Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi all,
Vanilla are planning an update to the site on April 24th (next Wednesday). It is a major PHP8 update which is expected to boost performance across the site. The site will be down from 7pm and it is expected to take about an hour to complete. We appreciate your patience during the update.
Thanks all.
Vanilla are planning an update to the site on April 24th (next Wednesday). It is a major PHP8 update which is expected to boost performance across the site. The site will be down from 7pm and it is expected to take about an hour to complete. We appreciate your patience during the update.
Thanks all.
Space X
Comments
-
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!0 -
-
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
-
-
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
-
-
Im not sure if it has been the same for SN9 and 10, but for SN8 they had a 'self destruct zone' which included some Mexican territory
https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/self-destructSpaceX provided a map to the Coast Guard called the “Self-destruct Zone,” located in the Gulf of Mexico along Boca Chica Beach (pictured below), “There is a good chance of failure on this test vehicle with debris falling into the ocean. We will need everyone to stay out of the self-destruct zone in case there is an incident,”
SpaceX’s Boca Chica self-destruct zone is an area in the ocean around 90-square-miles large, includes a portion near the Mexican border, and runs 1.5 miles close to South Padre Island, Texas. If Starship SN8 fails, engineers will allow the spacecraft debris to fall into that area in the ocean to avoid destroying any nearby property at Boca Chica village.
0 -
-
No idea, but SN11 is stacked and road closures for monday suggest it could roll out onto the launch stand, and maybe the rest of that week to check it over and attached the new raptors to it, which I think are on site ready to go.When is the next test flight?
Then give another week for a static fire and IF that goes well next thing is FAA approval and closures and flight. I would imagine, week of the 22nd the earliest, but week of April 5th maybe more likely.
SN8 had extensive tests cause it was new, SN9 fell over and needed attention, SN10 had a bad static fire - there is always some delay.
But they have show rapid turn around times so I suppose week of the 15th is possible too
it's space X who knows. 0 -
No idea, but SN11 is stacked and road closures for monday suggest it could roll out onto the launch stand, and maybe the rest of that week to check it over and attached the new raptors to it, which I think are on site ready to go.
Then give another week for a static fire and IF that goes well next thing is FAA approval and closures and flight. I would imagine, week of the 22nd the earliest, but week of April 5th maybe more likely.
SN8 had extensive tests cause it was new, SN9 fell over and needed attention, SN10 had a bad static fire - there is always some delay.
But they have show rapid turn around times so I suppose week of the 15th is possible too it's space X who knows.
Have they identified/announced the cause of the SN10 failure yet?
Is there any point in launching SN11 before then?
Eg. if the legs need to be strengthened.0 -
-
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
-
-
-
-
I think it's the LabPadre video that scott was using that showed the landing legs basically flopping around, appearently they need a sudden decelleration kick to help lock them into place on the final approach - the thinking was the three engines might have upset this. In any case those legs are not final and they were never planned to be, I would imagine the main and pretty much only concern is raptors and safe landings i.e no fires.
Looking at the recent video posted, it doesn't look like it managed to get truly vertical before landing and all the weight was on the leg(s) on the left.
I doubt if the legs are designed to bear the full weight, so they buckled.
0 -
-
Looking at the recent video posted, it doesn't look like it managed to get truly vertical before landing and all the weight was on the leg(s) on the left.
I doubt if the legs are designed to bear the full weight, so they buckled.
Musk said on twitter that SN10 came down with more force than was intended due to an engine thrust issue. It crushed the legs as a result and (luckily) ended upright resting on its bottom.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1369379914139451406?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1369379914139451406%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Felonmusk2Fstatus2F1369379914139451406widget%3DTweet0 -
-
As a mechanical engineer with a Ph.D. in composites manufacturing, it's quite ironic to see such big lumps of metal at the bottom of a spacecraft, so much for weight optimization.
Then again, cracks and leaks can easily be repaired on Starship by beckoning over your handy neighborhood welder guy and lobbing on a few extra spot welds where needed. Not so simple with carbon fibre reinforced polymers!0 -
Advertisement
-
MayoForSam wrote: »As a mechanical engineer with a Ph.D. in composites manufacturing, it's quite ironic to see such big lumps of metal at the bottom of a spacecraft, so much for weight optimization.
Then again, cracks and leaks can easily be repaired on Starship by beckoning over your handy neighborhood welder guy and lobbing on a few extra spot welds where needed. Not so simple with carbon fibre reinforced polymers!
A little bit off topic for spacex but some good detail on the machining that goes into United launch alliance rockets
0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0fG_lnVhHwAdvertisement