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  • #902
    Shlippery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,261 ✭✭✭Shlippery


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121892914#Comment_121892914

    I couldn't believe how much of re-entry we saw, the plasma was insane!


    Onto the next one....they're definitely making progress and learning as they go. Problems from IFT-2 solved, now to look at the new ones.



  • #903
    3d4life
    Registered Users Posts: 901 ✭✭✭3d4life


    Is this some sort of insane attempt to meet first quarter targets ? :)

    https://www.pprune.org/space-flight-operations/554107-spacex-falcon-9-live-landing-attempt-24.html#post11626187



  • #904
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,489 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121955719#Comment_121955719

    PR stunt.

    But it shows the direction they want to go.



  • #905
    3d4life
    Registered Users Posts: 901 ✭✭✭3d4life


    Seem to have some Starlink anomalies over Ireland today. Bit far fetched that they are related to the launches ?



  • #906
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    SpaceX

    @SpaceX

    Targeting Thursday, June 6 for Starship’s fourth flight test.

    A 120-minute launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT →

    http://spacex.com/launches

    That's from 1pm to 3pm Irish time,



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  • #907
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    If Starliner fails to launch tomorrow, I think the instantaneous 'window' for launch on the 6th is around 3pm

    Edit: it's 4:29pm,



  • #908
    rameire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭rameire


    SpaceX now targeting 1.50pm today for the Launch of Starship.

    🌞 3.8kwp, 🌞 Split 2.28S, 1.52E. 🌞 Clonee, Dub.🌞



  • #909
    emo72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,317 ✭✭✭emo72


    The bastards. I was looking at a AI YouTube site that I thought was SpaceX. Tried to do a Bitcoin scam. I thought it was a genuine channel. I missed the take off. Sickener



  • #910
    ItHurtsWhenIP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭ItHurtsWhenIP


    I just tuned in and they were talking about how it was so great, that they had a feed via Starlink … until the feed suddenly went dead. 🙄

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G-L0u_L0qU

    I think it's 30 minutes to re-entry now.



  • #911
    Shlippery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,261 ✭✭✭Shlippery


    Booster touch down in the Gulf!!! Tower catch soon :D



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  • #912
    emo72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,317 ✭✭✭emo72


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122226675#Comment_122226675

    I don't think they are attempting the catch today?



  • #913
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,154 ✭✭✭✭josip


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122226836#Comment_122226836

    I think 'soon' was 'Musk-soon'. Like blinis on Mars in 2026.



  • #914
    Shlippery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,261 ✭✭✭Shlippery


    this is absolutely insane



  • #915
    ItHurtsWhenIP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭ItHurtsWhenIP


    That was pretty incredible … how that flap kept going was unbelievable.



  • #916
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,193 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122226836#Comment_122226836

    Well obviously if it has already splashed down it can't be caught. They may attempt it on IFT 5 though.



  • #917
    Shlippery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,261 ✭✭✭Shlippery


    It was reference to Elon saying recently if it splashed down successfully on IFT-4, they'd think about attempting the Tower in 5, can't find the tweet now though.

    Still shocked at that flap performance. Cannot wait to see more footage. Would be great if someone somewhere caught the landing..

    https://twitter.com/CSI_Starbase/status/1798717664870953426



  • #918
    MayoForSam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭MayoForSam


    Whoever welded that flap assembly should be proud of themselves, stainless steel for the win baby! How did the heatshield maintain structural integrity? The engineers will love that one, huge amount of data collected.



  • #919
    Shlippery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,261 ✭✭✭Shlippery


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122227252#Comment_122227252
    https://twitter.com/CamBamJamFam/status/1798493339958055045

    also;

    grain of salt and all that

    https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1798732390313218305



  • #920
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Just seen this clip, didn't think they'd cameras out there

    @SpaceXSuper Heavy landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico

    https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1799458854067118450



  • #921
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    thread keeps jumping around waiting for tweets to load, took me a while to post the above, so I didn't embed the tweet



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  • #922
    jogdish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭jogdish


    SpaceX posted a video of the Booster landing in the ocean on X (won't link as it forces page to jump too much on loading)

    1. They picked a spot in the ocean and seem to have nailed it.
    2. The landing looks soft and all good. Small bit of engine bay fire, maybe pre chilling gases etc but nothing serious to my eyes.
    3. I think they will go for catch on IFT5. By landing the booster is thin metal and little pressure, the tower can take the impact - i hope :)



  • #923
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,387 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122234967#Comment_122234967

    was hoping for this, must take a look.

    If you want to link the video, maybe try change the X in the address to twitter



  • #924
    jogdish
    Registered Users Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭jogdish


    See that Tim (Everyday astronaunt) has an Elon interview up, will watch in parts. Always amazes me that Tim who makes excellent well editied tight explainer videos with zero fat, completely loses the ability to edit Elon.



  • #925
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    IMG_20240809_050532.jpg

    🚀🔴



  • #926
    Poulgorm
    Registered Users Posts: 799 ✭✭✭Poulgorm


    SpaceX are going to attempt to catch the first stage of the booster in that chopsticks structure. Astounding, if they can pull it off successfully.

    The second stage is planned to land offshore, somewhere off the West coast of Australia.

    My question is: what is the long term plan for the landing and recovery of the second stage? Surely not on top of the first stage booster?

    Even Musk would not be that bold - or would he?



  • #927
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,154 ✭✭✭✭josip


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122535893#Comment_122535893

    I don't think it would make sense to try to bring the 2nd stage all the way back to the launch pad? Would require too much fuel if even possible. But I suppose every launch is different, so the optimal location to come down for each launch will be different. Is it going to be a fleet of bigger ocean-going barges again?



  • #928
    Poulgorm
    Registered Users Posts: 799 ✭✭✭Poulgorm


    Is the second stage of starship much bigger than the first stage of Falcon?



  • #929
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,489 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122540483#Comment_122540483
    image.png

    For Starship Version 1, the upper stage is about 1,300 tonnes, nearly the same as a full Falcon Heavy, the one with three Falcon V boosters which is 1,420,788 kg

    Version 2 is slightly bigger



  • #930
    Capt'n Midnight
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    image.png

    from https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=50049.280 Version 3's upper stage ship propellent of 2,300 would be heavier than Saturn V's first stage's total mass of 2,214 tonnes



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  • #931
    Poulgorm
    Registered Users Posts: 799 ✭✭✭Poulgorm


    Good heavens, stage 2 of Starship 3 will be a monster. Can't see them landing that on a barge in the middle of the ocean. I think (I am not certain), that Musk said that they will get to the stage that when both stages return to base, they will just refuel them and be ready to go in 4 to 6 hours again.

    Which would indicate that he will land stage 2 at a chopstick type structure beside the existing chopstick structure.

    I don't know.



  • #932
    ItHurtsWhenIP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭ItHurtsWhenIP


    Polaris Dawn has launched.

    https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0910/1469301-spacex-civilian/



  • #933
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,154 ✭✭✭✭josip


    Seems like there's a lot new with this mission. First time doing a spacewalk in these suits and possibly first time depressurising the capsule? Further out than anyone for 30 years. These are not career astronauts, have any of them been to space before let alone done a spacewalk before?



  • #934
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,193 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122600862#Comment_122600862

    They're not exactly amateurs either though. This is Isaacmans second flight. The pilot is ex USAF. The other two are senior SpaceX engineers.



  • #935
    Shlippery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,261 ✭✭✭Shlippery


    https://www.spacex.com/updates/#starships-fly

    Meanwhile in Starship news..

    "The Starship and Super Heavy vehicles for Flight 5 have been ready to launch since the first week of August. The flight test will include our most ambitious objective yet: attempt to return the Super Heavy booster to the launch site and catch it in mid-air."

    "We recently received a launch license date estimate of late November from the FAA, the government agency responsible for licensing Starship flight tests. This is a more than two-month delay to the previously communicated date of mid-September. This delay was not based on a new safety concern, but instead driven by superfluous environmental analysis."



  • #936
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,193 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    There's to be a live stream of the space walk. The actual space walk is due to start at 10:58 Irish time.

    https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1834103482930135100



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  • #937
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,553 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    He’s standing up now , It’s more of a space peek than a walk like you saw with Apollo .



  • #938
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,154 ✭✭✭✭josip


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122608257#Comment_122608257

    Yes, I don't think they ever fully exited the capsule? Lower risk than I had originally thought.



  • #939
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,193 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    They were in vacuum and outside the protection of the capsule in unproven spacesuits. That's about as dangerous as it gets really. Floating freely on a tether wouldn't have added much to the risk.



  • #940
    Poulgorm
    Registered Users Posts: 799 ✭✭✭Poulgorm


    I saw somewhere that in the next Polaris Dawn flight, they will have the space equivalent of jet packs. Don't know if they will still be tethered to the capsule, or not. Maybe that is for the next mission after that.

    We are dealing with the lives of human beings here, so baby steps…



  • #941
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,350 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122609608#Comment_122609608

    Jet packs ? As in like Bruce McCandless did where he wasn’t tethered to anything and there’s that class picture of him in the foreground and the earth in the background ?

    I have watched the stuff from today and fair enough they didn’t float outside the capsule but if given the option I’d take just standing where they did.



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  • #942
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,489 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    image.png

    https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/conducting-experiments-skylab-august-1973/

    Testing the M509 Astronaut Maneuvering Equipment in orbit over half a century ago.

    Here's hoping starship will bring back large habitable volumes in space.



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