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Re: Live feed of Starship SN10 flight test [video]

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Post by xiphias2 » Thu, Mar 04, 2021, 12:49 AM UTC

andbberger wrote: post #122

xiphias2 wrote: post #118

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Why would I? The pain and sacrifice he went through to get where he is right now is just crazy....sacrificing the multimillionaire lifestyle is not easy. I loved Lex's interview with Jason, he was talking about it as well.

yes i'm sure the richest person in the world is really suffering. get outta here

You know if you think his life was so easy, I have an idea for you to have an even easier life: build a car company that's 10x better and more valuable then Tesla, and a space company that's 10x better than SpaceX. You'll have the easiest life in the world :)

Re: Live feed of Starship SN10 flight test [video]

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Post by HPsquared » Thu, Mar 04, 2021, 12:54 AM UTC

tectonic wrote: post #64

pmontra wrote: post #13

It did land, then exploded right now. There was a fire at the base of the SN10 and apparently got to the tank after a few minutes. 99% success. Next time for 100% hopefully.

Rapid Unplanned Return To Flight?

RURF

Re: Live feed of Starship SN10 flight test [video]

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Post by jonplackett » Thu, Mar 04, 2021, 1:00 AM UTC

waiseristy wrote: post #91

NotSammyHagar wrote: post #44

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From the non-vertical look after it landed, and the known weak landing legs, I am guessing it damaged the structure at the bottom. It doesn't seem like they actually plan to fly them more than once (once they make their objectives). Is that correct?

I think they have a bunch of upgrades for SN15, reflying the older prototypes might not have as much value opposed to just flying the new ones

It's pretty crazy they already have 5 SNs better than what we just saw...

Re: Live feed of Starship SN10 flight test [video]

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Post by Pfhreak » Thu, Mar 04, 2021, 1:00 AM UTC

neolog wrote: post #83

NASA landed a rocket in 1996. > The original DC-X was built in 21 months for a cost of $60 million.[18] This is equivalent to $101 million in present-day terms.[19]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-X#Flight_...

Yes, they did fly a rocket up to 3km and land it. That's not nothing, but it's also a totally different accomplishment to Starship.

Re: Live feed of Starship SN10 flight test [video]

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Post by jonplackett » Thu, Mar 04, 2021, 1:02 AM UTC

francoi8 wrote: post #92

jonplackett wrote: post #9

That camera angle for the flip was epic. Like watching real life Sci-Fi

It felt like CGI

I know what you mean - it was almost the same camera angle they use in The Expanse when The Roci does it's evasive flip thing.

Re: Live feed of Starship SN10 flight test [video]

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Post by agumonkey » Thu, Mar 04, 2021, 1:02 AM UTC

drclau wrote: post #69

pmontra wrote: post #13

It did land, then exploded right now. There was a fire at the base of the SN10 and apparently got to the tank after a few minutes. 99% success. Next time for 100% hopefully.

“Starship SN10 landed on the landing zone; then burned off the excess propellant in a rapid fashion.”

it became sensient and decided to launch itself again

Re: Live feed of Starship SN10 flight test [video]

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Post by echeese » Thu, Mar 04, 2021, 1:05 AM UTC

andbberger wrote: post #120

outworlder wrote: post #90

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Earth is a single point of failure.

By that line of thinking so is the Sun. So what? Earth is pretty robust its us monkeys that are the problem

Hey now, one step at a time.

Re: Live feed of Starship SN10 flight test [video]

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Post by bmitc » Thu, Mar 04, 2021, 1:06 AM UTC

moab wrote: post #125

bmitc wrote: post #100

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> 1. One day we will need to leave Earth. Maybe sooner than later. Would you rather have a spacecraft or not when that becomes a need? I don’t equate visiting another planet or planets with saving the human species. We have vast existential problems, mostly imposed by ourselves, right now on Earth. Let’s say we had a copy of Earth that we could travel to right now in a safe solar system with a healthy star. Is the hu…

Just FYI you probably meant equate instead of equivocate. Two other reasons to add on to the GP's post: (i) improving our species fault-tolerance to astroids, and other existential risk is a good thing (ii) efforts like SpaceX make science "cool again" in a way that it has not been since the Apollo program, and generally since the end of WWII

Indeed I did. Thanks for catching that.

Re: Live feed of Starship SN10 flight test [video]

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Post by gremlinsinc » Thu, Mar 04, 2021, 1:16 AM UTC

I'm not an engineer (well not that kind), but it seems to me relying wholly on thrusters seems kind of iffy on being fully stable... wouldn't maybe having the rockets slow down the craft to the point where drones could lasso it, or connect to it, or even built in wings could expand with copter blades to steady it and lower it down more gentle?

I mean early space-flight used parachutes, that's an option too though I'd imagine a space capsule weighs a shit ton less....

I just wouldn't trust my family on a rocket like this, feels very pre-mature. Like there's something missing to ensure it doesn't do a back flip at the end...per se.

Re: Live feed of Starship SN10 flight test [video]

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Post by baking » Thu, Mar 04, 2021, 1:16 AM UTC

tppiotrowski wrote: post #32

pmontra wrote: post #13

It did land, then exploded right now. There was a fire at the base of the SN10 and apparently got to the tank after a few minutes. 99% success. Next time for 100% hopefully.

Can you share a link to the explosion? The Twitter video cut out with rocket intact.

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