Starship's eleventh flight test

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Post by starwatch » Sat, Oct 04, 2025, 4:25 AM UTC

Starship's eleventh flight test
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Re: Starship's eleventh flight test

#2

Post by peddling-brink » Sat, Oct 04, 2025, 5:12 AM UTC

> The eleventh flight test of Starship is preparing to launch as soon as Monday, October 13. The launch window will open at 6:15 p.m. CT.

Re: Starship's eleventh flight test

#3

Post by rapsey » Sat, Oct 04, 2025, 5:16 AM UTC

Very nice of them to have automatic time conversion to my local time when visiting the page. Something practically no one bothers to do. Alas it is in the middle of the night for us europeans.

Re: Starship's eleventh flight test

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Post by ta1243 » Sat, Oct 04, 2025, 5:19 AM UTC

rapsey wrote: post #3

Very nice of them to have automatic time conversion to my local time when visiting the page. Something practically no one bothers to do. Alas it is in the middle of the night for us europeans.

I'm in Thailand, my Laptop is in Singapore time, my DNS is routed via a UK provider but my IP via Thailand.

It tells me

> October 14, 2025 00:15 - 01:30 United Kingdom Time

Re: Starship's eleventh flight test

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Post by 4pkjai » Sat, Oct 04, 2025, 5:36 AM UTC

ta1243 wrote: post #4

rapsey wrote: post #3

Very nice of them to have automatic time conversion to my local time when visiting the page. Something practically no one bothers to do. Alas it is in the middle of the night for us europeans.

I'm in Thailand, my Laptop is in Singapore time, my DNS is routed via a UK provider but my IP via Thailand. It tells me > October 14, 2025 00:15 - 01:30 United Kingdom Time

Is this something you think they can or should fix?

Re: Starship's eleventh flight test

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Post by ipnon » Sat, Oct 04, 2025, 5:37 AM UTC

If there were a prediction market for which Mars transit window will see a crewed Mars mission, my money would be on 2033. In Musk chronology that's next week.

Re: Starship's eleventh flight test

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Post by floating-io » Sat, Oct 04, 2025, 5:43 AM UTC

4pkjai wrote: post #5

ta1243 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm in Thailand, my Laptop is in Singapore time, my DNS is routed via a UK provider but my IP via Thailand. It tells me > October 14, 2025 00:15 - 01:30 United Kingdom Time

Is this something you think they can or should fix?

Been a while since I've looked at available APIs, but can't the browser handle conversions into its own local system TZ?

If it's going by IP geolocation, I would call that a bug.

Re: Starship's eleventh flight test

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Post by Animats » Sat, Oct 04, 2025, 5:43 AM UTC

ipnon wrote: post #6

If there were a prediction market for which Mars transit window will see a crewed Mars mission, my money would be on 2033. In Musk chronology that's next week.

A crewed flight by 2033 might be possible if it's one-way.

Re: Starship's eleventh flight test

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Post by victorantos » Sat, Oct 04, 2025, 5:57 AM UTC

By the way I’ve vibe coded a countdown page for it on my blog https://victorantos.com/posts/spacex-countdown/ 9 days left I might need to update the exact time for it

Re: Starship's eleventh flight test

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Post by jaggederest » Sat, Oct 04, 2025, 6:10 AM UTC

floating-io wrote: post #7

4pkjai wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this something you think they can or should fix?

Been a while since I've looked at available APIs, but can't the browser handle conversions into its own local system TZ? If it's going by IP geolocation, I would call that a bug.

it's way easier too. Just parse an ISO UTC date string into a javascript date object and it'll correctly display the local time, no conversion needed.