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Space X

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 235 ✭✭OrangeBadger


    Kaboom

    Elon needs to fly the next million and it will certainly land on mars



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,972 ✭✭✭Brief_Lives




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 816 ✭✭✭Poulgorm


    Starships 5 & 6 made it to the West coast off Australia and made soft (accurate) landings in the Indian ocean.

    Starships 7 & 8 blew up minutes after separation from the booster.

    What has gone wrong?



  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,908 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    They're different spacecraft. IFT 1-6 used Block 1 ships. IFT 7 and 8 have been Block 2 ships. They're bigger, carry more fuel, have a different flap setup and use different/uprated engines.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,891 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    Time for Starship to be banned. Too dangerous.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,677 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Another Starship test flight tonight (00:30 in the morning)

    They'll be re-using the booster that was flown and caught on flight7, but there'll be no catch attempt this time.

    Lets hope the starship makes it further than the last couple times...

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    Also, starting 17:55

    Watch an update from @elonmusk on SpaceX’s plan to make life multiplanetary

    https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1927086562287779984



  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,255 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    In and of itself no. It's how it's used. And yes they should have to pay the airline diversions.

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    The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space--each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision. https://xkcd.com/893/

    Regulatory capture of the FAA by Musk & co. though is dangerous every single day , not just when they are testing rockets. And billionaires care more about their money than other people's lives.



  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,255 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight




  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,255 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,677 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    5 mins to go

    Www.SpaceX.com



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,677 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    There will be a hold at t minus 40 seconds



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,677 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    We are go for launch

    No we're not



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,677 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Counting down again...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,677 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Problem with the payload bay door, no deployment of the dummy starlink terminals, awww

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