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re: Five years of progress for SpaceX
Posted on 10/15/24 at 4:06 pm to DarthRebel
Posted on 10/15/24 at 4:06 pm to DarthRebel
I don't understand? Is the Starhopper in 2019 part if the Starship program overall? Because Falcon 9 had its first successful orbital delivery and return landing like a decade ago.
So is the five years just this Starship program?
So is the five years just this Starship program?
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Posted on 10/15/24 at 4:06 pm to IAmNERD
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don't understand? Is the Starhopper in 2019 part if the Starship program overall? Because Falcon 9 had its first successful orbital delivery and return landing like a decade ago.
So is the five years just this Starship program?
They were testing a new engine.
Posted on 10/15/24 at 4:27 pm to bbvdd
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they could give NASA 10 trillion dollars and they would not be able to accomplish what SpaceX did in the same timeframe.
Don't give THIS government any ideas
Posted on 10/15/24 at 4:30 pm to Psych23
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They were testing a new engine.
Ahh. Got it.
Posted on 10/15/24 at 6:26 pm to Psych23
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They were testing a new engine.
Yup. Falcon uses merlin engine, which used RP-1 and Oxygen in an open cycle. Open cycle is the most common for today's engines. The landing is done as a suicide burn, there is no throttling of power.
Starhopper was first go of the Raptor engine. It uses methane and oxygen, and the first full flow cycle to fly. Raptor engines allow more control and can be throttled better. V3 raptors are among the most powerful and efficient rocket engines, and they have not even used those yet.
Full vs. Closed vs. Open cycles of rocket engines is a good read or watch. Go to Everyday Astronaut and enjoy
Everyday Astronaut Rocket Deep Dives
This post was edited on 10/15/24 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 10/15/24 at 6:35 pm to DarthRebel
Currently working on a project for NASA and it is a shitshow of epic proportions
Posted on 10/15/24 at 6:52 pm to terriblegreen
quote:I know we like to dunk on NASA, but the Shuttle could do anything and more that Starship can do.
Nasa should take note.
Yes, yes, expensive, maybe poorly managed ; but damn she was sexy fly through the air. She just looked bad arse.
Posted on 10/15/24 at 7:00 pm to evil cockroach
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but the Shuttle could do anything and more that Starship can do.
Killed more people than Starship.
Going to be fun watching Elon’s robots build a city on Mars.
Posted on 10/15/24 at 7:49 pm to DarthRebel
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learned FAA, NASA and DoD can all issue launch licenses.
I did not know this.
Posted on 10/15/24 at 8:04 pm to Psych23
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don't understand? Is the Starhopper in 2019 part if the Starship program overall? Because Falcon 9 had its first successful orbital delivery and return landing like a decade ago.
So is the five years just this Starship program?
They were testing a new engine.
Yep. the hopper was the test bed for the Raptor engines that are used on Starship and Super Heavy Booster.
Posted on 10/15/24 at 8:05 pm to Geaux-2-L-O-Miss
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Crazy how all that burning Jet Fuel did not make the structure collapse?
Posted on 10/15/24 at 8:13 pm to evil cockroach
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I know we like to dunk on NASA, but the Shuttle could do anything and more that Starship can do.
The Shuttle was a pickup truck for low earth orbit (LEO). I think Starship is a heavy launch vehicle to go beyond LEO.
SpaceX has made some very good engineering decisions to drive the cost down. They also take a novel systems engineering approach that enables them to navigate into and out of design changes more rapidly than NASA.
Nothing but props to the SpaceX team.
Posted on 10/15/24 at 8:31 pm to terriblegreen
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Nasa should take note.
NASA should just quit. Just fire all their asses. Give the Artemis project to Elon, give him all the funding, give him the controls to all things associated to space and space travel.
If he wants to hire some of those stale fricks, let him decide.
Let someone in there that will get the most out of the investment.
Posted on 10/15/24 at 8:37 pm to ThatMakesSense
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Going to be fun watching Elon’s robots build a city on Mars.
I like science fiction movies too.
Posted on 10/15/24 at 8:39 pm to DarthRebel
Elon must have a very diverse work force to have achieved so much in such a relatively short time. I bet his staff is at least 10% lgbtq. Other companies should take note.
Posted on 10/15/24 at 9:45 pm to evil cockroach
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Shuttle could do anything and more that Starship can do.
I agree Space Shuttle was sexy as hell, but will not even be close to Starship.
Posted on 10/15/24 at 9:52 pm to FutureCorridor49
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It’s amazing how many people would rather heckle and laugh at someone for setting big goals and then be so nasty and dismissive of them once accomplished
Yes!!!!
Some basement dwelling baristas with a edgy handle on instagram- somehow think they are qualified as “influencers”
Posted on 10/15/24 at 10:17 pm to terriblegreen
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Nasa should take note.
NASA should be dismantled and let the private sector do it since we have seen how much better it is. NASA at best should have some say so and a seat at the table but not wasting my money any longer.
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