be for non human flight. Could enable a lot of smaller satellites to be launched into orbit quickly kind of like a delivery vehicle for restocking another larger satellite.
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And anything launched this way will have to be designed to withstand tremendous g forces. And a lot of heat generated as it leaves the atmosphere.
Who knows, maybe it will work. 🤷🏻♀️
To me it just seems crazy. They have to build one of these three times taller than the Statue of Liberty. Then the forces this will generate have to be huge. And the timing to release this thing to get through the target window has to be perfect.
And anything launched this way will have to be designed to withstand tremendous g forces. And a lot of heat generated as it leaves the atmosphere.
Who knows, maybe it will work. 🤷🏻♀️
