Space X

greenpilot · 16-02-2021 9:34am

silverharp wrote: »

Thunderf00t ripping into Space X on the basis that it isnt that cheap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TxkE_oYrjU

Who?

silverharp · 16-02-2021 10:11am

his real name is Dr Phil Mason , among other things he debunks a lot of startup ideas, he has done a few videos on Hyperloop which I thought were interesting. I cant rate the quality of this video as I know next to nothing about Space X or the financials behind it and he did get some push back in the comments but the questions are reasonable

Westernyelp · 16-02-2021 11:20am

They missed the booster landing last night. First time in ages. Not sure why

josip · 16-02-2021 11:40am

Westernyelp wrote: »

They missed the booster landing last night. First time in ages. Not sure why

3 seagulls apparently

Thargor · 16-02-2021 5:08pm

greenpilot wrote: »

Who?

silverharp wrote: »

his real name is Dr Phil Mason , among other things he debunks a lot of startup ideas, he has done a few videos on Hyperloop which I thought were interesting. I cant rate the quality of this video as I know next to nothing about Space X or the financials behind it and he did get some push back in the comments but the questions are reasonable

He does that unbearable swallowing and gulping while he speaks that makes him painful to listen to, Jeremy Clarkson does the same thing aswell. His other videos are interesting but my God he repeats himself a lot, he could fit all his main points in a 3 minute video if it wasnt for the repetition. Anything to do with Musk seems to make him a bit irrational like many other people though.

Shlippery · 16-02-2021 6:19pm

Sad about the booster, although that's just a sign of how good their track record was, shock at an unplanned loss! Hopefully they figure it out, looks like something wasn't nominal on the entry burn!

I think SN10 static fire is on a short pause because of the cold weather in Texas! Apparently their whole power grid went out with the pressure. A strange world over there.

Hopefully it won't be delayed as long as the gap between SN8 and 9. Think Musk has it at 60% chance of landing this time.

AMKC · 18-02-2021 12:27am

Shlippery wrote: »

Sad about the booster, although that's just a sign of how good their track record was, shock at an unplanned loss! Hopefully they figure it out, looks like something wasn't nominal on the entry burn!

I think SN10 static fire is on a short pause because of the cold weather in Texas! Apparently their whole power grid went out with the pressure. A strange world over there.

Hopefully it won't be delayed as long as the gap between SN8 and 9. Think Musk has it at 60% chance of landing this time.

Apparently their whole power grid went out with the pressure. A strange world over there.

Yes Texes relays a lot on wind turbines believe it or not for power. There power system went out because so many people were using it at the same time all in from the cold. I thought it ironic The Texes mayor telling people to be calm if there power is out. Only problem there is there power was out they can not see or hear you miss.

Capt'n Midnight · 18-02-2021 12:43am

AMKC wrote: »

Apparently their whole power grid went out with the pressure. A strange world over there.

Yes Texes relays a lot on wind turbines believe it or not for power. There power system went out because so many people were using it at the same time all in from the cold. I thought it ironic The Texes mayor telling people to be calm if there power is out. Only problem there is there power was out they can not see or hear you miss.

The other theory is that Texas isn't on the national grid because then they'd have to bring kit up to national grid specs and that would eat into profits.

Gas shortages for other power stations too.

donspeekinglesh · 18-02-2021 11:30am

Wind is only about 10% of the Texas grid. Their main problems were with conventional power generation mostly. They have their own grid as they didn't want to have to have Federal oversight.

This video is a good look at what might have happened to the booster:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXTIt5WIKoE

Capt'n Midnight · 19-02-2021 1:06am

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

Wind is only about 10% of the Texas grid. Their main problems were with conventional power generation mostly. They have their own grid as they didn't want to have to have Federal oversight.

Only a sixth of the power lost was due to wind.

Five sixths was due to fossil and nuclear being offline.

And the wind turbines might not have been offline had they been cold weather rated.

jogdish · 22-02-2021 5:39pm

SN10,
Road closed and looks to be aiming for a static fire on 22/2 or week of

FAA are ok with SN10 flight, so all go once space X want to.

Shlippery · 23-02-2021 12:05am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS6Gz0vJRFE
Potential static fire for SN10 shortly with chances of flight tomorrow!

jogdish · 23-02-2021 12:48pm

Pity it seemed to be scrubbed last night, still don't honestly think it will fly this week - nothing ever seems to go they way they plan. The 'next space flight' app is handy to notify of static fires and everything else.

AMKC · 23-02-2021 2:59pm

jogdish wrote: »

Pity it seemed to be scrubbed last night, still don't honestly think it will fly this week - nothing ever seems to go they way they plan. The 'next space flight' app is handy to notify of static fires and everything else.

Thanks. I downloaded it very cool.

jogdish · 23-02-2021 6:31pm

Flight restrictions in place for Thursday and Fri, so letting a day to sort of the FTS and checks they would need a good static fire today or Wed.

update: new TFR for Saturday also.

Westernyelp · 24-02-2021 1:23am

She fired up. Looked good. Hope so

Capt'n Midnight · 24-02-2021 1:39am

Always read the T's & Cs

Yet again no-one gives a damn about the Belters.

SpaceX is asking that those wanting a Martian connection to Starlink "recognize Mars as a free planet and that no Earth-based government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities."

The rule also applies when in transit to Mars "via Starship or other spacecraft."

SpaceX boss Elon Musk is not messing about, and he'll have the keys to the airlock after all. Still, "disputes will be settled through self-governing principles, established in good faith, at the time of Martian settlement."

...
"I'm not a space lawyer but you don't need to be one to see that this goes against Article VI the 1967 Outer Space Treaty."

Shlippery · 24-02-2021 10:40am

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1364473175279620096?s=20 pesky raptor

jogdish · 24-02-2021 4:53pm

Road closure for 24/2 cancelled, so Im guessing that rules out this week for any flight being realistic (could but doubtful)

namloc1980 · 24-02-2021 5:24pm

SpaceX are taking residential customer pre-orders for Starlink.

https://www.starlink.com/

It's pricey. €499 for the equipment plus €61 handling fee. And then €99 per month for the actual service.

jogdish · 24-02-2021 5:31pm

namloc1980 wrote: »

SpaceX are taking residential customer pre-orders for Starlink.

https://www.starlink.com/

It's pricey. €499 for the equipment plus €61 handling fee. And then €99 per month for the actual service.

Pricey when you live in a city, or vast majority of Ireland where you are never really that far away ( i know some are ). But then about rual canada/north america then it's dirt cheap compared to what it would cost.

Constellations like starlink and whatever the amazon one will be, could really be a massive game changer for people working from home. Price will fall, but it's a dish in space bound to always be more than the fibre pipe to the door.

Shlippery · 24-02-2021 6:12pm

namloc1980 wrote: »

SpaceX are taking residential customer pre-orders for Starlink.

https://www.starlink.com/

It's pricey. €499 for the equipment plus €61 handling fee. And then €99 per month for the actual service.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Itx_TUOKA

Nifty little robot satellite too but looks like it'd definitely be suited to remote areas!!

We're very fortunate with some of the internet speeds / limits we have in Ireland compared to some of the yanks..reading reddit people in the states have some rotten speeds!

ps200306 · 24-02-2021 6:16pm

Starlink coming to Kerry?

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/elon-musk-satellites-to-beam-high-speed-broadband-to-kerry-valley-1.4492114

namloc1980 · 24-02-2021 6:49pm

ps200306 wrote: »

Starlink coming to Kerry?

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/elon-musk-satellites-to-beam-high-speed-broadband-to-kerry-valley-1.4492114

You can pre-order for in Ireland now for go live later in the year. The Black Valley in Kerry is likely to get it sooner.

Ghost Train · 24-02-2021 7:32pm

ps200306 wrote: »

Starlink coming to Kerry?

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/elon-musk-satellites-to-beam-high-speed-broadband-to-kerry-valley-1.4492114

Sounds like an exclusive or limited rollout

The new pilot link for the Black Valley is likely, at least initially, to involve just a single household, it is understood, though official sources did not wish to talk about the project.

Capt'n Midnight · 26-02-2021 12:31am

NASA Awards Contract to Launch Initial Elements for Lunar Outpost

After integration on Earth, the PPE and HALO are targeted to launch together no earlier than May 2024 on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The total cost to NASA is approximately $331.8 million, including the launch service and other mission-related costs.

And SpaceX got the resupply gig too

Biafranlivemat · 26-02-2021 4:19am

ps200306 wrote: »

Starlink coming to Kerry?

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/elon-musk-satellites-to-beam-high-speed-broadband-to-kerry-valley-1.4492114

Just saying

Whoever wrote that is wrong. The black Valley did not get electricity until late 78/early 79.

Westernyelp · 26-02-2021 5:15pm

Looks like a good SN10 static fire last night. Aiming for Monday for test flight now. Would love to see it land in one piece

AMKC · 26-02-2021 6:11pm

Westernyelp wrote: »

Looks like a good SN10 static fire last night. Aiming for Monday for test flight now. Would love to see it land in one piece

Brilliant. Me too.

Capt'n Midnight · 27-02-2021 10:31pm

The competition is delayed, again. Mr Amazon not putting his money where his mouth is.

https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/26/bezos_and_branson/

Bezos' space biz has admitted that the maiden flight of the New Glenn rocket, an orbital-class booster, will be put off again until Q4 2022
...
It's not all doom and gloom, though. The BE-4 engine intended for New Glenn should still see action by the end of this year, powering United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur to orbit.

jogdish · 28-02-2021 12:52pm

So SN10 looks set for this week ? I wonder what unforeseen delays will happen, hope it goes up Monday.

jogdish · 01-03-2021 10:33am

...and delayed till Wednesday

Shlippery · 01-03-2021 11:23am

Haha, it would be too perfect for em to launch on a Monday!!

Exciting, they've the SpaceX logo painted onto the launchpad, it'd be great to see it land right on the spot.

Shlippery · 03-03-2021 12:33pm

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1367074939317157888

Confusing tweet Elon, won't somebody think of the timezones!

I think it means...we're good for later today?

jogdish · 03-03-2021 12:47pm

Shlippery wrote: »

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1367074939317157888

Confusing tweet Elon, won't somebody think of the timezones!

I think it means...we're good for later today?

Ugh, Tim (everyday astro) says it means Thursday, and makes sense it can't be starship without and unexpected delay..... and Tim has just deleted that tweet, I have no idea

Shlippery · 03-03-2021 1:16pm

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1367082108863320070

March 3rd, we're good to go!

josip · 03-03-2021 2:07pm

Shlippery wrote: »

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1367082108863320070

March 3rd, we're good to go!

Are we?

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1366854158599352320

Cookiemunster · 03-03-2021 2:08pm

josip wrote: »

Are we?

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1366854158599352320

Starship, not Starlink.

josip · 03-03-2021 2:24pm

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Starship, not Starlink.

Can't believe I didn't see that

Morto

Shlippery · 03-03-2021 7:18pm

Could be the next hour or so, glued to NSF!

They're saying views might be better later in the window so all depends on when they proceed!

Shlippery · 03-03-2021 8:36pm

15/20 mins to go after a minor blip with a stuck valve

Prop load ongoing

Crossing everythin!!

T-0 for 8.13pm or close..

Excitement

https://youtu.be/DDEgFsefrGw Space X liink

Abbott. 00.00.01

Was more of a static fire!

MayoForSam · 03-03-2021 9:41pm

"Sadly the @spacex launch was postponed due to a trespasser."

Roll on tomorrow.

Shlippery · 03-03-2021 9:44pm

Tomorrow? Nah. (check bottom corner of that tweet https://twitter.com/mbootsman/status/1367212373333925889/photo/1 ) - fake news :pac:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1367213114228318209?s=20

Back in 2 hours folks!

Shlippery · 04-03-2021 12:05am

10 minutes til attempt #2 for.anyone watching the thread!

My god!!!! They've only gone and done it

AMKC · 04-03-2021 12:28am

Woo hoo they done it ye. Well done Spaxe X. Mars is now one tiny step closer for Humans to go to.

Shlippery · 04-03-2021 12:30am

AMKC wrote: »

Woo hoo they done it ye. Well done Spaxe X. Mars is now one tiny step closer for Humans to go to.

Haha... Well it landed temporarily.

Hahaha it still had a little surprise. Oh boy

Bye sn10

MonkieSocks · 04-03-2021 12:31am

Ah No

Shlippery · 04-03-2021 12:34am

That was awesome.

It more or less nailed the landing, but the landing legs seemed to have failed.
Had a bit of a lean and a fire...

then surprise explosion later!

Today had it all, delays, landings, explosions.

worth every minute!

Flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODY6JWzS8WU

Grand finale: https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1367256923075207172

MonkieSocks · 04-03-2021 12:53am

Beautiful Photos' on Jack's Twitter page

https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer

Mary's Twitter page

https://twitter.com/BocaChicaGal

MayoForSam · 04-03-2021 1:04am

Yeah baby! That was a successful landing despite the RUD at the very end. The 3 raptors re-igniting just before the landing worked, a lot of SpaceX engineers will be very happy this evening.

The initial impact on landing looked a bit rough, that probably caused a fuel leak from the residual amount left in the tank and despite the fire truck's best efforts, it eventually blew. But it was all about the controlled descent and landing which they nailed.

On to SN11.

Space X

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