Posted on 05/06/2020 4:19:25 PM PDT by amorphous
They really have managed to accomplish a lot. An amazing amount, actually. Musk is an engineering genius and rivals Trump in energy. He has starlink, the hyperloop you mentioned, Tesla automobile, and a solar roof company. And his GF just had a baby! Lol...
Didn’t one just collapse on them recently?
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Yes, but they are building new ones quickly. The next two are already being stacked and welded. The strategy is to use quick iteration like software development.
Thanks for a much better explanation than what I was able to provide!
4K SpaceX Starship SN4 Static Fire #2 May 7, 2020
The difference is they used fuel from the header tanks this time.
I was wondering about that. Pretty obvious they didn’t fill the main tanks to capacity. Looks like they’re about ready to try for the short hop. They’ve really gotten the ignition sequence, and shutdown, down. Doubtless acquired from all the testing and development being done in East TX.
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