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SpaceX successfully launches the ginormous Super-Heavy Starship in 3rd flight test. Watch clips here.
Not The Bee ^ | March 14, 2024 | Staff

Posted on 03/14/2024 8:48:34 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: dragnet2

Thus the need for anti-gravity drives.

It will be a civilian that does finally invent one..............


61 posted on 03/14/2024 11:54:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Manuel OKelley

I wish them all success. 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.


62 posted on 03/14/2024 11:55:48 AM PDT by coalminersson (since )
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To: noiseman

Starlink does a lot more things than advertised and that’s typical of Musk who thinks way ahead.

I’m amazed that the powers that be have let Musk do some of the things he has been doing.


63 posted on 03/14/2024 1:19:03 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (1218 - NEVER FORGET!)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Apple TVs “For All Mankind” does a pretty good job of showing how quickly humans will be their fallen selves with the episodes of the Mars colony. Doesn’t take long before there is a civil war. Wonder if Elon has watched it? Enjoy.


64 posted on 03/14/2024 1:24:51 PM PDT by Shark24
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Were you watching when the ragged edges of the plasma flow around the ship went laminar? It was beautiful...


65 posted on 03/14/2024 1:35:42 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX1LTw48ymQ

4:48 mark in this video...


66 posted on 03/14/2024 1:37:14 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: PIF

“Single largest object ever put into space.”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Yes this is historical, an immense step forward!
America is truly leading the “space race” again.


67 posted on 03/14/2024 3:14:13 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE
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To: Fuzz

The world is made up of people who are not afraid to fail and those who are afraid to try.


68 posted on 03/14/2024 4:03:32 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (6,575,474 Truth | 87,429,044 Twitter)
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To: SamAdams76

Ok Confucius.

Easier to take risks when the federal government gives you billions too.


69 posted on 03/14/2024 4:20:51 PM PDT by Fuzz
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To: Fuzz
Also the last refuge of an Elon Musk hater...

But the gub'mint gave him money!

70 posted on 03/14/2024 4:29:53 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (6,575,474 Truth | 87,429,044 Twitter)
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To: SamAdams76

Weird. I didn’t mention Musk at all.

And by the way, he was not liked on this forum until he bought twitter and started to insult liberals because he made so much money from government subsidies and contracts. And for making electric vehicles. Now any comment about him or his companies are met with comments like yours.


71 posted on 03/14/2024 4:36:58 PM PDT by Fuzz
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To: PIF

It’s what space x calls it. I really like they keep pushing and expect failures. Lost the booster and starship and it’s a great success. I really like their willingness to find failures and success with real live flights. The old way (NASA) takes 10-15 years to launch and then finds failures in flight anyway.


72 posted on 03/14/2024 5:05:43 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Censored!)
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To: Red Badger

Very impressive!
Looks like they fixed the engine damage and separation issues.
For sure it has enough power to reach orbit!
Re-entry looks like a software fix to keep things in the correct orientation.


73 posted on 03/14/2024 5:25:23 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Azeem

nope one of the flaps had a camera on it, so it looked like the ship was turning but was not.

was cool to that spacex got as far as they did, next flight 4 will be even better.


74 posted on 03/14/2024 5:48:59 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: Red Badger

Two questions...why did the re-entry burn not take place...and without a visual of the vehicle and no provisions for wreckage recovery, how will they determine the mode of failure?


75 posted on 03/14/2024 6:07:11 PM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: PIF

Spacex is built on the “iterative and incremental development” model. Basically, build it, test it to destruction, take the knowledge gained and build it again, etc. until you have it darn near foolproof. It’s how they built the falcon 9 and falcon heavy rockets. Now those things go up and come back down like clockwork.

CC


76 posted on 03/14/2024 6:51:13 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: rottndog

The video supplied all the necessary info up until it burned up.

The craft rotated so that the heat shield was not in proper alignment with the atmosphere. the fins of the craft appeared to melt, causing the situation to get worse. They need to do a weight distribution analysis and perhaps add some gyros...................


77 posted on 03/15/2024 5:12:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Yes I know how space X works but thanks for mentioning it for everybody else.

They plan to have 6 more tests this year! Prep for Flight 4 is underway now.


78 posted on 03/15/2024 6:21:14 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: armourenthusiast

Maybe old joe can use it to bring 200 tons of food to gaza.

While Gaza aid to Hamas using StarShip is not going to happen, Starship is planned to deliver 200 ton cargoes to any place on Earth in the future as many as 3 a day.


79 posted on 03/15/2024 6:26:19 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: dragnet2

We may go to the stars one day, but it won’t be with rocket ships.


You mean using only chemical rockets, right?

Back in 1963, there were plans to build an interstellar ship with a crew of 2,000 to go to A. Centauri in a few years using nuclear bomblet propulsion: Project Orion (the original one). Killed by lack of political will.


80 posted on 03/15/2024 6:39:20 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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