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But they're obsolete. S24 uses hydraulic actuators, S27 uses electric actuators.
Mass distribution consistency is important. They can't just lop them off and change the design ad hock.
Just fyi, “ad hoc”. Latin.
The FAA has granted SpaceX permission to launch its Starship rocket
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#103April 17 is the anniversary of Apollo 13’s splashdown, if anyone was wondering. Edit: in case anyone wasn't aware of the coolest website on the internet https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/
Wow thats incredible, thanks
Re: The FAA has granted SpaceX permission to launch its Starship rocket
#104In response to various people asking "why aren't they also trying..." (starship hover landing on water, booster catch by the tower, etc), remember that the plan has to be approved by the FAA.
The more complex the test, the more things they can ask for changes about or deny the request over.
Keep it simple and approval is easier.
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#105* Elon Musk and his Earth Boring Machine
* Elon Musk and his Electric Car Company
* Elon Musk and his Starship Rocket
Tom Swift for real?
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#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which organization?
NPR.
NPR has a clear political agenda biased toward a particular party. While I happen to agree with a lot of their politics, I don't think organizations with political agendas should receive public funding. Also, the bulk of their funding is not from the government, so they should do fine. Musk is not pushing for something crazy with this.
One other problem with NPR is that they also take money from some seriously questionable orgs, like Walmart and McDonald Douglas.
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I've been following it since even before that point when it was still called the "MCT", but without any explanation of what the acronym meant. A long time coming. This is the beginning of a new era in space exploration.
I remember it being called BFR, which stood for Big F**ing Rocket, lol
Really wish they'd kept the BFR/BFB terminology, as that's what my shirts say. ;)
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#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which organization?
NPR.
The direct funding of NPR by the government is 1% of their budget.
https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/national-public-ra...
Re: The FAA has granted SpaceX permission to launch its Starship rocket
#109i was at south padre island for the first starship landing. even though it blew up a minute or two after it landed, i consider it the first landing. i had seen pretty much every major launch from spacex on their livestreams but i was still taken aback at seeing starship. its as odd as watching a skyscraper slowly levitate upward into the sky. and to see it standing after the dust settled was unreal. and after it was…
I wonder if you could head over to Matamoros and give a fisherman $50 to take you out on the water. The launch tower is maybe 500yds from the beach.
"Wayward boat" is the term for when someone does this and they're forced to scrub the launch as a result. Please don't.
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
NPR.
NPR has a clear political agenda biased toward a particular party. While I happen to agree with a lot of their politics, I don't think organizations with political agendas should receive public funding. Also, the bulk of their funding is not from the government, so they should do fine. Musk is not pushing for something crazy with this. One other problem with NPR is that they also take money from some seriously questi…
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I was simply answering the question, and have no desire to get into an argument over Musk's politics.