IFT-5Previous Thread: >>16422298
everyone in the industry is watching this launch and are either terrified or thrilled
in 6 hours the largest rocket ever build will be launching your mother into space
We are goinghttps://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDGlyognOgJL
Only 6 hours to go! I'm bored as hell
What a fucking loser holy shit lol
And another thing. Yes Musk is a grifter, the archetypical American tech oligarch who runs off of hype. But the fact is, SpaceX is the most successful space company in the world. Tesla and ECs are flopping is really bad news for a certain sector, and sure Elon has frequently run hype scams that go nowhere. But the FACT is SpaceX has a working orbital shuttle, and Boeing does NOT. Starship will fail, but it won’t sink SpaceX, they’ll just go the Falcon 9 route and make it into a semi-reusable heavy lifter — so the promise of super cheap lift won’t happen, but it’ll still be cheaper than everyone else (until China catches up and/or Roscosmos succeeds in their ongoing programs). Right now SpaceX offers the only WORKING American crew shuttle to the ISS — and if it wasn’t there everyone would be forced to go to Russia for that.The wider issue isn’t SpaceX, it’s Boeing and other traditional American companies somehow failing to to BASIC shit. There’s literally no excuse why Boeing in 2024 can’t make a reliable crew shuttle when some ancient Soviet-era jalopy is still flying. American tech in general is in collapse and I wonder why.
What a lonely faggot lmfao
why are people hyped for this starship launch? i thought the full rocket system has already been launched multiple times
>>16424309Tower catch
It's overhttps://x.com/spacex/status/1845348539658010685?s=46&t=YSJkxH05ksEoz8WJ5wpbow
>>16424313>SCRUBBEDSCRUBBED>SCRUBBEDSCRUBBED
>>16424313first falcon heavy now crew 8? all we got is starship and the dildo left....
Not surprising his brain is broken then.https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845353038459891835
Quick 3hr Power Nap and then launch thread is going up lads
>this whole thread
>>16424333Blame the stupid faggot who took the retarded bait
I should really jack off and shower before the flight so that I'm not sweaty and horny during it.
>check my YouTube home page>literally the first suggested video is a scam starship stream
>>16424344its available in iran. not legal, but available.
>>16424344shower and then have a nice clean wank during the flight.wanking when you're nice and clean is always much more pleasurable than when you're a salty, sticky mess.
>>16424352SpaceX fault that they decided not to stream on youtube anymore, now it's all free estate for scammers.
bump
>>16424370The most annoying part to me is that it makes it a lot more trouble to watch streams on my living room tv. Have to use finnicky screen mirroring from my phone rather than just opening youtube on my roku, and then I can't use my phone while watching.
also cock launches today
>>16424370Tesla justs did a youtube stream for the 10/10 event. Wonder what's up with spacex
3 launches today?
>>16424456Au contraire...
>>16424456Europa Clipper got delayed by one day
A lot of science news is fake, like when they discover that an exoplanet orbits a far away star, or that they are studying Christopher Columbus's DNA. And /sfg/ is at the forefront of this, using outdated rocket tech to venture into space
>>16424469Show us your teleporter
Oh we have 2 active threads for no reason. Great
In a few hours history will either be made or we're a laughing stock.
>>16424496People have predetermined opinions that they'll use to color the outcome today however they see fit. It doesn't matter one bit.
>>16424497I'd like to agree but we've already witnessed the undue influence people with baseless claims had on the regulatory agencies involved.
>>16424370My uncle watched one of those scam streams, the full thing, they are quite believable especially for boomers
Just need to avoid tower damage should something go wrong. Tower B probably not ready until January.
>must ran out of the control room during the first falcon 9 landing>thought the F9 booster blew up after hearing the sonic boom
You can't go to Mars.
Domes will only be temporary.
>>16424509boomers and ironic shitposting are a dangerous combo
>>16424225knows where it isn't
>3 more hours
My body is ready.It's going to abort catch attempt on the boostback though.
So what's the catch?
>>16424537>kills tower A
A bit late to be writing this hitpiece isn't it?
>>16424225fuck yeah, space launch time
>>16424535it's a test flight anonyou know the plan
>>16424535then what?
>went to bed early for once>woke up with time to spare
>>16424547that dude looks like this
>>16424566digital phrenology was right again
Is thundercuck streaming today?
GAAN status?
>>16424570https://www.youtube.com/@Thunderf00t/streamsmaybe
>>16424566>>16424547>geoff bezos
helicopter just landed
>no reasonanti-anime faggots having a schizo break maybe? not enough spam to really be that but whatever>>16424563we gaan brother
there is a different sfg up fyi
>>16424593>Refueling on the roadsideLooks like CG markings so this is weird
>>16424606registration number says Onyx aviation
>>16424599>IFT-5 >schizos decide it shouldn't be mentioned at all so they can have their gay sekrit club>split the generalno thanks
They will film starship reentry, right?
>>16424613Should be like last time unless the starlink sats fail us
>>16424611keep up the good work
>>16424628Shut up faggot you're the shittiest life there can be
>>16424610Might be a film helicopter but a drone would work better I'd think
>>16424633Drones don't fare that well against shockwaves.
>>16424611presumably it's an anti-anime stance
what the fuck is with that shitty sigma edit voice. it's ai right?
>>16424657are you watching a crypto scam on yt, anon
>>16424661yeah i just realized a second after posting. god damn fuck youtube
>>16424663https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIKI7y3DTXkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC87WmFN_Ashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQsLZGg
>>16424641idk man
>>16424678They might want to film for more than 30 seconds, bro.
>>16424684do rockets normally hang around for longer than 30 seconds bro?
>>16424684Not for an aerial drone shot. Long shots are either best done with high altitude aircraft (WB-57) or ground based telescopes.
>>16424641Neither does high density concrete. It's likely being used to scout the exclusion zone.
>>16424599>redditors apply their retarded ass sekrit club rules to 4channelmany such cases
launch thread!>>16424676>>16424676>>16424676
SOON
>>16424713its simply about not getting split constantly for a weekalso this thread was staged early + you are a faggot
This supposed to be hard?
>>16424954bro we're not on /b/ you do NOT need to bump the thread every 10 minutes
NSF have mostly managed to deonions their stream (the guys in charge are much more bearable now that they're running around the country doing real work) EXCEPT for this guy
>>16424991>girl's hair
>>16424991I agree, its much less pungent with garlic & onions, since they went big budget.
reminder that this is the gay thread
>>16425003he would be fine if he fucking lifted>>16425008nigger
>>16424991idk man the voice over that's on right now sounds pretty gay (read: homosexual) to me
>>16425034the two on the left are way better than they used to be now that Chris Bergin (jew in charge) has stepped backthe voice over was the guy in the previous picture
bump ;)
YWNBAPSYou Will Never Be A Proper Stage:)
what else is getting launched today?
>>16425294penis
SPACEX IS LIVE!!!!!
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDGlyognOgJLhttps://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDGlyognOgJLhttps://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDGlyognOgJLlive
Direct stream:Hight latency:https://prod-fastly-us-west-2.video.pscp.tv/Transcoding/v1/hls/z2jgSYG7VSPyw-8r-M82rFaCDSpEVD0QmYhnI4seZmbCjhSv5OD4QwWsiIB1-OS0WSgUrzm2DJPk5OZNNWifFw/transcode/us-west-2/periscope-replay-direct-prod-us-west-2-public/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCIsInZlcnNpb24iOiIyIn0.eyJFbmNvZGVyU2V0dGluZyI6ImVuY29kZXJfc2V0dGluZ180ODBwMzBfMTAiLCJIZWlnaHQiOjQ4MCwiS2JwcyI6MTIwMCwiV2lkdGgiOjg0OH0.0LJi1usWbiPqp0QIcpq7Md5g1WxvJcPqVWNqsKw5nhA/dynamic_highlatency.m3u8?type=liveLow latency:https://prod-fastly-us-west-2.video.pscp.tv/Transcoding/v1/hls/z2jgSYG7VSPyw-8r-M82rFaCDSpEVD0QmYhnI4seZmbCjhSv5OD4QwWsiIB1-OS0WSgUrzm2DJPk5OZNNWifFw/transcode/us-west-2/periscope-replay-direct-prod-us-west-2-public/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCIsInZlcnNpb24iOiIyIn0.eyJFbmNvZGVyU2V0dGluZyI6ImVuY29kZXJfc2V0dGluZ180ODBwMzBfMTAiLCJIZWlnaHQiOjQ4MCwiS2JwcyI6MTIwMCwiV2lkdGgiOjg0OH0.0LJi1usWbiPqp0QIcpq7Md5g1WxvJcPqVWNqsKw5nhA/dynamic_lowlatency.m3u8?type=live
so what are failure condition for this flight?asking so muskrats dont move the goalpost when the booster slams into the sea
>>16425632The goalposts will be moved, whatever happens. Could head straight to Mars and land perfectly or explode on the launch pad
>>16425632Rocket explodes without making it to the landing attempts on the ship and the booster.
>>16425632ULA sniper boat
>>16425632well they just caught the fucking booster
>>16426073>>16425632ok i take it back, it was a complete success. How will CSS and thunderfag spin this one lmao?
Where does he even go from here?
>>16425632Be honest, how mad are you right now?
>>16426115complaining about how one of the chines lost some skin during either boostback or the actual grab
>>16425632seethe and shart FAGGOT
>Let's build a giant metal chopstick the size of a skyscraper to catch our fuckhuge booster>It worked
can't get the replay working in mpv so all you get is a screen recorded video player
when it busted through the clouds/plume glowing red hotwhen the engines burst to lifewhen it throttled downwhen it approached the towerwhen it settled gently into the landing clampssitting there, on fire, the most beautiful object I had ever seen, a gift from heaven
>>16426415>Crying about SFG OC
>>16424307All of that plus he moved Tesla's headquarter from California to Texas, which many on the left saw as a betrayal of their values. Then he personally moved from California to Texas, which only further cemented their view of him an incel chud (no, I don't know how they can call the father of a dozen or so children an incel but somehow they do).
the WB-57 has left the building
>>16426463Some day that will be part of the Martian National Anthem.
Did I just see fucking commercial flying planes from the Starship or was I dreaming?
>>16426741probably
>the face you make when you lose AGAIN
is this the thread? cool. what an amazing day
would an actually smart man fall victim to alcoholism?
>>16427402hell yeah
How do you respond to this without sounding mad?
THREAD THEMEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDAoJIJ2ljU
>>16427523>As of Dec. 2020
>>16427523nice for him to have artemis 3 there when artemis 2 god knows when is flying
>>16424420Tesla is a public traded company that over ruled Elon's autism
>>16426870Meanwhile at Blue Origin...
>>16426870that deliberate wiggle before landing just so it doesn't kamikaze into the tower.....
We've come so far bros
Based Berger kek
>>16427618tbd
>>16427618It's over
Congratulations to the Giga-nerds at SpaceX. The United States now has a 100 ton reusable booster...genuine milestone. Great work.
>>16427513when is this idiot gonna realize the management of TSLA and SpaceX are two diametrically opposite entities. Musk is good at thinking of grand visions and inspiring great people to join in his visions, but he is poor at leading. The moment he took active involvement in leading TSLA or Twitter, they turned into shit. SpaceX has very little in terms of Musk's leadership and that is why they are still going great
downloading shotcut as we speak, I hope you're ready for kino
>>16427618NOOOO THE BIRDS ARE FLEEINGAND FRYING
>>16427714those birds are miles away from the booster, they're in the deep foreground
>>16427618>>16427714if people need to be 10 miles away for safetywhy are birds allowed to be right thereto deliberately kill them???
>>16427675They still have to do all that shit just to get to the moon again?
>>16426870Just snuggled right up there didn’t it.
IFT-6 in a month right?
>>16427787did you miss the tower getting scorched? it's probably in need of major repairs and inspections.
>>16427794fire not harm steel sirs
>>16427787depends on if they don't want to bother with the same flight profile
>>16427787two weeks
Kekthe state of Blue Origin
/k/ reportingStill confused as to how no other nation has stolen the designs for, and reproduced, reusable launch vehicles yet. I know reverse engineering is a fuckload more complicated than it sounds, but the Falcon 9 has been landing boosters for nine years now. You'd expect someone else would have figured it out, leaked something, etc.Not even necessarily talking about the Russians or the Chinese, you'd think the Euros would have gotten close enough to SpaceX to be able to figure this shit out.
>>16427832/k/ here, you should already understand that literally the rest of the world is either so fucking corrupt they can hardly breathe without a government handjob or dirt eating second/third worlders or both
these photos are ...sublime
Exciting catch. What happened to starship? I woke up late and don’t see anything on it.
>>16427832>EurosThe ESA to this day thinks that re-usability is a fluke and still want to go expandable with Ariane 6, but they're also fucking retarded. Also even if SpaceX make it look easy, reusing a rocket is still as hard as it looks and I don't think you can just copy the design to succeed, iterative testing is the key there which public agencies can't afford (because they're fucking stupid)
>>16427832It's not that hard. There's just not any business reason to do it unless you have enough payloads to launch to make recovering the booster a true cost saving.
>>16427854You can't make this size of rogg reusable
You cannot just catch a rocket
>>16427862>unless you have enough payloads to launchEven now, half of SpaceXs launches are for themselves.
>>16427855It landed in in the ocean and on target, then spacex blew it up to make it sink.
Now i understand why Falcon 9 need an entry burn
>>16427878How was the reentry? Fin reposition work as intended?
Starship caught on fire on the way down and exploded into the ocean....Total success. Can't wait for all the Elon cultists to ride in the death rocket to Mars and never come back. >BUT BUT WE CAUGHT THE BOOSTER!So, who cares, literally means nothing and you know it. Always a stunt to jingle keys in front of the retarded toddlers and make them clap. Starship hasn't launched a single gram of cargo into orbit and the booster was on fire long after being caught for that matter. The engines were free burning. Stupid fuck Elon didn't even install fire suppression on the catch tower apparently. What a fucking genius. HE SAID THE FIRST MARS MISSION WOULD BE HAPPENING IN 2023!! IT'S ALMOST 2025 AND STILL JACK SHIT!!But hey, spend all your money on the Space X IPO next year where the real rich people pass their heavy bags of horse shit off to you faggots for top dollar.
>>16427895>shaky cam CGI
>>16427832designs are one thing but there's supply chains and quality control and skilled labor and stuff like that you can't just pull out of thin air because you know how to do it in theory
>>16427878>then spacex blew it up to make it sink.Cope>No for real, it's easier for them to recover it off the bottom of the Indian Ocean then just letting it float on top, trust me bro...Elon is a genius, you just don't understand like he does. Hey don't forget to sell your house and everything you own for the Space X IPO faggot. Elon needs your money.
>NASA Repostedhttps://x.com/SenBillNelson/status/1845461454977196294
>>16427895I can't get used to how these videos look like CGI the more the camera points up. The first couple of seconds look like pure CGI slop except for the side smoke and flames looking right.
>>16427922When something is so other-worldly looking that it looks CGI, you know they're doing it right
The juxtaposition couldn't be anymore stark
>>16427568Nah, they had to scrub today's launch because of a GPS issue
>>16427895I'm not even parking my car this smooth
>>16427922>I can't get used to how these videos look like CGI It’s a perceptual error. Your mind fights with understanding things which seemingly defy physics and so dismisses it.
>>16427952defy God*
I thought the flight was delayed by the FAA until November? Why so early?I would've missed the livestream if it weren't for the sticky
>>16427922>>16427952This must have been how the people who saw a plane fly for the first time felt
>>16427939>Blue Origin: the GPS don't work :(>SpaceX: ACCURATE TO WITHIN MILLIMETERS
predict his cope
>>16427964Scrutiny from congress, I think. Even the boomers are realizing that the FAA is out of line.
>>16427937>>16427952I think it comes down to other things that I associate with CGIslop, such as the shaky cam, the way the camera is quite close to the path of the subject without itself moving along (think of all the CGI slop where a non-moving camera is buzzed by a jet plane and shakes), but also the initial smooth gradient of the sky which looks CGI-like and even the puffs of white smoke/vapour above the machine.
>>16427964My rrat: When Elon called Pete about the whole starlink issue in North Carolina, Pete went on to light a fire under the FAA's ass about the starship delays. The Biden-Harris admin might be in shambles, but Pete is still going to be an active politician so he needs to salvage what her can for himself
What we can expect from Flight 6 now that we and SpaceX knows the whole system/architecture works ? When we can expect the next flight?
STARSHIP SUGOI
Meet my new wallpaper
>>16427970Maybe. Even primitive peoples would see a plane flying according to their understanding of physics. They might not understand what’s going on, but it’s not behaving any differently than a spear being thrown. The dumpster scene in Fall Guy had a lot of people saying it was CGI even though it was a practical effect. But, all the CGI in Maverick was accepted because it was real flight with real planes using CGI skins.
>>16427819At least Blue Origin had the decency to be formally congratulatory. Unlike Boeing where the engineers actively wish for disasters at SpaceX because they suck and they know it.
>16427903>16427918mad status: U
>>16427832Europeans don't take rocketry seriously enough to copy the lessons learned by SpaceX and apply them themselves. The Chinese and Russians have neither the intellectual nor industrial capacity at present. The Russians never will, the Chinese are getting there.
Close up of the minor damage of the booster
>>16427990Oh yeah. So one of the tricks of filming areal battles is to use a telephoto lease at great distances. It allows the planes to fly at a safe distance in a dog fight but it flattens the depth perception making them look very close to each other. Same thing I think. Plus you get the shockwave from the sonic boom and noise cancelling mics so you don’t hear it.
>>16427939I don't like BO, but at least they're trying to actually fix their problems rather than complaining that NASA doesn't want to send astronauts home aboard a dangerously badly-made rocket because of "PR" like Boeing was.
>>16427998
>>16427964i also was taken by surprise. i didn't expect the FAA inquisition to end.
CAN YOU TAKE ME HIGHERTO A PLACE WHERE BLIND MEN SEECAN YOU TAKE ME HIGHERTO A PLACE WITH GOLDEN STREETS
>>16428021maybe a pressure release inside the chime? no damage to the copv.
>He's just standing there... MENACINGLY!
Flight 4 vs Flight 5 reentry data. We can see at the end of the reentry the dynamics are different because of the much worse burn through of Flight 4
>>16428041>A bunch of fat mexican welders built thisbased
>>16428001>Why do you have a metallic cigarette for a wallpaper anon? You're so weird! How do you respond without sounding mad?
>>16428064>Why do you have a metallic cigarette for a wallpaper anon? You're so weird!>.... *silence for 5 seconds*>get out of my house
>>16428028It don't think anyone would say they aren't doing the right thing in regards to safety.It's just that with BO being SpaceX's main technological competitor, it's just insane how far they are behind.New Glenn is probably going to land before Starship ever gets resused the way it's intended but it's 2nd place ultimately.It really do wish them well tho.
>>16428064My wallpaper is cyancapsule's big-titted demon milf, Bel. You must be looking at a different computer.
>>16428021>>16428001So were the Soviets actually on to something with the "dozens of smaller rockets instead of a few big rockets" approach for first-stage design when they originally made the N1?
>>16428064>giving a shit about what foids think of your desktop background
>>16428045this chart is backwards
>>16428064Bold of you to assume a woman will ever see my PC screens
>>16428022Yeah when it comes to rockets or planes if you want to make it look like real footage you have to "film it" from far away just like real footage. There were some shots in the movie Sully (2016) where the plane was about to ditch in the Hudson river and it look oddly real because the point of view was from far away.
>>16428001Absolutely N O M I N A L
>>16428045>time goes from right to left
>>16428064i.. i...i a..m so .ss..s..s.sorr..y... w..w.w.h.haa.t woo..o...uuuu..lllddd... yy...y..oo.u l.ll..ll..l.ll.ike...me to....................... h.h.h.h.ave aa..ss... a w.w.w.w.....ww.w.w...waa....aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA:..........lllpaper
>>16428064>I like vaping lol you ever vape?
>>16428103If korolev lived they would've gotten it to workthere is such a thing as singular genius
61182461<<dexif
>>16428064I slap this bitch with the back of my hand
>>16427691Musk literally came up with the chopstick idea
>>16428095the pig is better>>16428103yeah but they couldn't actually make a good engine so it didn't work for them
>>16428144excedenti can read it now
Bros, why did we ever even have any doubt. Now that it's done, it seems so casual and easy compared to F9 suicide burn.
>>16428064I know you're in your thirties, Beth, but can you please keep it to yourself? I'm trying to waste time at work over here
>>16428161larger rockets are clearly so much easier to control than big rockets, much more tolerance on engine throttling/steering rather than min thrust being >1 t/wCome in nice and slow, gentle touch down every time
>>16428001Hard to believe the inside of the engine shrouds are at cryogenic temps.90% of rocketry seems to be separating 2 extremes after another.
Full catch sequence
>>16428152I think Gwynne let’s Elon run Starship as a side gig to keep him out of the main SpaceX business.
>>16428180you have to be trolling
>>16428178That break through the clouds is like a shot out of a Superman movie.
>>16428187Passion project may be a better word than side gig. Like actors, 2 movies for the studio and one for yourself. I also seem to recall Garth Brooks only got one track on his albums for songs he wanted to play. But, Gwynne runs the rest of SpaceX and the Starship project has no bearing on that. I think Elon’s autism might drive SpaceX into the ground without that separation in business.
>>16428178This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen
>>16428203gb2r or wherever it is you came from
>>16428178>the kinotography cloud that disguises the incoming booster and provides a good static reference for the sheer speed>the glowing engine bay>the selective engine startups and shutdowns to slow the damn thing down >the slide into mechazilla with Gerst-confirmed pinpoint accuracyPure cinema
>>16428207Think what you want. It’s just my assessment. Whenever Starship is involved Shotwell is nowhere to be seen. When the business of SpaceX is discussed, Elon defers to her. Phased management is a good thing. I don’t know that SpaceX would be where it is today with 90% of mass to orbit, sole manned launch provider for the US etc if Elon was running the day to day. Starship gives him an outlet to do great things without killing a business.
>>16428135lmfao best reply
>>16428235(you)
it's usually "elon's musk spacex"
>>16428220SPEEEEN
>>16427787depends what kind of modifications the FAA accepted for IFT-6 licenseseems like no mishap should be necessary, though the booster did get slightly damaged >>16427672but assuming no mishap, the profile of IFT-6 might still be restrictive (like IFT-5 was) for SpaceX not to want to launch itso really I think it depends on the FAA again mostly
Next test is relight and pez dispenser?
>>16428252Was that a fucking underwater shot?
>>16428235take this IQ testhttps://openpsychometrics.org/tests/FSIQ/
>>16428234You need clouds or they look like models.https://youtu.be/qiDqiuX9ET4?t=132
>>16428254No
>>16428254Yes, obviously.
>>16428258I think it was engine-rich at the end there
>>16428252this part was beautiful
>>16428251FAA got buckbroken. Not sure the details but it's anyone's guess what happens next
>>16428248>"elon's musk spacex"Isn't that specifically used for FUD headlines?
Thread reuse from >>16424354
>>1642825450/50
>>16428103They would have been if not for what >>16428153 said. If your engines are likely to suffer catastrophic, mission-ending failures then using a bunch of them is absolutely the opposite of what you want to do because it introduces more single points of failure. Also the N1's engines couldn't even be test fired which made them even more unreliable.
>>16428258no, you can see in the diagram when it falls down
>>16428220>that little piece of spinning debris dancing above the finkino - though i'm curious that the rate of motion and spin seem to both increase as it floats along. radiation pressure/yarkovsky effect maybe?
>>16428266Yeah they only put his name in the title for negative articles. They want you to associate his name with bad things
>>16427832China has like 10 different startups trying to replicate booster reuse, some of them are pretty close at this point
>>16428269Timing for the sunrise was absolutely perfect, anons were right.
>>16428278pretty close meaning a few did booster hops to explosive results
>>16428277Yeah, can't do that atm when SpaceX is taking the big w today.
>>16427854what is this? aerodynamic heating?
Nice ad placement you stupid fucking retards. NSF is gay why even bother at this point
>>16428259I scored 133 and I can deadlift just under 500 lbs, can I go to Mars?
>>16428285i think it might be lava :o
>>16428283yes, so maybe a year or two away still but getting there
>>16428285hot exhaust being used to pressurize the tank
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845459073728381243
>>16428285headlight test for night time catch
>>16428285Serious answer, it looks like there was a fuel leak somewhere in there.
>>16428278Amazing how quickly you can progress when your R&D strategy is just "steal everybody else's shit"
>>16428285Yes.
>>16428296No it doesn't, a fuel leak would just look like white vapor.
>>16428021>minorThat's worst than a SRB nozzle explosionMISHAP INVESTIGATION NOW!
scrub calling it now
is vacuum engine relight that much different? if they can do it with regular engines after bellyflop can't see why vacuum would make much difference
>>16427919https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845462545844535629>Thank you, sir!>Looking forward to serving NASA in returning humanity to the Moon.will congress get its shit together to fix the FAA?
>>16428252Love that buoy shot
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845463518671466934>Big step towards making life multiplanetary was made today
>>16428305they won
>>16428052>>A bunch of fat mexican welders built this Did you even watch the last star base video? Nearly all of them have been replaced by robots or skilled white.Space is the exclusive domain of the pioneer.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845483651590389863
>>16428306the problem is working with liquids in 0g
>>16428302You may have noticed that there were a large number of hot ignition sources and that it was on fire.
>>16428308We need China doing something to spook the US congress for that to happenHopefully they get those Mars samples first
>>16428251>slightly damagedIf Vulcan shitting out one of its' SRB nozzles doesn't trigger a mishap report then a few panels on a chine won't either
>>16428289year or two from delivering payloads to orbit with booster recovery? doubtful but maybe you're a yellow or something
>asteronauts leaving Starship to go into an orion capsule to fly to the moonwill be kino
>>16427895getting squeezed lel
>>16428180Elon also doesn't do anything and takes a whole room of engineers to talk him out of dumb ideas.Or something like that.
>>16428317I had a feeling hitting raptor bells with air going a gorillion miles per hour wouldn't be very nice to them
>>16428185case in pointhttps://x.com/ajtourville/status/1845481395625304331
>>16428269I swear I'm seeing the tower leaning a bit
>>16428332How would he have handled it?
Will IFT7 and IFT8 be the refueling missions?
>>16428341they probably want to do starlink missions as fast as possible
when do they start using raptor 3's?
>>16424307>>16424290https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1845460873894035842
>>16428336It's a steel frame, it bends a bit under load.
>>16428345https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845467583212028370
>wake up>watch humanity perform one of it's greatest feats of engineering>niggers fighting outside my apartment nowit's all so tiring
>>16428342Technically they could release Starlinks and refuel a starship at the same time. They aren't going to fuel a whole starship on their first attempt, just test to confirm whether they can transfer the fuel or not
>>16428342I don't think there's the same urgency as last year
>>16428285Engine shielding glowing red hot still. Engine bells are inconel or whatever so they aren’t glowing anymore due to material propertyplus inner engine rings are being actively chilled to prepare for relight
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845489065031819746New launchpad is already designed for 10,000 tons of thrust version
>>16428308>will congress get its shit together to fix the FAA?Once Dementia Joe's out, the FAA is going to get forcibly un-fucked.
>>16428291>have no words>continues to write words
>>16428355
>>16428324Pretty sure that will be the reverse
>>16428353urgency to make starship useful, not that starlink won't work without starship
>>16428355>aka Starship Gen 3. Probably IFT10
I'm glad I woke up ~2 hrs before the launch. Fucking this was perfect
>>16428316>the last star base videolel I have not, I'll have a look
>>16428359Iirc this was the last flight of Starship Gen1. Just Gen2 Starships/Superheavys from now on
>>16428332Now that they have a surviving example the next booster can be refinedI am curious about how rapid reuse is going to work. Falcon 9 already requires an army to inspect the landed booster and now they will need double that just for Superheavy. This is likely going to get automated
>>16428355We aren't just back, we're fucking gaan
>>16428320Except it wasn't on fire while the base was glowing like that, the base was only glowing like that during the peak aerodynamic deceleration phase, and the base WASN'T glowing when the actual fire was visible at the base. Dumb fuck. Use your brain and eyes. Yes there was a methane vent fire: No it didn't have anything to do with the glowing base plate.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845480595293438416SpaceX reposted the montage from the start of the stream with inside views of Starfactory
>>16428375Wrong, next up is Ship 31. Hopefully they skip it though
>>16428329They probably did too, but why waste effort fixing a problem that you aren't 100% sure exists yet for a booster that won't ever be reused anyway? Now they'll know exactly how much damage is caused by the reentry and how to best fix it.
>>16428380It's entrained flames you goofy goober.
>>16428377maybe he just doesn't want to talk about the issue right after this, but now is the perfect time to do soassuming FAA, a Kamala admin etc can really block progress substantially, then they are a very sever roadblock in accomplishing what SpaceX wants to accomplish, however uncomfortable that is
>>16424668https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAXyojEyeUY&ab_channel=kerrni99
>>16428388The chad SpaceX>our shit is in public view, go check it outvs the virgin Blue Origin dripfeed of>NOOOOOO we will NOT share information until it is READY for flight UGH
>>16428388>1000 ships a yearNo fugging way
>>16428393No it clearly is not. I will not be gaslit by a retard.
>2026: 50 loaded cargo Starships to Mars>2028: 150 loaded cargo Starships to Mars, 5 crewed Starships to Mars>2030: 250 loaded cargo Starships to Mars, 10 crewed Starships to MarsTHE RIDE IS STARTING
>>16428400>reuterspropaganda
>>16428403>panspermia
>>16428403No way crewed would be that soon, come on now. More cargo though is obvious, and should be done as much as possible.
>>16427939kekI hope they land with New Glenn on one hand, but if the rumours about Bezos funding safe RGV or whatever the fuck that one enviromental group is called then fuck himand I wouldn't be surprised if he did that, not the first time he does gay fuckery like this instead of trying to just compete
>>16428285Just sun rise
>>16428402kek based
>>16428391I thought they would use S33. It makes sense that they would use S31 for IFT6 though since they are the same design and thus definitely don't need a new license. Fugg
>>16428402What a strange thing to be mad about. Ignore the red circle, pay attention to the smoke around the nozzles.
>>16428398That's about how many planes are made per year, and about how many teslas by mass. Steel is easy to get and work with, so the big stuff seems feasible. With V3 though that would mean one raptor per hour. I wonder what their bottlenecks are. That seems like a challenge
>>16428398Get in loser, we're colonizing Mars>>16428406Hopper was just 5 years ago, who knows how much farther along we'll be a few more years from now?
>>16428317Can they fix it fast enough so the booster can be rapidly reusable?
>>16428398>>16428403He needs to build thousands because for a long time SS will be an expendable Starlink launcher. Starship is meant to heft Starlink to orbit to generate money. HLS is just a custom perk and le Mars city is how he’s selling the idea of Starlink
>>16428403That's cool but enormous space telescope fleet when?
>>16427523This is a NASA problem. NASA is helmed by bureaucrats and manned by DEI; inspite of this it believes it can conduct a moon landing with the laughable scheduled it's outlined. I think Destin is right in saying it's a clusterfuck and the participants don't really know the plan.I recognize that Elon is sensibly using the lunar mission as a vehicle to secure funding and infrastructure to pioneer towards a self sustaining Martian colony - An important goal for advanced technology to survive the upcoming competency (dysgenics) crisis, and civilization collapse.
>>16428334the glazing needs to stop
>>16428419>Rockets orbiting in formationThe idea goes extremely hard
>>16428406Crew WILL come that soon are you kidding? What is there left for them to prove besides fuel transfer and life support? Starship is unironically almost done now
>>16428388
>>16428317>easily fixableprepare for 8 months of refurbishment
>>16428425Elon will lead us to the stars. Cope and seethe brownboy
>>16428425Its Jensen, maybe he has a point? and this was the quickest anybody has stood up 100k GPU cluster
Here's a view from mexicohttps://x.com/GustavoCarG/status/1845487167734215147
>>16428428Insane levels of detachment from reality
>>16428421i don't think that's in the plan anymore, they memed falcon 9 into starlink's workhorse
>>16428428Rapid reuse after reentry is still unproven. This one still might be literally impossible for now, but I have hope either way. A big steel tube with 9 engines and no fluff might be like 500 tons to leo for $10mil even if you throw it in the ocean.
>>16428439Why was it so empty?
>>16428431I mean yeah it might take them a few months to refly the booster but they will fly half a dozen Gen 2 starships while they repair and wait to refly this one. I predict IFT11 for the reflight
>>16428441V2 is too big for f9 clearance
>>16428447i know that, but that's no longer a bottleneck, starlink v1.5s are already making stupid amount of money. that's why spacex is no longe priotising starlink starships and more focused on R&D
>>16428431>refurbishmentThe engines swap out easily and they make one per day for a couple million dollars. Unironically we might end up with post-flight full engine swap and expendable nozzles
>>16428443>rapid reuseLMAOWhat reuse? A crewed Starship on route to Mars will only be used one time, it will literally never be reused. The only starships being reused are the ones that will go up to refuel the crewed martian one than back down again
>>16428278Total Chi-Com Extermination when?
>>16428439Great soundAnd these shockwaves going through the cloud as it comes back are pretty insane.
>>16427672>a piping plover was tragically slain today when a COPV it was using as a nesting site spontaneously exploded
Goddammit what a day.
>>16428452I'm talking about the refilling ships dork
>>16428450They'll probably reinforce the nozzles to withstand the now known flight loads. Part of the reason they're doing the big revisions is because they're starting with a ship/booster that don't have enough stuff to actually meet the operational goals of the system because they don't want to end up with the bloat that comes from having stuff that they insisted they needed but end up having no idea why they have it.
>>16428440Prove me wrong
>space travel on the verge of becoming routine>humanoid robot released just a few days ago>same thing with self driving taxisKinda surreal witnessing things that I saw in media as a kid as science fiction now becoming reality.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845479744617205970
>>16428388>1000 star ships a yearWhat's the point of even trying to get a reusable second stage right now. Just get some shit in space already
>>16428323how long do you think its going to take?
>>16428464the limiting factor is regulation and licensing
>>16428457>yfw give this much joy to a cute japanese STEM nerd
>>16428271the good engines would have started on the VERY next test flight, which I think would have been the start of their success with the rocket, but as you know the whole pile of cards collapsed and they emerged from the rubble as a mafia state
>We will see a Mars base in our lifetime
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845470272327164073he is really hammering on this FAA/regulation issue
>>16428457More launches still too
>>16428457I feel strangely empty, everything went so perfectly, now it's like "what now"
>>16428458It can go through multiple reentries just fine. >but the flaps melted!!!That is only because they are still using the shitty Gen1 Starships that have the flaps way out in the sides in direct heat
Do we know what happened to the hot stage ring? Also have they found a solution for that yet or are they going to keep yeeting it for the time being?
>>16428481I don't understand this "re-usable hot stage ring" meme
Here's the last segment part
>>16428473We will see a Galilean moon base in your lifetime. Reusable Starships opens limitless opportunities, I don't think people have comprehended just how meaningful this progress is yet
>>16428478Now the real thing begins. Imagine live streams from moon and mars.
>>16428459Just realized they have an intact booster to study. Holy shit the ship and booster are going to be just as refined as f9
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845468870804643892remember that bit on Everyday Astronauts tour of Blue Origin factory? it had a similar scenariocoincidence?
>>16428469That just means it's even more wasteful to expend up mass on tiles instead of payload.At least at the current time.
>>16428473>baseUnless you're 60 you're going to see a fucking city
>>16428041with an erection
>>16427675I"m sorry but why tf is orbit not checked off
>>16428492
>>16428487Cheap Starship means we can finally start orbital manufacturing and space mining. It's going to be insane.
>>16428498Technically they haven't done a full orbit yet but it is literally the easiest part
>>16428494you don't get it, the limiting factor on iteration speed is regulationnot so much after you have a freezed design as then FAA can issue multiple licenses for the same profileiteration and development is the whole point of starship, getting to reuseits not about developing a super heavy lift launch vehicle, its about developing a fully reusable vehicle
>>16428470why even livehttps://x.com/EnthusiastSpace/status/1845475508232008156
>>16428479>What is there left for them to prove besides fuel transfer and life supportreentry
>>16428502you people just make shit up
>>16427922
>>16428515it is, these flights are extremely close to being orbital, but getting to orbit is not the hard partits full reuseSpaceX gets to orbit 100 times per year
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845483702668693547
>>16428500I can't see space mining being a thing just yet. Yeah, lots of ores in asteroids and such, but that's too far away. Mooning on the Moon now that's easier and closer, but what would we even mine for? Helium-3? We don't have fusion reactors yet, and might unfortunately never will. Ores? I don't know, is there even useful ores on the Moon that is not further down than in 2 or 3km depth?
>>16428413Completely irrelevant to the fact that the base plate was glowing orange due to entry heating and not a methane fire.
>>16427672>>16428021https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845483651590389863>Some of the outer engine nozzles are a little warped from high heating & strong aero forces. >Easily fixable.
remember the financial value of a fully recovered and usable booster is 0 according to old space
>>16428421>because for a long time SS will be an expendable Starlink launcherNo. Bullshit hypothesis from ancient history.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845483221187788870
>>16428486Also this
>>16428529https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845484385744605191he isn't being very subtle about the point
>>16428351Kek. Its sad to imagine how life could be
>0144XX.jpgare you pushing us to image limit on purpose? are you spamming these low-quality replies in a attempt to turn the thread political?
>>16428278China in charge of failing to copy old American technology and pretending that's impressive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzKkBOUvsAY>The Insane Engineering of Europa Clipper
shockwave
>>16428523>too far away.Not really. You'd use robots to do the mining and mass drivers to send it home.
>>16428045based, its all coming togetherif all of this went as planned then perhaps there is not point in reflying V1 ships anymoreso more regulatory delays
>>16428546spinlaunch status?
>>16428542STFU dutchschzio
>>16428508that's actually russia doing that, sorry, ukraine's doing just fine in that sense, they'd rather get more hardware instead.
>>16428064its the future of humanity
>>16428494>wasteful to expend up mass on tiles instead of payloadPayload fraction doesn't matter. Only reuse and obliviation of regulatory overreach matters.
>>16428556The average age of a recruit from Russia is apparently ~50 now. I don't know if that factors in the third world vermin from India, Africa, and other monkey people shitholes.
>>16428086that should be coming up in November if it isn't delayed again for the Nth time
So, timelines?>Raptor relight>Starlink payload>orbital refueling>depot starship>booster reuse>starship recovery>starship reuse>HLS reveal and uncrewed landing>uncrewed Mars landing>crewed Mars landing
>>16428515Starship could have gone to orbit on IFT3 for fuck's sake. There's no magic barrier between 99% of orbital velocity and 100%, successful orbit is literally a flight plan change away.
>>16428462The future has been intentionally delayed for a quarter century or more.
>>16424225Why is the OP image a pedotoon?
>>16428564Who's that ship on the left?
>>16428564looks matched in 2024
>>16428542just posting his SpaceX related stuff, some of it touches on politics yes but it is what it isyou seething about it isn't going to change anything and its very relevant
>>16428549Amazing how you can see the return wave after it bounced off the ground
>>16428568>starship recovery>starship reuse>HLS reveal and uncrewed landingI'm still iffy on the timeline of those 3, It might be the case that SpaceX eats the cost of expending a couple of starships to meet the HLS deadlines
>>16428562based trad savior of the white race russia is probably getting a younger population now that they've flooded their own country with browns of every variety.
>>16428571yet they have not done it yet, curious!
>>16428161yeah lmaohow many times did it take to land F9? like 5 times?
>>16428549>>16428581This one with a wide angle also caught the reflected blast from the ground.
>>16428584Don't forget the norks that get blown up every couple of weeks
>>16428564>parents to future mars colonistsGrim
>>16428523We'll mine the moon to do manufacturing on the moon, it's not about sending material to Earth it's about reducing how much material we need to send up *from* earth.
>>16428203faggot
>>16428564Do NOT zoom on her face
It's fun seeing them find something to complain about.
Not reading any of that holy shit lmfao
>>16428596dios mio
>>16428597>Every time I pointed this out in the past, a bunch of teenagers and nazis came into my mentions and screamed at me.Oh yeah? Well it's about to happen again.
More view
>>16428549Very clear in this video that the base of the booster is glowing from residual entry heating and is not on fire prior to the engine startup sequence btw
>>16428597People like this will never stop talking shit until someone blackens their eyes and bloodies their lips over it, and threatens to fucking do it again.
btw guys, he doesn't care even though he's been talking about dutch people and accusing random people of being dutch for the last 5+ hours.
>>16428597NORMALIZE>clapNAZIS>clapBULLYING>clapESGHOUND
>>16428606Mr tough guy over here. Yet you won’t be the one to do it
>>16428564wow two uggos in love
>uh dude you keep somehow calling out specifically my posts so you're a schizo even though like I stated before you keep accurately identifying when it's me who is postingI made it full of words to be like you too btw
>>16428590I'd like some of them to be taken alive. Prolly get some useful intel under torture before you execute them.
>>16428604lmao I feel like they were completely cucked out of the view
>>16428589yup time to start working on those oil rigs
>>16428585Neither have they intended to do it, you disingenuous shithead.
>>16428600kek
>>16428585because it would require more stringent regulation and testing in-orbit burns firstit is more critical to get booster landing and ship re-entry done first, so they did that firstpretty fucking simpleeven the shittiest smallsat launchers are able to do in space burns, so why do you think this is something unachievable for spacex with starship? or even so difficult you think its some kind of point that makes sense to argue at all
it's really funny because he doesn't understand that this is only making his self-induced schizophrenia worse.any time someone asks him to cool it down and stop being so paranoid from now on, he's gonna accuse them of being me lol.i didn't even do this intentionally, he just chose to inject himself with DDS (dutch derangement syndrome)
>>16428235shotwell is never really seen much outside of some conferences and she has talked about starship plentyshe even lived in starbase for like 6 monthsyou have no idea what you are talking about
>>16428623literally what are you talking about anonthe only one i see with schizophrenia here is youplease keep things on topic
>>16428597It's a bit sad really, Starship actually works so now all they can do is complain about..... water
>>16427759No, of course not. That's just the part necessary for HLS. The rest of Artemis is absolute dog shit.
>>16428523>but what would we even mine for?Billions of tons of O2, Fe, Si, Ti, Al etc... Chromium, Carbon and Nitrogen are the limiting factors for making the moon self-sufficient.
>>16428564Ruined the launch for her but goot picture
Shotwell is even more hardcore than Elon. She an FTL believer iirc
>>16428585>Hey this Porsche concept just beat a track record but there's no radio in it, why is this company fucking inept? They won't possibly be ready for an other decade!
>>16427832The euros might as well live in mud huts for all their relevance to spaceflight.
>>16428585The FAA won't let them. Spacex needs to demonstrate an in orbit relight to get the license. They probably haven't done it yet because that's two relights instead of one for the landing burn which might fail and you would miss out on testing landing. Now that that the landing stuck the target, they can move on.
>>16428635Yep. I'm a 1 for Elon and a 0 for Shotwell.
>>16428278No they aren't. >>16428289Or more likely never
>>16428254maybe
>>16428610ESGhound detected
>>16428531I would imagine that the direct financial value of recovering this particular starship is negative actually, because now they need to take it apart and study it and dispose of itthe indirect value of it (the knowledge gained by dissecting it) is priceless but
>>16427915Manufacturing is significantly harder than designing and mass production is significantly harder than manufacturing prototypes.SpaceX aren't merely designing these or making a few, they're building a factory to mass produce them.
>>16428271if you have engine-out capability then many engines can be better than few from a reliability standpointhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki5UBcXOIUs&
>>16428516see, this looks so much realer (due to the distance)
*chef kiss*
>>16427691>>16428180>I think Gwynne let’s Elon run Starship as a side gig to keep him out of the main SpaceX business.>Musk is good at thinking of grand visions and inspiring great people to join in his visions, but he is poor at leading.Given Starship's success, these cannot both be true.
>>16428645never is a long time, how can you be so confident?
>>16428666I loved seeing all the green
>>16428560BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP
>>16428064I silence or remove the ugly woman, or as a last resort go somewhere else.
>>16427832>>Still confused as to how no other nation has stolen the designs for [...] reusable launch vehicles yet.They have.>reproducedThe chinese are shit.
Oh that one caught my filter. Nice.
>>16428597please, I'm not a Nazi, I'm a Contolist
>>16428045Gayest chart of the year
>>16428617Were plovers not enough for your blood lust?!?Now you want to kill dolphins and whales???
>>16428513They just reentered successfully, twice, retard
>>16428134Everyone knows time goes from top to bottom
>>16428692Imagine showing this without context to someone in 2010
Full buoy POV when?
>>16428564Dios mios... la creatura
>>16428203Full on retard
Won't fuel transportation become a bottleneck
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1845507539053826155
>>16428697>that's a weird way to do a static test
>>16428568I think orbital refueling has to be the next step. Also it is what NASA is looking for right now. Boosters won't be reused for the next half dozen or so flights imo, not until they have dissected the fuck out of the booster to analyze every bit and piece. It won't refly, at best it will become the next Starhopper
>>16428589Watch shockwave interact with that cloud...
>>16428394military is never going to stand for that. 150 tons LEO dirt cheap is the stuff you start building anti-ICBM shield out off. Among the obvious advantages in everything satellite related. Its much more likely musk will be forced out of controlling shares of spacesex or iron clad binding contracts where he cant simp for wannabe hostile god emperors without serious repercussions not even his wallet can bail him out off
>>16428698Never, they don’t like releasing that shit. I think it’s a NOAA licensing thing
>>16428713>>>/y/>>>/cm/>>>/lgbt/>>>/trash/
>>164284641000 expendable starships per year is not enough for Musks ambitionthey need to be reusable to send enough mass towards mars
>>16428693that was not in a state anyone would define as rapidly reusable. today's flight was great, not sure why you're coping like you have a Mars flight to catch tomorrow
>>16428714Why would they give a fuck about it?
>>16428703You could build a pipeline for methane, just integrate with infrastructure. Lox can be made anywhere
>>16428723https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-5
>>16428103The N1 probably would have worked if they had gotten to pairing it with the NK-33 engines. Assuming all the other systems were sorted out.
>>16428710I love how everyone has 3D models or a black screen but SpaceX has several live full HD camera angles and open telemetry the whole time KEK.It will be sad when we won't be able to pull up the camera feeds on Jared's long flight to Mars like it's Big Brother because we won't have these feeds at all
Another immediate hide. Absolutely loving it
>>16428731>i-i'm not readingmindbroken.
>>16428698Probably when they release flight video on youtube
>>16428730NASA's work on deep space laser comms to replace the DSN is targeted at almost that exact usecase.
>>16428723>>16428704soon this will become boring
>>16428721Of course it's not rapidly reusable yet it targeted a landing in the Indian Ocean. The only one coping is you. WE GAAN
Can anyone make out what that guy is yelling at 26 seconds? Just sounds like excited autistic noises, I can't make out if it's any human language https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845446365717156265
>>16428730>>16428735There would probably still be a vehicle tracker like with the other probes, and semi-regular update videos.
>>16428733It's so easy not to. I see a big autism post and I click the box. I've only read 3 of your posts ITT lmfao
>>16428725don’t ask me. There are people within these agencies who jerk off to the idea of having an ounce of authority.One time an F9 launched without the proper NOAA camera license and broadcast the view of the second stage from orbit and SX got hit with a huge fine and weren’t allowed to show camera views pending a regulatory review so the subsequent launch stream just ended after launch as if it were a NSSL mission. NOAA loves pulling the ITAR card and making you go through mountains of paperwork like some sort of fetish
>>16428359Raptor 3 is 280 tons max thrust and 33 of them is roughly 10,000 tons of thrust. They're getting ready to use Raptor 3s.
>>16428743>i-i don't read your post, take that!>b-but i'm still gonna obsess over you and try to find you in every threadthat doesn't really add up.
>>16428741It was thishttps://youtu.be/aTjsnTvWFuY
>>16428738if it targeted anywhere else the flap wouldn't have burned through?
>>16428744>NOAADo you mean FCC or are things really this retarded?
>>16428412they might skip it like they skipped IFT-5 with the identical profile to IFT-4if they think there is not much to learn, optimizing for shortest time to a operational vehicle might mean making big modifications again and/or going straight for V2 Starship with IFT-6kind of depends how long FAA is expected to take, how close the V2 ship is to flyingIsn't the next V1 stack basically ready to go pretty much? need like static fire for the booster + tanking tests for the stack and they could launch it
>>16428751He means NOAA, yes it is that dumb, and yes they have authority over camera views of the Earth for some fucking reason and they enforce it like zealots
>>16428750>if it targeted anywhere else the flap wouldn't have burned through?Ship 31 is the last Starship to use the design where this can happen.
>>16428750The flap has already been redesigned for block II you fucking retarded tourist. Now fuck off.
>>16428737Best get out there soon and snag you a space hottie like this guy >>16428564 before it becomes mundane
>>16428377She's an idiot for not accepting that offer.
>>16428742I can’t wait to be bored of starship.
Today we have dealt a fatal blow to EARTHERS
>>16428419how long until we see kino like this in actual pictures?
>>16428752I think IFT6 has to be a do over with S31 not S33 because with S31 they don't have to wait for the FAA, so I think Musk would think it is worth it to just do it anyway just to double down on humiliating the FAA and showing regulators that it isn't that risky to the beetles and seagulls after all, and catch a second booster
>>16428765Meant for >>16428737
>>16428756I post in this general every day faggot, the thread splitting and stickied launch thread kept the tourists out this time>>16428755I'm aware of the change, the guy was saying nothing else needs to be proven. The new flaps need to be proven. I'm not sure why this even needs to be said
>>16428577https://www.ospreycruises.com/the-black-dragon-pirate-ship/
>>16428421starlink is going to be profitable with F9 already, now the priority for Starship is to get to full reusability as fast as possible t. Musk in some interview if I remember correctlySpaceX was not certain that Starlink would be profitable with F9 at first, but it is now and Starship isn't critical for Starlink anymore
>>16428722What's the plan again regarding the Starship itself? Catchable by Mechazilla, or just landing on Earth? (obviously on the Moon and mars it will just land, as there won't be Mechazilla over there, not yet).Man, imagine a flight were both towers catch the booster and the Starship. Absolutely bonkers.
>>16428398At those rates they could do millions of flights per year. They're going to need more money, though.
>>16428533based, sameliterally the only issue that matters is rockets.
>>16428670wwtf it lunches so far from the towr
>>16428278>pretty closehorseshoes vs hand grenades, anon
>>16428428there is a bunch of mass optimization to go after fuel transfer still but maybe that isn't critical for HLS
>>16428772>the new flaps need to be provenThey will be proven on IFT7 when it fucking flies lol. The amount of damage the flaps suffer during a reentry over the Indian Ocean has almost zero weight to regulators needing to issue delays. It slows down nothing. It will be fixed in the second flight from now and will become another nothingburger just like landing a booster in the tower has become today
>>16428763Yeah the guy who constantly seethes about "politics" (meaning anything critical of leftists) and also apparently does that cringe green text stutter shit all the time. Remember you fucked up and let other knew I had a bead on you
>>16428431pretty good for the first landing attempt
>>16428778>Man, imagine a flight were both towers catch the booster and the Starship. Absolutely bonkers.I believe that's the idea, otherwise you'd have to wait for Superheavy to get taken off the tower to land Starship on it. Two towers makes more sense. Twenty+ towers makes most sense.
>>16428606True, beating these kind of people up works wonders.
>>16428421>sees successful tests of technology designed for reuse>incredible effort spent on reusability that would otherwise be completely unnecessary>"this is a ruse"really dumb
>>16428792best one so faramazing
>>16428784It just moves sideways away from the tower so it doesn't damage it
>>16428784there are two towers anon
>>16428788>regulators>delayshuh? you said>Starship is unironically almost done nowIt isn't. Rapid reuse after reentry is the hardest part and has not been proven
>>16428425You're a disgusting homosexual who is seething and using disgusting homosexual terminology because you cannot cope and because you are a disgusting homosexual.
>>16428792Anon this is a blue board
>>16428791I still don't understand how this works for the Starship. Do you complete a full orbit after deploying the starlinks the land right back at the tower where you started? What about the Starlinks and missions where you need a weird orbit like Polaris where you go over the poles? Is it really that simple or would they have to build catch towers in other places around the world?
LEO optimized and can’t even make it to orbit kek
>>16428809Better get back to fixing your SRBs Tory
>>16428809this bait isnt even funny anymore, its just bad
>>16428807It can orbit as long as they need, eventually it'll intersect
This dude's live commentary was so cringe>Debris field guaranteed>It looks too red>Well maybe not>Why is the liquid oxygen lower than the methane>I don't like the look of the green there>This doesn't even matter unless the payload weighs more than the fuel>What's that discharge?>It's dumping something>This is why the space shuttle was better, no bomb on landing>Okay, not bad
>>16428784tower*
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-welcomes-estonia-as-newest-artemis-accords-signatory/>While in Milan for international meetings, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson was among the witnesses as Estonia signed the Artemis Accords and became the 45th nation to join the United States and other signatories agreeing to the safe, transparent, and responsible exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
>>16428804>rapid reuse after reentry is the hardest part and has not been provenWhere does this oldspace delusion come from that Starship can survive one reentry but it is somehow heckin impossible for it do so a second or third time?>hardest partThe hardest part was catching a booster and its now hanging above Starbase, fuck off thunderfoothound
>>16428814Mere observation
>>16428814When will SpaceX STOP copying ULA?
>>16428803there will be an instant during the first starship catch flight where the ship is still horizontal before the flip, but close enough to the 2 towers, that an image taken would look like it's flying into them
>>16428457Europa Clipper tomorrow (and maybe Crew 8)
>>16428478Two more weeks
being lowered back in
>>16428820How long can it orbit until fuel boil off becomes a problem?
They are put Super Heavy on orbital launch pad, it looks good.
>>16428821Cynics and critics are a joyless sort
>>16428744>>16428753>read the regulations>NOAA asserts that video from the launch is a remote sensing satellite and therefore subject to ITAR and licensingseems like another out of date law that left no room for exemptions and assumes any imagery is militarily useful
>>16428832alright time to fuel it and launch Flight 6
>>16428803Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas Kino
>>16428789pfffff hahahahahaha
>>16428529(((Isaacman))) indeed
>>16428481its going to be integrated into the boosterwhat they have now is a retrofit after IFT-1, the flip manuever didn't work so they had to pivot to this
>>16428833Non issue with the header tanks>>16428825>Starship can survive one reentry"survive" is not the same as "able to rapidly be reused". I'm starting to think you're trolling.>the hardest part was catching a boosterwell clearly not since they got that on the first try
>>16428846
>>16428814snek
drone inspection
>>16428851It would kinda suck if it takes them a month to redo the heatshield every flight but it’s not like it’s that big a problem for the program. Just rotate through a dozen ships. Plus it’s not like refurbishment is expensive, it’s two mexicans in a cherry picker.
>>16428860Evil
>>16428860thank god its not real
>>16428860Jackie Wattles is a paid propagandist.
>>16428691Yes
>>16428792>The pattern on the finsMy booster is stacked
>>16428875You're confused. Every other subject are the containment. Anime is the main subject.
>>16428872Animefag mad that nobody else likes his kid shows
>>16427675relight next launch?I wonder if SpaceX wants to do ship reuse before doing the orbital refilling demonstration or will they just go with expendable ships?Ship catch might not actually be that far away now if this landing accuracy was perfect (like Musk said >>16427827), but on the other hand Musk said they need to do two consecutive precise water landings before they do a Starship reuse, and they don't have 2 stacksso if they did do an identical flight and again got perfectly precise water landing, then V2 would be a different configuration and they would need to do two consecutive water landings againmaybe they could do Starship catch with V1 and do IFT-7 with V1? that goes against the rumours (or facts) about Ship 32 being scrapped though
Master level hispanic welders will take us to Marshttps://x.com/iam_smx/status/1845204222024831074
>>16428881>>16428875other boards started to be made because outsiders wanted to talk about other stuff.you are guests on this website, sorry if this upsets you. this is and always will be an anime website, and the only thing you can do about it is seethe helplessly.
>>16428832with all this off topic fighting i didnt notice this post until i turned the livestream back on and saw it back on the standJANNIES CLEAN THIS SHIT UP!
>>16428875Fuck off and stay fucked off, faggot.
>>16428832Notice the top right. They will bring the booster back in a bit (few hours prob?) as well.
>>16428770yeah good point with the regulation stuff, if they can do two consecutive booster landings then it starts to be somewhat routine, should not be a big regulatory issue anymoreits just that I don't think they would do it purely for that, there needs to be some additional data they get or it seems kind of wastefulpreparing for launch and launching etc takes a lot of manhours so its not "free" even if you had to wait for a FAA modification again
>>16428860I am actually going around trying to find any takes at all on the catchWSJ has an article on the front page but not the headlineNYT buried it in the science sectionLAT doesn't have an articleMy local paper is syndicated so I got the Orlando Sentinel's article on it as the front page headline
>>16428895AP piece dropped.https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/spacex-launches-its-mega-starship-rocket-this-time-mechanical-arms-will-try-to-catch-it-at-landing/
>>16428860Well now that the science is settled, I'm done. Good text flight, just a few things to iron out before the next one.
>>16428907propaganda piece
>>16428851It isn't an ablative heatshield, it can be reused. A tile cracks? OH NO ITS OVER!>puts a new one onAnd they will survive reentry twice on the first try as well
>check starbase live>superheavy is still on the olmwhat the hell guys you told me it was launching this morning why is it still there?
>>16428911deal with it lathebait
>>16428913Starship decided to leave without it.
>>16428913Well, the FAA DID say they can launch another one as long as there are no modifications, so…technicallyWE GAAN
>>16428918There was damage to a chine and some of the engine bells.
>>16428500space mining is going for ISRU orbital manufacturing might be a LEO industry though
>>16428913van zanten launched without it after it was mentioned there might be a hold to clear the range
>>16428920Did I stutter?
>>16428928It's over
>>16428928pictured: a country with an actual national interest in rocketry
>>16428928>normies know about starship now
>>16428944normies learned about starship on april 20th, 2023normies have a positive opinion about starship now
>>16428948nah they prob confused starship with falcon 9
>kyplant is posting pro starship videoshttps://youtu.be/sF7lOP963zQ?si=FVXpsPzY6m9_KF2s
>>16428952buy an ad
>>16428944>>16428948>>16428950Normies, are definition, dumb people trained by TV and media, and completely wrapped up in a life of mindless work them consumption lifestyle promoted by Jews. They are watching the NFL now, out shopping, or out doing some dumb, expensive shit planned by a woman.They will NEVER take interest in spaceflight, no matter what. There really is no hope for them.
Very good, but the real question is how are Japanese people reacting to this?
>>16428934Any news on what cause that leak/fire on the side? I don't think that is meant to happen.
>>16428963theres a vent there, innit?
>>16428963it was the same during itf-4
>>16428968Yes the fire came out the BQD
>>16428963it's probably intentional burn off
>>16428963>>16428972The booster QD was still leaking propellants, so of course it caught on fire.Should be fixable, next time, a bit less flame, but the raptor flames remain.
>>164287862 outer rings when
>>16428974I really wish they could flare off the methane instead of releasing it. Fewer environmental complaints, and it would look badass to have a massive flare on the booster until the fuel is gone.
FAA DECLARES NO MISHAPFINALLYFOR FUCKING ONCE
>>16428979cute
https://x.com/redlineheli/status/1845454592730914860Scene from helicopter
>>16428977What would you even use that much thrust for?
>>16428986to launch ships, lol?
SpaceX probably doesn't think there is enough to learn to warrant an investment on another mission using the same flight profile. Another modification of the license and application process coming up.
>>16428852WOW, incredible
>>16428993what is there to do differently with ship 31 except an engine relight?
>>16428863my god there is some many super cool photos to chose from as background
>>16428977Gigaheavy, 2030.>>16428986Launching Superheavys to orbit, what else?
you guysthat starship reentry was a close run thingwhat if this model was simply too bighear me outthe bigger something is, the more surface area is affected and hence the more potential points of failure there areif you have less overall surface area, there's less chance of failure because there are fewer reactionslike why it's harder to crack a smaller nut than a larger one, or why a smaller water balloon is more resilient than a larger one
>>16428993Proof? I still think S31 will launch in two weeks because they don't have to wait for the FAA
>>16428666>*pinches headset mic for no reason that is right next my mouth and everyone can hear me just fine*>we are go for propellant load
>>1642898618m starship
>>16428962There was a thread on 2ch earlier.http://futabaforest.net/b/res/1263222847.htm
>>16428995That's the question. How much is there to learn in flying the same mission again.
I asked @FAANews if any investigation would be required as a result of @SpaceX IFT-5. They replied “The FAA assessed the operations of the SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy Flight 5 mission that launched from Boca Chica, Texas, on Oct. 13, 2024. All flight events for both the Starship vehicle and the Super Heavy booster occurred within the scope of planned and authorized activities.”So, no investigation.
so what happened with that ship splashdown?it looked like it had too much horizontal velocity when it touched down
>>16428814Bros if your cock ring falls out of your pants remember to step on it and deny that there is anything under your foot and refuse to move no matter what. They are building the jail around you if the police are called.
>>16428993Orbital test and Starlink deployment on test 6, you heard it here first
>>16429010Pete must've put the fear of God into them on Elon's behalf, didn't think the lil fella had it in him.
Some of the outer engine nozzles are a little warped from high heating & strong aero forces. Easily fixable.
>>16429010no, but the success probably means IFT6 will have a different flight plan that needs new approval
>>16429019are they gonna do an entry burn from now on?doesn't the exhaust act as a heatshield?
>>16429005
>>16428895The future is going to be crazy until the internet using young population ages. So many people will have not heard of starship by the moment it is being used as a giant moon lander. It would be like people not knowing what a space shuttle was in the 80s
>>16429005Muskrat must be stopped
>>16429024A new flight plan that once again SpaceX has left until the last possible moment to file. They can't even file tomorrow due to Columbus Day holiday.
>>16428962usui had an orgasm when it got caught
>>16428913>they destacked again wtf
>>16429030Good to know 4chan is not all that different from its big brother.
>>16428928>ah yes, search interest...100. That's bigger than 99.
>>16429033spacex should have submitted the flight 6 plan back in august
>be reusable rocket>always explode on landing
>>16429005Leave it to these guys to notice the merch dropped, you all are slipping
The nozzles are so warped and twisted... no reentry burn bros ... i dont feel so good
>>16429045it was pointed out in the last thread>>16426735
>>16429044they have concepts of reuse
Booster QD hood opened up
>>16429048Considering inner ones are fine will they get more shielding?
>>16429048Raptor 3 unironically makes this a non-issue. Two more weeks, trust the plan.
>>16429052
>>16429048would they buff out if they just turned them on?
>>16429033Biden clearly signed that racist proclamation into law to fuck with Spacex!>>16429048I'm more concerned about the fires behind the nozzles, need to tighten them nuts a bit more or something.
kaka
>>16429048I'm just glad it made it in one piece, the amount of data the engineers are going to get on this is huge for the programme
What time is the launch today?
>>16429068bro has internet explorer :skull:
>>16429068I think it should be starting any minute now! I can't wait!
>>16429064more importantly , PHYSICAL DATA ."Its time to get physical, physical, ooouu ooouu oouuu physical , physical, "
>>16429048did one inner ring engine fail to light? its the only one not on fire
What did I miss Ive been napping since 1 hr affer IFT-5 since I got little sleep to get up early to see launch
BTW, get ready for 2025 because its gonna be wild
>>16429082Nigger why does 4chan keep flipping my images. The preview doesnt flip it its only after posting that it does
>>16429084>two super heavy landings in one dayTPD
>>16429087I'm guessing hiromoot website doesn't respect the orientation metadata in images.
a female version of Elon would be so hot. a smart and aggressive woman who's constantly getting pregnant
>>16429087There's Apple fag magic that "rotates" the image via metadata, but that gets stripped out.
NEW 'ULLOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysx4t7ICO58
>>164290924chan discards all metadata because retards kept doxxing themselves
>>16429092EXIF data is stripped by 4chan as a privacy preserving measureUnfortunately that also includes the orientation of the shot
>>16429080where did this image come from?i don't remember seeing it in the stream
IMO to best way to wrap 2024 is by reaching orbit with flight 6. In space de orbit burn and landing. Beef up a little bit more the flaps , and re-do all the landings perfectly. You enter 2025 with a full orbit capable Starship. Also, Flight 7 is Block 2 , even more exciting
>>16429094I dont like that, but it does protect me from doxxes so I understand why it exists. I guess I just flip my images as they post them. Oh well, thank you for informing me
do we have any idea where the real starship factory will be?
>>16429087Some software, phone OS's especially, don't actually rotate the actual image data when you press rotate, it just sets a flag and rotates it in post processing.
>>16429098Got it from sawyer meritt post, not sure where he got it tho
Russia will be landin and catchin by 2030
>>16429117>catchinglollmao
>>16429107Lets see if my image gets flipped
>>16429098it was in the stream, a few moment after it landed but you were probably too busy posting here kek (as I was)
This looks exactly like one of those Natural gas stoves
does anyone have the powerpoint slide of the chinese company that wanted to catch rockets using 4 wires?
>>16429127>methane looks like methane waow
>>16429117Moon lander status?
>>16429128
>>16429082sup' equatorbro
Elon do it you coward
>>16429135Triple heavy is complicated and lame. 18m super heavy will be the next rocket they make
>>16429135Our deluge can't withstand firepower of that magnitude
>>16429135ESGhound would have a heart attack
>>16429135>>164291375x 18m is where it's at. Four boosters strapped to the core, with KSP style propellant transfer just for good measure.
>>16429089>>16429084Holy fucking shit, now that I realize what it means my body is definitely NOT ready
assmongoloid reacted to the catchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54jVv2466a4
>>16429148what made you think it was a good idea to share this here
>>16429135This will happen when we'll need to deviate some asteroid from its path to Earth.
>>16429148To misquote a /sci/ meme, this is what engineering looks like, show the children
CNN in 5 years:>A far right white supremacist has created humanoid robots and self driving cars and has built a colony on MarsThe techno progress will forever be associated with the far right
>>16429149Nta but its a good idea as to what ‘normal’fags think during the landing (asmongold is not normal in anyway tbc)
>>16429148You know what fine, if it gets some screen goblin video game kids interested in space then why would I be mad
>>16429149i think the point is not for us to watch him, but to know some normies are going to watch him praising spacex instead of anti-space msm
>>16429153An interesting precedent to set! Especially considering what they do here will follow humanity as it expands forever
>>16429132Luna-26 on moon orbit in 2026. Luna-27 lander in 2027
>>16429155>>16429159Fine I understand
>>16429161Russian Federation collapse in 2026Russian famine of 2027 in 2027
>>16429117>Russia will be landin and catchinThe only thing Russia is catching is AIDS
>>16429167and missiles lmao
>>16429127i thought something went to shit, cause its blue for the 1st time and last time it went green it means that engines went to shit
>>16429167god damn
>>16429167lmao
Been trying various combos and I think this is the only one that's appropriatehttps://viewsync.net/watch?v=GfX1UoOuOfE&t=1467&v=JYwlh8XenfY&t=-2&mode=solo
>>16429133bedankt
Launch bread is cancer rn, anyways look at Starhopper
>>16429184Motherfucker it did it again. Fixt
>The next major development milestone is catching the ship>The ship can't be caught until reentry and flap burn-through is solved>Block 2 includes design changes meant to solve these problemsWhat purpose does launching another Block 1 rocket serve? It doesn't seem as though the next ship on the line is capable of deploying a payload and trying to make the flight orbital would require another FAA review. I think there's a good chance that Elon just scraps it and moves onto Block 2.
God damn I had completely forgot about Flight 3 for some reason
>>16429190They can verify some things they have in common with v2, and test things they wouldn't want to risk on v2My guess is they will deliberately destroy the next v1 Starship to see if they can get away with no ablative tiles
>>16429190Making it so the booster isnt fucked up when landing from now on
>>16428702Russia. That complaining was for the Runet Censorship Bypass VPN. The stream worked just fine through Tor.
>>16429208looks like we'll get another view from that border patrol balloon
>>16424344What the fuck is that dithering? Looks like someone doesn't know how to properly use FFMPEG.
>>16429188If only we knew how good things were going to be back then>>16429190Get more data, maybe tweak a few parameters to see where the booster's limits are, like using more fuel on the way up and not having to vent on the way down
>>16429194starship going up just doesn't do it for me any more. I only care about it on the way back down
>>16429201When Block 2 comes out they're just going to need to retest that anyway once the Raptor 3s are installed>>16429199Pushing the limits of the heatshielding would some sense.
>>16429211Ordered dithering is PEAK aesthetism
Mechazilla themed drinks party after the succesful mission . Nice
>>16429206tor can be too slow. those dpi bypass apps work at full speed because they don't proxy the connection; they fool the censorship equipment. they're mostly made by russians too. zapret etc.
>>16424535Everyone laugh at this fag
>>16429199>get away with no ablative tiles>Just slap a few sheets of ablative and it's good as newGood jej
Why is the stand still blocking the road?
>>16428981>Flare off the methane Sure just add another point of thrust during the most delicate manoeuvre the booster will carry out
>>16429230No reason
>>16429222>themed>a 3d printed model taped to a party glass
>>16428979Max CUTE!
>>16429229Ablative is only there as an emergency measure anyway in case a tile flies off
https://x.com/tweetsiphotos/status/1845546243235406069
>>16429235Could be a mimosa with a mechazilla taped to the glassOr a tequila sunrise
>>16429217>Welcome to city 17
>>16429247lol.
>>16429248New phone wallpaper, thanks
I just now realized how fucking crazy precise they had to be, if the booster rolled a few degrees the catchpoints would miss the arms. This is insane how they manage to make sure it's perfectly aligned to the arms.
>>164292553rd guy is retarded, or is this some japanese joke Im not understanding?
>>164292539 degrees by ryan hansen's estimate
>>16429247GAW DAMMIT, have a (you)
>>16429255>japan has no choice but to make gundam now...Do it already you fuckers, you had one job!!
Kek
>>16429241Love how the shockwaves propagate through the cloud
>>16429257That's actually something everyone understands. I'm surprised it translated so well.It's referencing sticking your feet in when water is cold so you get acclimated and it won't be so uncomfortable to go the rest of the way in
It's tough, Bezosbros...
>>16429265Poor lil bugger
>>16429257he's probably thinking of his china or glass cookware shatters when he dips it into water after removing it from stove
>>16429265Nips have a massive population of old fuckers who will need constant care, lots of money is going to go to that soon.
>>16429279Fuck 'em, let them die honorably. Japan doesn't need such a huge population.
we did it bros
>>16429265this is a good point. poor guy.
>>16429080>start doing this
>come home from super busy 24hr ER call shift>check sci>SpaceX fucking did it, the madlads actually did itJesus fucking christ
Catching a booster? I'll be impressed when spacex demonstrates commitment to diversity and inclusion like NASA does.
Im the only one who loves to watch replays of people's reaction ?
>>16429286are you a nurse
>>16429288I watched Thunderf00t's reaction live
uhm ...what ?
>>16429289A doctor. Nurses have time to stare at their phones.
>>16429271Don't forget a couple thousand starlinks just waiting offscreen
>>16429292It's just the last few drops left from the flight
>>16429292WE GAAN AGAIN
>Methane tank refillingQuick test to see if the chopsticks damaged the tanks?
>>16429292OFT-6 in 10 hours
>>16429292Way to soon to test hull integrity&leaks.
>>16429293would you rather be an aerospace engineer
>>16429167done him
>>16429299Please, stop, Elon, it's too much winning.
>>16429302Not really. I enjoy my job. Though I dream of being a doctor on Mars one day.
>https://x.com/Cosmo_556/status/1845554958604657051>Unreal video from my grandpa’s friend of the catch. Some more kino shots of the catch
>>16429306You will never be HIM
>>16429301Dont they need to pressurize both tanks on this motherfucker to like 3+ bar, just so it can carry its own dry weight down the road on SPMTs?They cant leave it in a weakened state and get it back to the high bays. They have to fix it there. With man lifts and welders if needed, and repair the QD.
>>16429311Johnny Sins has done more
>>16429311https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVODv8A5-EM&t=1sHaving asian parents must be hell.
Was the belly flop ever necessary to develop when the booster doesn't have to do it? Won't it be inconsequential on mars and the moon?
So what is Musk expecting to happen when Trump wins exactly? He's gonna whip out a very convenient executive order that states that the FAA is to no longer require the usual procedures to be done by SpaceX? That would be the most egregious case of corruption ever.
>>16429312It's probably that, refilled with LN2 which is what's causing the slight frost
>>16429317not by executive order, by replacing the secretary of transportation
>>16429310Cinematic as fuck
>>16429311I know. I just want a comfy pod on Mars where I can practice medicine and help those hardworking colonists who do the hard work.
>>16429316The moon yes, that's why the HLS doesn't have flaps, but landing on mars with such a big ship will mean they'll need to do the mother of all aerobrakes and will need to be able to manoeuvre itself even in the thin atmo of mars.
>>16429320they use gaseous nitrogen to do this, they even have pressure tanks on the transport stands to maintain pressure.I think the QD is fucked up and they need to replace it with a blanking plate or something then it will hold gas.
>>16429324Why don't they just launch bigger dumbo flaps with cargo and assemble them in orbit?
>>16429323inject me with ketamine doc
>>16429152twumposting will never die
so one of the hinges was clearly leaking some plasma during entry. What about that
>>16429317Real power makes a mockery of you. Democrats are literally importing millions of brown to become a permanent client voting bloc and you're handwringing about 'corruption' over FAA appointees being more favorable?
>>16429332It will be solved with Block 2. Flight 6 maybe has to deal with it again , maybe adding more protection but its a lost cause as its the last Block 1 ship
>>16429332It might just be a consequence of the design itself, V2 should resolve the issue of that peak heating region near the forward flap joints but the heat shield still needs work
Whats the IFT-6 goals?
>>16429332according to the anon I discussed this with earlier:>it's fine!! it's fine!! they'll fix it next flight so it's basically solved right now!!
>>16429338Making thunderfoot off himself
>>16429340he did seem to have a particularly low mood this flight?
>>16429337>but the heat shield still needs workWere all the red smoldering spots on the body of the ship's heatshield ablation? idk how you make a reusable heatshield if so
>>16429332already less than last time, not to mention version 2 redesign is next
>>16429338in my opinion, reach full orbit (by doing an in orbit relight ) Then , get caught by the tower perfectly again, and then try to reenter without a burn through (although this may not be possible because of design)This would wrap Block 1 Starship at the peak
>>16429342The last goal post that may have actually been challenging just got stomped into the ground first try, of course hes going to be sad. He has nothing to fall back on other than obviously achievable goals. His days are numbered
>>16429343It's less the loss of tiles and exposed ablative during re-entry it's that they're still losing tiles during launch.The ablative underlayer isn't supposed to be there and was only added after the burn through of IFT-4, it's the tile attachment system they currently use needs a redesign, because the tiles work when they stay on.
>>16429292Could be there to purge any fuel
>>16429350...to where?
Wouldn't it be easier to only use ablative and simply re-apply it every flight?
>>16429310
CARS HEADING TO THE LAUNCH TOWER
>>16429265Don't know what he is smoking. Japan GDP PPP per capita is way less than the US. It's the same as Italy's. Even after less productive demographics who "need to be fed" are accounted for. US non hispanic white population is also younger than Japan's population, meaning the workforce isn't as fossilized. US still the most preferred destination for talented immigrants.Don't drink the weeb koolaid.
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1845560344221241777
>>16429354Is this rods from gods?
>>16428783We're in good company
>>16429356Why are you only counting whites >>16429358is the tower cooked
>>16429340does he grift about anything else or is it just solely elon companies? internet atheism has been dead for ages (remember atheism+) so surely he has other stuff going on right
>>16429361If germany had won do you think they would have funded an apollo-level program?
>>16429364tell that to Sam Harris
>>16428597national socialists from the 1930s came to the future just to throw eggs at this guy
Sorry Tim, Elon couldn't make it this time, but I'd be happy to show you around.
>>16429357So what are the odds on the target and chaser ships for the fuel demo actually launching together or will they leave the target in orbit for a day or two first.
>>16429368They would've went well beyond that
>>16429368Depends if Werhner could bend Adolf's ear enough to get him interested, mustache man liked a good building project so with the right motivation who knows?
>>16428597does he take into account all the water SpaceX is gifting to the habitat by burning methane which creates water
>>16429373We will have to see for IFT7 and IFT8 :)
>>16429373I remember when this was first posted people were talking about dolphin sex and someone linked to a video of a guy fucking a real dolphin
>>16429373Gemini 11 launched 90 minutes after its Agena target vehicle and caught up in 94 minutes.
>>16429311JK LOL
>>16429380That's what I was thinking about as well but considering how close the launch towers are, they'd have to launch both before either booster comes back to avoid a scenario where a failed catch damages a fully fuelled stack
>>16428884
>>16429332they'll move the flaps and fuck around with the tiles and that will probably workif it doesn't they'll try something elsethe only way they can fail is if they're legally prohibited from trying
>>16429382They could use Texas and Florida alternating perhaps
They'll launch simultaneously, because it's rad.
>>16429371wtf is this real???
>>16429379oh did actual dolphin sex get posted?
My name if flying to space tomorrow on Europa Clipper bros.
>>16429391Not posted here, but linked to on a different chan
>>16429387>FloridaIs the KSC tower still stuck in EIA hell?
After more than 8h after the catch there is still ice and therefore some kind of cryogenic fluid inside
>>16429397Ice can take a long time to melt, it could just be buildup. It doesn't look like there's much at all in the sunlight.
>>16429397damn I thought the heat transfer from the atmosphere would've already evaporated it by now.
>>16429400in the south texas enviroment ? Ice after more than 8h directly hit by the sun ?? cmon man
>>16429405Yeah, if it was multiple inches thick.
>>16429400It's space ice, it doesnt melt as fast, eveybody knows that.
Europa mission tomorrow Europa mission tomorrow Europa mission tomorrow Europa mission tomorrow Europa mission tomorrow Europa mission tomorrow
>>16429292Yeah, it's called nitrogen.
>>16429357I assume the next OFT will happen after the second tower is complete, and it will involve the catching of both stages.
>>16429394well are you gonna link it or what
>>16429419the current ship doesnt have catch pins , so its imposible to catch it ... unless you try by the fins
>>16429368they went to the moon and mars with vril reichflugscheiben
>>16429419They're probably going to have to test relight before going for a full orbit. They really don't want it getting stuck in orbit and having an uncontrolled reentry over who knows where.
>>16429405>>16429407Could be that there's a few tons of snow from the autogenous pressurisation at the bottom of the tanks keeping it cool
>>16429419If that's the case, we're back to the FAA circus since it'll require entirely new paperwork.
>>16429429oh yeah maybe
>>16429428I wouldn't be surprised if they rip the engines off the booster and strap them to the test stand one by one. Gotta see how they held up after all.
>the real flight was faster and more stable than the artist's rendition
>>16429379One of the oldest 4chan practical jokes was people posting things that had the right file names but were actually just people having sex with dolphinsGlad to see the tradition is still alive
>>16429443I wonder if the bottom of Starship leaning so close to the tower was intentional
>>16429446It's just the angle, it wasn't that close.
>>16429446The final maneuver made it so it could boost away from the tower if it detected a problem
>>16429247top kek
>>16428064Kill/rape/both
>>16429288I like to read bilibili comments on every launch
>>16428979Cute!
>>16428527Yeah I was expecting the engines to be damaged from that. Wonder how they will fix it in the furure? Maybe send some cryogenics through the bells during descent next time?
What's the "easy fix" for the engine warping. Additional slow down burn in the middle like Falcon 9?
>>16428258>Was that a fucking underwater shot?The base of Ship is underwater there and the engines are illuminating the water.
>>16429485Raptor 3's use regenerative cooling through the entire (80%) body of the engine. It wont be a problem
Considering the hostility in CA, why even use Vandenberg? A North-South orbit? Why? Or anything else?
>>16429485probably. i assume the outer ring engines didn't get chilled because they weren't supposed to light up for landing.
>>16429493Who the fuck is that brown monkey and who taught it to write human language?
>>16429288i do this
>>16428488One guy on Mars. Alive. With a shovel and a phone camera. He will outperform decades of robotic exploration in a single fucking day. He can pick up all of the rocks. And he can "look over there" without a weeks long course correction. And he's not running on fucking aluminium tiles. And he can fucking wipe dust from solar panels.
>>16428431>refurbishthey're chucking the thing out, since the fixes will be applied in-factory to the next rockets.
>>16429493>Bhutan>Romania How tf do those even go together???
>>16429492>Thinking USAF or the DoD will allow the coastal commission to have any real power beyond a strongly worded letter
>>16429368 Absolutely. That timeline cold war would have been an growing rivalry between usa/uk and german empire concentrated mostly around the north atlantic. This includes ICBM programs to carry the nuclear warheads over the ocean of which manned spaceflight was born out of as a prestige program It would have been named something like V3 and launched from peenemunde (where they tested the V2s) space port by the baltic sea over east europe. with discarded stages falling over parts of ukraine and vatnikstan Unless they decided to take the risk and build a brand new spaceport further down south somewhere in the new reich provinces near caspian/caucasus region
>>16429517I think it's a parody, lad
FH tomorrow btw :)
>>16429497>>16429517It's a joke Elon even liked ithttps://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845484889740603523
>>16429527lmao at the autists
>>16429509"Welcome to today's SpaceX livestream where Johnny Kim will explore Shackleton crater in search for water ice. To recap, Starship Block3 HLS landed on the rim of the crater 1 weeks ago . The payload included the first CyberRover , a fully autonomous moon rugged with more than 50 km of autonomy. Kim will use this vehicule to travel to nearby craters. We want to remind you that next month on HLS 21 we will bring the first habitat module of Moon Base Alpha who will also land on the rim of Shackleton crater. Excitement if guaranteed"
>>16429523fuck I wish my country was conquered by Germans
>>16429316Bellyflop is for starship, numbnuts
>>16429425Don't want to get banned. It was on 8 chan
>>16429443This is so fucking cool holy shit
Russia, Europe and the other non-US companies/organizations are problably at this point 15 to 20 years behind SpaceX on rocket technology. ULA- BlueOrigin and the miriad of small US rocket companies are 10 years behind. At this rate catching up is impossible
owari da
>>16429150By that stage we'll have Space Force cruisers on standby that can disintegrate any asteroid with ease
>>16429555Japan has never been a real competitor in spaceflight.
https://x.com/nred01/status/1845512552597348443
>>16429555ganbatte
>>16429562lmao the guy with the rifle looking away right as it gets caught
where was he?
The booster catch thing is just showing off, it's useless
>>16429570how do you think they steered the booster?
>>16429570I love the way he pronounces words. What do you call that accent?
>>16429575his accent is norminal
>>16429139Just dig a fucking trench you lazy sod.
>>16429570In the freezer.
>>16429572since i learned that i am surrounded by idiots nonstop all daylong, idiots driving, idiots leading, idiots talking, now i understand the world a bit better.
I remember when we were all freaking out over a thrust / time chart elon posted for one of the very early raptor tests. and then the HOOONKs, and green exhaust, and all that. now raptor is basically mature
>>16429582>HOOONKs, and green exhaust, and all thatAll concern trollingI never doubted
>>16429570Dont make this poor engineering nerd talk live in front of a camera streaming to millions. Engineers suck at it, thats why they put a couple of females in the lead. The other engineer guy fucked up speaking too, and seemed really nervous, they are not TV friendly people.They did it for the early flights, but just let them enjoy it now
>>16429582>now raptor is basically matureno, they are not. Raptor V2 is mature, but Raptor as an engine is not mature. We will see Raptor 3 and probably Raptor 4
>>16429167Maybe some drones in its refineries and ammo depots.
So now what happens if Drumpf wins? Elon gets less bureaucratic impedance?
>>16429572>>16429581>erm spacex is like the hecking empire from star wars or something chud
>>16429584STFU he's good at it.
>>16429583So I told Elon to lie down on the floor and he actually did it the absolute madman hahahahahaha
>>16429589Elon does to the US government as he did to Twitter - fire 90% of the useless people, run it more smoothly and efficiently, and everyone will hate him for it.
The whole tower catch thing is a scam
>>16429595Elon cant do that and neither can Trump
>>16429600imagine being blinded by your own stupidity
>>16429595firing useless people and making the government efficient is LITERALLY fascism. next thing you know the trains will be running on time!
>>16429600blakefbradford probably knows more about rocket science than the rocket scientists that work at SpaceX
>>16429299WEGAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!
>>16429600>smart reuse
I need to know zubrin's opinion on today's launch RIGHT NOW
>>16429610It'd be easier to catch a mini starship
>>16429443maybe the real flight was the wildlife we killed along the way
>>16429618Speaking of wildlife heres a plover I saw
>>16429622was it deaf?
>>16429622Gay
>>16429614He's not gonna like starship v3 lol
>>16429265Yunno I always thought japan was sensible because they don't jump into the same optional modern problems that we do, but I can't refute that they aren't on easy mode and what do they have to show for it. Maybe there's some deep corruption protected by their culture that's squandering the wealth
>>16429255>Japan has no choice but to make Gundam nowoneofus.jpg
>>16429555https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VJMczl90-M
>>16429614mini starship is so fucking funny man>new launcher eliminates the constraints my plan was designed to work around>how can I make it worse so my plan is still needed
>>16429622please tell me you stepped on as many beetles as possible
>>16429247>swarm of piping plovers erupt>I've never seen it lit up like that
>>16429565頑張っても無理なもんは無理だ。
>>16429222>not cigars and chopsticks
>>16429570he was busy sprucking inns
>>16429493>the Mr. Bean of Big Techfucking kek
>>16429149I think doing a normie vibe check on launch day is appropriate. Gotta search the earther scum for survivors
>>16429368We would be living around Saturn by now
Shelby on a jetski
>>16429133This looks like some complicated retard shit I would mspaint when booster catching was announced. The whole time it was no bro just land the tiny trailer hitch balls in the tracks perfectly first time bro
>>16429127>The propane nebula will obscure their sensors
FAA says no investigation https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1845566123414368383
>>16429080The juxtaposition between these two tiny nubs and the 4 giant legs the rocket would need is wild
https://x.com/vast/status/1845594931349409824HAVEN-2 JUST DROPPED GET THE FUCK IN HERE
>>16429600agreed, we should recover 1-2 miles off shore by catching it with an ocean rig then splash down by pushing this guy off
>>16429669Can't they just use SPMTs to transport SLS?
>>16429667Stop shilling your yoga studio Jed
>>16429669Was there any truth to the rumor that SpaceX bought all the steel Bechtel needed for the tower and caused extra expense
>>16429667Dropped on the FAA headquarters hopefully
estonia is in Artemis accords now. welcome
>>16429667Theyre going to make 4 stations similar to Haven-1. These will connect in a line at first and once the core arrives, THEY WILL TAKE APART THE SPACE STATION CHAIN AND RECONFIGURE IT
>>16429674Probably not but it sounds super funny so I'll believe they did.
>>16429679Final design?
>>16429682They deserve an award for the ugliest space station design.
>>16429682kino
>>16429682Nevermind its NINE space stations connected together.>>16429684That goes HANDILY to the ISS, you want cables everywhere and mold blobs floating in the corners like Mir
>>16429674zero. think of the amount of rebar used in every construction site.
>>16429674Lol dude no, how much steel do you think the world produces?
Good night people, what an amazing day we had. One step closer for "we are go for Mars deorbit burn "
i am making the new thread, prepare to switch
>>16429684what it looks like from the outside might actually be at the bottom of the list of design requirements
>>16429696If you dont post it in 150 seconds, I will
>>16429696no
STAGING (image limit)>>16429704>>16429704>>16429704>>16429704>>16429704
>>16429669Would SpaceX be allowed to land people on the moon outside of the Artemis program?
>>16429706Lets continue in next thread fren
What happened to page 10 staging
>>16429720Image limit staging is a thing
>>16429679>space centipedeum, okaaaay
>>16429572>food analogy>rocket food analogy
>>16429720image limit because a HAPPENING always results in more image posting than usual
>>16429247someone convince musky to put party lights on the tower and blast caramelldansen during catcheshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqhKGBWvyqM
>>16429672ALABAMARIVERROOOOOOOOOOOOCKS!!!!!!!!1
>>16429667Mir never really died. She just gets reincarnated over and over again.
>>16429222He has a big dick
>>16429222very pitted and wrinkly woman, ugly bangs and frizzy dry hair
>>16427691I get why people don't like the guy but if it was as easy as throw your billions at a bunch of smart folk and succeed the likes of bezo and Branson would be doing what space x is instead of settling for subortibal flights and low grav/0g tourism shit. For sure those things would make them money but like so would becoming the company with the most sought after launch vehicle for small payloads. Dudes for sure a dickweed but like there's a factor there that he provides that separates his aerospace company from all the other billionaire backed private aerospace companies. Even the tesla shit like no shit he didn't invent the ev or revolution the industry in any major way but the grand vision he had make the pitch all that more viable. Like from an infrastructure standpoint alone there are alot of these ev companies who have tesla and Musk to thank for mudane bits like the charing stations. It's also wild to me watching the same folk who are so anti Russia and putin also be against the company that hemorrhaged a considerable chunk of their economy in the lead up to present day. All because they don't like what the dude who owns the thing.
>once again, dragged KICKING and SCREAMING into the future
>>16429488Bring Marty Anderson back from retirement for one last job. Actually, Raptor 3s, but I need more of that dude macguvyering rockets.
>>16429749Imagine being in the module at the back
>>16429720the mod isn't enforcing his rules so the newfags are disregarding them
>>16429523>launching from peenemundeNah, too much risk of dropping things on Prussia in the event of a RUD. They'd probably transfer launch operations to Crimea so they can drop rocket parts on the Caucasus and the Central Asian 'stans.
>view from mexicohttps://youtu.be/EKZzsPU3III?si=8AjE0r3L3LXqFRYY
>>16431985no, launch from the Mediterranean Iberian coast
>>16429196There are more Super Heavy launches this year than Falcon Heavy launches.
