[amorphous]

Maybe Elon means next month instead of next week?

[markman46]

Tank 7.1 has not been tested to destruction yet, more like next quarter

[SaveFerris]

Hope it goes well - “star” ships?

Heh - well there is the Sun - best to land at night - Bill Dana sorta

[orionrising]

they are missquoting him.

what he actually said was:

SN8 Starship with flaps & nosecone should be done in about a week. Then static fire, checkouts, static fire, fly to 60,000 ft & back.

They have filed for a possible test date of oct 11th in about a month.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The plan also calls for turning off the three engines during the initial stage of a descent and controlled landing—the rocket will perform a belly flop routine to slow its descent for several minutes and then the engines will be restarted, allowing the rocket to land in an upright position.

I wonder who dreamed up that flight profile. Has to be quite a trick to get the fuel flow re-established in the "belly flop" position.

[eddie willers]

SpaceX had a poster done up like an old “Amazing Stories” cover.

It was of Starship on the Moon and they were winching down Bezos’ little Blue Origin lander out of one of the upper cargo bays.

[DesertRhino]

Whatever else people say about Elon, he made 50s sci-fi a reality. A stainless steel rocket, with fins like an El Dorado, landing on it’s tail.

[HighSierra5]

Looks like a couple of dents on the side or maybe thrusters.

[knarf]

that thing looks so Flash Gordon ....

Here

[Ozark Tom]

Hydrostatic testing with LN of test tank article SN 7.1 scheduled for this Thursday, destructive burst strength, seeking to exceed the design specification of 8.5 bar. SN 8 is outfitted with tanks constructed of the same speciality stainless alloy. SN 8 flight relies on SN7.1 having sufficiently good results.

SN 8 initial static fire testing is scheduled for a primary date of September 20th. A second firing with a flight-test fuel loading should follow within days of 20Sept.2020. Test flight would closely follow this test if all checks out with the vehicle.

[philetus]

That actually looks like something out of Buck Rogers.

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[Kickass Conservative]

Reminds me of the Rocket from the Movie “When World’s Collide”, where they used a horizontal to vertical Ramp to Launch it.

Wonder why they never used that method to Launch Rockets, but I was a Middle Management Logistics guy, not a Rocket Scientist. #;^)

Nowadays we have Electro Magnetic and Hydraulic Technology that could possibly accelerate the Rocket on a horizontal to vertical Launch Ramp saving Fuel and Weight.

I’ll wait for NASA or SpaceX to give me a call. LOL