Space X

Westernyelp · 18-01-2021 3:50pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Copper is generally used for it's good thermal conductivity not as a propellant.

Engine rich exhaust ðŸ€£

jogdish · 18-01-2021 4:00pm

Static Fire possible for today, ugh all aboard the excitement abort frustration excitement repeat train again

jogdish · 18-01-2021 11:00pm

no static fire today

and true again today - Wednesday.

Shlippery · 21-01-2021 1:04pm

Many many static fire aborts yesterday...one of them potentially for a range violation where a lad and his boat just zoomed by the launchpad.

Really really wanna see SN9 fly but feel like there's always one or two minor setbacks! Watching live streams is always nicely disappointing when you're a minute or two away then..abort abort abort!

jogdish · 21-01-2021 1:10pm

Shlippery wrote: »

Many many static fire aborts yesterday...one of them potentially for a range violation where a lad and his boat just zoomed by the launchpad.

Really really wanna see SN9 fly but feel like there's also one or two minor setbacks! Watching live streams is always nicely disappointing when you're a minute or two away then..abort abort abort!

Yup, so annoying.
Part of me thinks the aborts might be planned in some cases - there just seems to be so many getting so close to the wire.

jogdish · 22-01-2021 12:54am

Another bad static fire, seems odd. Imagine we were all thinking there was a possibility of a late December 2020 hop

Shlippery · 22-01-2021 2:11am

At least SN10 is more or less ready to go as well...still - if you look back to Feb 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UsCCRGLP0Q - they've progressed a ridiculous amount in that space. We're spoilt really. That being said...it's so damn impressive. People think i'm crazy when I mention what's going on at Boca Chica!!

jogdish · 22-01-2021 8:57pm

Managed to catch the static fire on sn9 today, around 2/3pm odd time - sounded good and seems to be all systems go for a 10k 'hop' now i guess.

I watch most of this stuff with NSF on youtube, it's amazing how much coverage those guys get, turned on today to find a stream of an Oil rig being floated into port that spacex bought, and they have a second near Boca. It really is nuts.

How on earth do NSF support having a crew/camera almost everywhere? The super chats can't be doing everything.

Shlippery · 23-01-2021 5:28pm

jogdish wrote: »

Managed to catch the static fire on sn9 today, around 2/3pm odd time - sounded good and seems to be all systems go for a 10k 'hop' now i guess.

I watch most of this stuff with NSF on youtube, it's amazing how much coverage those guys get, turned on today to find a stream of an Oil rig being floated into port that spacex bought, and they have a second near Boca. It really is nuts.

How on earth do NSF support having a crew/camera almost everywhere? The super chats can't be doing everything.

LabPadre too are the other guys who have even more cameras at other angles. They had a good one of the foggy Static Fire!

Elon said there they're hoping to attempt SN9 early next week..so could be Monday!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KycyWcxWTcY <- saw this excellent video on Twitter which shows the plumbing behind it!

jogdish · 23-01-2021 7:01pm

Ya that's a great render of the fuel, whenever I see these i am always struck by how simple the whole things is, two barrels of fuel and the thing to set it on fire and exhausts it - yet it's clearly not simple at all. A simple photo of the raptor shows the amount of pipes etc.

Fleix on whataboutit says bad weather for next week, so could be another few delays but hopefully a hop soon, to start the hype train all over again with SN10, they really must be pumping those raptor engines out at the factory.

The super heavy booster will need more, it's crazy to think we will have seen a Starship land from a hop and a booster small hop by mid year probably. I think the next big but not exciting thing will be to get everything nailed down so that aborts etc mean hour or two delays and not day delays or heck even minutes. Really puts SLS into perspective - I like SLS just it's so much easier to get excited about starship. However starship is at stage one - it will slow down massively when they start to look for certifications for being considered as a launch provider.

jogdish · 25-01-2021 3:28pm

Might be a launch of SN9 today,25/1 seems to be likely from 6pm irish time onwards - but could be called off at any stage.

Shlippery · 25-01-2021 5:48pm

Yup, up to 1am or there abouts I think. They've attached the flight termination thing that means they can blow it up if anything goes wrong..which I think is an indicator they can't do any more static fires... so fingers crossed it gets up and down gracefully.

Exciting!

jogdish · 25-01-2021 9:03pm

booooo, no flight today booo

AMKC · 25-01-2021 10:16pm

Why did Space X name there rockers SN? Does it stand for something?
Space Neatral maybe.

Ha Long Bay · 25-01-2021 10:20pm

AMKC wrote: »

Why did Space X name there rockers SN? Does it stand for something?
Space Neatral maybe.

According to Wiki it's serial number.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship

"In September 2019 Musk unveiled Starship Mk1, a more advanced test article.[53][54] The Mk1 was destroyed in a tank pressure test in November, and SpaceX ceased construction on the Mk2 prototype in Florida and moved on to work on the Mk3 article.[55] Adopting a new "serial number" nomenclature, the Mk3 article was renamed Starship SN1 by SpaceX to signify the major evolution in building techniques: the rings were now taller and each was made of one single sheet of steel, drastically reducing the welding lines (thus failure points). "

AMKC · 25-01-2021 10:42pm

john4321 wrote: »

According to Wiki it's serial number.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship

"In September 2019 Musk unveiled Starship Mk1, a more advanced test article.[53][54] The Mk1 was destroyed in a tank pressure test in November, and SpaceX ceased construction on the Mk2 prototype in Florida and moved on to work on the Mk3 article.[55] Adopting a new "serial number" nomenclature, the Mk3 article was renamed Starship SN1 by SpaceX to signify the major evolution in building techniques: the rings were now taller and each was made of one single sheet of steel, drastically reducing the welding lines (thus failure points). "

Awe very good. Thank you for that.

jogdish · 25-01-2021 10:45pm

AMKC wrote: »

Awe very good. Thank you for that.

And the boosters are called ' BN '

Shlippery · 26-01-2021 1:07pm

Looks like they're skipping today and going for tomorrow.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1354015481217359878

Shlippery · 28-01-2021 10:38am

Feel like the weather kept it delayed til now...but..

Mary/BocaChicaGal got an evacuation notice for today & SpaceX have flight details up on the site!!
https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/
So hopefully some excitement on this fine Thursday!

Bah humbug

Westernyelp · 28-01-2021 7:27pm

Looks like they are going for it. But who knows

Shlippery · 28-01-2021 7:52pm

Westernyelp wrote: »

Looks like they are going for it. But who knows

Seems like it's the FAA and not SpaceX scrubbing this.

Elon doesn't sound happy in latest tweet!

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1354862567680847876

josip · 28-01-2021 7:55pm

Shlippery wrote: »

Seems like it's the FAA and not SpaceX scrubbing this.

Elon doesn't sound happy in latest tweet!

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1354862567680847876

Musk going a bit Jack Ma here

jogdish · 28-01-2021 8:55pm

So it looks like a wet dress, static fire tonight?

Westernyelp · 28-01-2021 9:35pm

Seems like they are progressing. Maybe paperwork is through

jogdish · 28-01-2021 9:39pm

RGV tweeted the approval is back, but with no source, this is nuts.

jogdish · 28-01-2021 9:40pm

There is a tri vent now!!!! and no approval ???

irishgeo · 28-01-2021 9:42pm

jogdish wrote: »

There is a tri vent now!!!! and no approval ???

If they are doing anything without approval, they might never get another approval again.

Shlippery · 28-01-2021 10:07pm

Nah, they're not going this time, maybe time again in the window to go ahead but looks like FAA ain't budging on a safety window. Could be the jeep/boat that cruised by before last static fire..
https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1354895121117028352/photo/1

https://twitter.com/wapodavenport/status/1354892602907258883

Half the fun is in waiting
:P

AMKC · 28-01-2021 10:24pm

Just how many rockets and variants of rockets has Space X got?
Elon Musk must really be going full steam ahead with this. Why do we not hear anything about it in the mainstream media? IE: Sky, BBC, EURONEWS, RTE etc.

FFVII · 28-01-2021 10:31pm

AMKC wrote: »

Just how many rockets and variants of rockets has Space X got?
Elon Musk must really be going full steam ahead with this. Why do we not hear anything about it in the mainstream media? IE: Sky, BBC, EURONEWS, RTE etc.

Their does be.

Mainstream media is a lost cause in fairness though.

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