SpaceX's Ship 24 Starship prototype performs a six-engine static fire test at the company's Starbase facility in South Texas on Sept. 8, 2022.
(Image credit: SpaceX)
Posted on 09/10/2022 6:26:07 AM PDT by BenLurkin
SpaceX fired up the engines of its space-bound Starship prototype Thursday afternoon (Sept. 8) in a dramatic test that also set some of the surrounding landscape ablaze.
All six of the Raptor engines on SpaceX's Ship 24 vehicle blazed briefly Thursday at 5:30 p.m. EDT (2130 GMT) at Starbase, the company's South Texas facility. The "static fire" test marked another step toward launch for Ship 24, which is slated to conduct the Starship program's first-ever orbital test flight in the coming months.
The static fire lasted just a few seconds, but flames burned at Starbase for a while afterward. The test sparked a grass fire that brought the local fire department out as a safety precaution...
SpaceX's Ship 24 Starship prototype performs a six-engine static fire test at the company's Starbase facility in South Texas on Sept. 8, 2022.
(Image credit: SpaceX)
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So, unlike NASA, Musk’s ship was fueled, had no leaks, and actually fired up? Amazing. And, he’s probably doing it with no joke woke clowns, outreach to muzzies, and other crap. Perhaps hiring talent that actually could pass real STEM requirements just might work well. May all leftists be forced to fly on leftist junk.
Meanwhile, Biden’s NASA has thrown the race, part of the Biden crime family’s Chinese collusion.
When they fire the Booster with 33 engines it will shake Texas ,LOL
NASA only cares about diversity
We have to be understanding - after all China DID give lots of money to Hunter... and to other deadbeat sons of DC's 'elites'....
Actually, in some respect, NASA was constrained by Congress, which required the SLS program to use existing Space Shuttle technology. The main booster of the SLS is a stretched space Shuttle external tank. The four main engines are the same model the Space Shuttle used and the two solid boosters are the same as the Space Shuttle.
Of course, that makes NASAs failure all the more glaring in some ways.
IMO, NASA is nothing but the FBI equipped with rockets that sometimes work. Useless for any real civilian advancement.
I call NASA the “dog ate my homework” agency.
They manufacture excuses in their assembly line.
Yes, I remember when NASA hired the 'best and brightest'... that time is past.
FWIW:
“Watch live as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket”
(Went up earlier today)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IY9HSW8qzg
14th use of this booster!
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