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Re: Starship's Sixth Flight Test

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Post by HideousKojima »

doublerabbit wrote: post #74
hersko wrote: post #59

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That warped mine is responsible for an enormous amount of innovation. Wish we had more, similarly warped minds. > Calling someone a pedophile is just one example This clearly outweighs his efforts to bring the electric vehicle, space, and humanoid robotics revolutions.

I for one do not care about Mars, the science, all his expensive toys. I'm here on earth trying to make ends meat. What has his rocket done for me? Who's praising the engineers who are grinding their souls to accomplish? It's not Musk accomplishing this. He just stuck up human with money. Like all. And as an environmentalist in my spare time, why are we trying to get to some red rock of a planet than fixing the clima…

>I for one do not care about Mars, the science, all his expensive toys. I'm here on earth trying to make ends meat. What has his rocket done for me?

I mean at least for me personally it gave me excellent Internet access when I was on vacation in the middle of nowhere and didn't even have cell reception. And if there's a big disaster in my area I'm sure it will be excellent for maintaining communication.

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Post by joshmarlow »

lasc4r wrote: post #164
guld wrote: post #131

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For those of you who like dubstep, start the following video first https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2eBMuL0C2o then 3 seconds later start to watch the (muted) SpaceX video from OP's post and thank me later. ;-) Especially the catch is awesome!

I think it's a cool achievement, but for some perspective NASA first did a vertical rocket ship landing without chopsticks decades ago. And the whole point of this thing was to do that on the moon, which is never going to happen at this rate.

And in 2002 a neuroscientist hooked a camera to a blind man's brain and he could see well enough to drive a car around an empty parking lot without running into things. And yet there are still many blind people.

Doing something cool once doesn't impact civilization. Doing it affordably at scale does. If Space X can do the chopstick landing reliably and integrate it into their operations, then that will be impactful - and change civilization.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Dobelle

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Post by thelastparadise »

hackitup7 wrote: post #165
modeless wrote: post #38

SpaceX just posted this video of the last test. It's one of the most inspiring things I've ever seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI9HQfCAw64

I find the experience of watching these SpaceX videos very emotional. There's something really inspiring both from an "exploring the universe" perspective and also just from the human side of all of the effort that went into them. The first video that really got to me was when they landed multiple boosters. This one as well, especially seeing the rocket take off with every booster firing when compared with the first…

This kind of thing is why I got into engineering in the first place.

There's so much more to it than money.

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Post by tcmart14 »

daedalus_j wrote: post #196
lasc4r wrote: post #164

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I think it's a cool achievement, but for some perspective NASA first did a vertical rocket ship landing without chopsticks decades ago. And the whole point of this thing was to do that on the moon, which is never going to happen at this rate.

They did? I've not heard of that, and a cursory search isn't finding anything. Got any more info on this, which rocket, etc? I'd love to learn about that.

I am assuming they are talking about this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzXcTFfV3Ls&t=3s

Edit: Another link with probably better info

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC1wgWi9WWU

TLDR: DC-X (Delta Clipper X)

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Post by _ea1k »

newZWhoDis wrote: post #160
saberience wrote: post #124

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He has a social media platform now that actively suppresses liberal viewpoints, so he’s a complete hypocrite. He’s happy to censor some things, but complains about free speech when things he likes, you know, like racist hate speech, is censored.

You have zero evidence of that. More likely you’re just used to suppression of everyone right of you, and when that was taken away you think it’s unfair.

Yeah, I'll worry about him suppressing liberals when he bans the onion for making a joke.

Until then, I'll call it an improvement.

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Post by jjk166 »

trompetenaccoun wrote: post #144
steve_adams_86 wrote: post #127

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I think they’re trying to maintain focus on the engineering rather than the politics surrounding Musk at the moment.

The news is about SpaceX sharing the launch date for the 6th Starship test flight. Musk is not even mentioned in the announcement.

Musk owns, runs, and is the public face of SpaceX, he is automatically germane to any discussion of it.

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Post by cryptonector »

adamm255 wrote: post #191

Can someone give me sources for how to debunk this? https://youtu.be/75a49S4RTRU?si=dcGFgcIWNz3nDwxw For me, it’s compelling but I’m no expert. Anyone got any background that can prove this guy is wrong?

TF seems to have an axe to grind with all things Musk.

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Post by doublerabbit »

rbanffy wrote: post #171
doublerabbit wrote: post #74

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I for one do not care about Mars, the science, all his expensive toys. I'm here on earth trying to make ends meat. What has his rocket done for me? Who's praising the engineers who are grinding their souls to accomplish? It's not Musk accomplishing this. He just stuck up human with money. Like all. And as an environmentalist in my spare time, why are we trying to get to some red rock of a planet than fixing the clima…

> Who's praising the engineers who are grinding their souls to accomplish? I always credit the SpaceX team for their accomplishments, fully aware they are successful despite Musk, not because of him. He’s good at getting attention and funding.

I salute their efforts to. It's not as I don't acknowledge their versatility.

Their success in pulling such things off is an achievement but Musk has the real power to make good happen but like most, they just don't.

He just keeps continuing to stir the pot of evil. His internal politics are toxic.

And would say that anyone good at getting attention if you know how to polarise the people.

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Post by cryptonector »

llboston wrote: post #204
mise_en_place wrote: post #158

Does anyone know how to witness these launch events live? Is it open to the public or only SpaceX employees + friends & family?

Yes it's open to everyone. South Padre Island would be your best bet.

So is the Gulf, except in the areas closed by the notam.
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