Posted on 03/14/2024 8:48:34 AM PDT by Red Badger
On Thursday, March 14, Elon Musk's SpaceX launched the third test flight of its Starship Super-Heavy rocket, the platform the company is pushing to take humans to the moon and Mars.
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VIDEOS AT LINK..................
It will be a civilian that does finally invent one
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interestingly enough both Star Trek and The Expanse propulsion methods were developed by civilians.
You can now go into zero gravity, for 8.5 minutes, with a Virgin Galactica launch from Truth or Consequences NM. Only $500,000 per passenger.
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or for a bit more you can buy a place on a Dragon capsule and go to ISS
Easier to take risks when the federal government gives you billions too.
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Billions that came to SpaceX via government contracts.
Answer 1: ship lost rotational control
Answer 2: data streams
“Billions that came to SpaceX via government contracts.”
Just like building the railroads in the 1840s - 1890s.
Thanks for the link.
Starship did not receive some computer input that was important for an engine restart - so no restart.
No thrust to reduce re-entry speed.
Starship lost a few dozen heat shields.
I am guessing, almost complete self-destruct during entry.
But I would hunt for what might be found on, and in, the Indian Ocean.
heat shields tiles
Starship didn’t... correct. When it was passing through 80km and still cooking along at 26,000 km/h... Lawn Dart was kind of inevitable.
The booster is what is shown in the video I posted. Evidence of flames could have been something else blowing up or catching fire...
Not that interested in digging through the telemetry data they apparently release to the public... But should be interesting to see how IFT-4 goes.
I will elaborate - SpaceX Falcon and Falcon Heavy are the only US systems capable of launching large and multiple payloads, as well as taking US astronauts to ISS, at low cost.
There is no comparison to the 19th century where the ultra rich fought for government RR contracts.
I’m surprised and pleased they succeeded on the third (rather than fourth) try, and I’m not counting the hop tests which all failed rather nicely. :^) Still too many engines imho, but I stopped being skeptical when they successfully launched Falcon 1 on the fourth try.
“There is no comparison to the 19th century where the ultra rich fought for government RR contracts.”
How do you think they became “ultra rich”? From exclusive government contracts and grants -just like SpaceX. It is not a new phenomenon. SpaceX is using nearly the exact same model of government subsidies for a needed industry which America has employed since the Revolutionary war.
“SpaceX Falcon and Falcon Heavy are the only US systems capable of launching large and multiple payloads, as well as taking US astronauts to ISS, at low cost.”
Because the rockets were successfully developed to do just that.
Many others are in the industry but SpaceX is out front thanks to government subsidies, a competitive marketplace and grants and contracts which go to the victors. The Apollo program used the same process with many contractors.
You are obviously one of the Musk-haters, to which no amount of facts will change minds.
The Booster can have up to 7 engines fail and still make orbit with payload.
If one of the Saturn V engines failed the mission would have failed. So less is not necessarily better.
As for "So less is not necessarily better."
Less engines has been the only design which has made it to the moon. The 30 x NK-15s of the four N1s blew up before orbit.
You are just digging your hole deeper.
This video you posted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX1LTw48ymQ
is the SpaceX Starship. Heat shield tiles cover the lower portion of the ship body.
The Super Heavy Booster was out of the picture, way back in the Gulf of Mexico, by the time of the video start.
34:29 / 43:01 at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr8ZaMAa5jw
Starship on your left.
Super Heavy Booster has just detached and is at an angle, falling back.
Super Heavy Booster exhaust plume in the distance, back in the moisture layer of earth atmosphere.
Dang it. Sorry about that...
Try this one... 7:25 mark.
https://youtu.be/W1WfCVZFZPo?si=BOwThCrug6BFa19q
You are OK; no problemo.
T’was neat seeing the Starship; again, tx for the link.
I was, am, puzzled why no flight plan communications re trying to stop horizontal flight of the booster.
In order to maneuver a tube in descent, thru probable already existing, horizontal airstreams/windshear.
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