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re: SpaceX is Amazing
Posted on 11/18/24 at 8:00 am to TigerHornII
Posted on 11/18/24 at 8:00 am to TigerHornII
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Then come to the realization that Starship is considerable LARGER than what you're looking at.
Starship is larger than a Saturn V?
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Posted on 11/18/24 at 11:47 am to Oilfieldbiology
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Starship is larger than a Saturn V?
24 feet longer than Saturn V, and considerably heavier as well.
Posted on 11/18/24 at 12:22 pm to lynxcat
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Let’s hope he can live a very long life
Lets hope the left doesn't try something
Posted on 11/18/24 at 12:27 pm to cssamerican
I knew he was an alien and this proves it 
Posted on 11/18/24 at 12:49 pm to cssamerican
Beginning today, SpaceX will send more vehicles to orbit in a 72hr period than Europe has sent all year.
3 Falcon 9 and one Starship IFT6.
Also worth noting, this is the last version 1 vehicle to be launched. They removed some of the heat tiles to collect data, so it might get crispy like IFT4. It will be a daytime landing in the Indian Ocean. Hopefully, it survives enough for some good buoy footage.
3 Falcon 9 and one Starship IFT6.
Also worth noting, this is the last version 1 vehicle to be launched. They removed some of the heat tiles to collect data, so it might get crispy like IFT4. It will be a daytime landing in the Indian Ocean. Hopefully, it survives enough for some good buoy footage.
Posted on 11/18/24 at 12:55 pm to Btrtigerfan
What's gonna happen with the ship itself on today's launch. Not the booster.
Posted on 11/18/24 at 1:32 pm to TigerHornII
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The barge was just to get the proof of concept event away from land, not to mention Starship is many times larger and would be far harder to catch on a barge. For perspective, go look at one of the remaining Saturn V's at a museum. The one in Huntsville AL is the best display. Then come to the realization that Starship is considerable LARGER than what you're looking at.
The barge is/was to keep things moving/growing fast at SpaceX. They couldn’t sit around and not launch rockets until they figured out how to catch them in the air.
The point of catching the heavies is so you can almost immediately relaunch with a new payload aboard. The payload is sitting there waiting. Rocket lands. Payload capped as fuel refills, launch again.
Posted on 11/18/24 at 1:37 pm to TigerHornII
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For perspective, go look at one of the remaining Saturn V's at a museum. The one in Huntsville AL is the best display. Then come to the realization that Starship is considerable LARGER than what you're looking at.
The part that is silver is the part that is landing for starship
Posted on 11/18/24 at 1:37 pm to tLSU
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In fairness, it Kinda is because those are two different clips side by side.
Oh, so it's not Elon just showing off is big fireworks?
Posted on 11/18/24 at 1:42 pm to BPTiger
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The point of catching the heavies is so you can almost immediately relaunch with a new payload aboard. The payload is sitting there waiting. Rocket lands. Payload capped as fuel refills, launch again.
Unless I missed something somewhere, that is nowhere near the plan. Yes, it’s to facilitate turnaround, but it’s still going to get lifted from the pad and brought back to a facility for inspections and payload coupling.
Posted on 11/18/24 at 1:50 pm to Volvagia
Like the girls say, bigger is better
Posted on 11/18/24 at 1:54 pm to Volvagia
I would not be surprised that Space-x Can turn them around directly in the next couple of years without taking them off the launch pad.
Land the booster, stack a new starship, fuel, launch.
I think Falcon 9 is now down to days rather than weeks between launches.
The cadence is improving by the month.
Land the booster, stack a new starship, fuel, launch.
I think Falcon 9 is now down to days rather than weeks between launches.
The cadence is improving by the month.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 10:12 am to Pfft
4PM CST today!
Posted on 11/19/24 at 10:26 am to BPTiger
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The point of catching the heavies is so you can almost immediately relaunch with a new payload aboard. The payload is sitting there waiting. Rocket lands. Payload capped as fuel refills, launch again.
Is there really that much demand for putting satellites in low earh orbit?
Posted on 11/19/24 at 10:32 am to Decatur
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Is there really that much demand for putting satellites in low earh orbit?
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Dublin, Ireland, August 14, 2024--The Low Earth Orbit (LEO )Satellite Market grew from US$ 14.33 billion in 2023 to US$ 16.17 billion in 2024. It is expected to continue growing at a CAGR of 13.28%, reaching US$ 34.33 billion by 2030 according to new research from Research and Markets.
Source
Posted on 11/19/24 at 11:14 am to lynxcat
I'm not excited at all by the neura-link brain chip thing.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 11:20 am to Landmass
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I'm not excited at all by the neura-link brain chip thing.
What if his dream was to build a Time Machine instead of colonizing Mars?
What if he already has one?
Posted on 11/19/24 at 12:01 pm to Decatur
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Is there really that much demand for putting satellites in low earh orbit?
Musk’s vision for Starship is revolutionary in nature.
It’s more than putting single satellites in orbit, where the falcon would be better at anyway.
It’s having regular flights to the moon (each of which requires 8 or so launches to refuel a space tanker).
Flights to mars, possibly even regular flights supporting a permanent station.
It’s to expand and upkeep the Starlink cloud.
Also, it’s to facilitate point to point transit on earth, able to go from Brownsville to Beijing in less than on hour.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 12:56 pm to Volvagia
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It’s having regular flights to the moon (each of which requires 8 or so launches to refuel a space tanker).
Flights to mars, possibly even regular flights supporting a permanent station.
I know SpaceX will have some involvement in the Artemis program. Where are these other regular flights to the moon coming from? As for Mars, we probably need to tap the brakes on that idea for the foreseeable future. Permanent station… not happening for a very long time, if ever. I can see SpaceX doing very well with LEO missions though.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 6:55 pm to Decatur
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Where are these other regular flights to the moon coming from? As for Mars, we probably need to tap the brakes on that idea for the foreseeable future. Permanent station… not happening for a very long time, if ever. I can see SpaceX doing very well with LEO missions though.
Artemis is NASA.
Musk intends to push for lunar and Martian activity, unilaterally if needed. The main premise of SpaceX was to make space commercially viable. Dropping the government payload cost from 50k per kg to less than a grand per kg has already been achieved.
If it’s realistic that’s a different conversation. But that IS the reality they are developing Starship for.
This post was edited on 11/19/24 at 7:00 pm
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