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WE GAAN
C'mon space boys.... it's already 2023..
Can screw dragon now land propulsively or is that only for cargo dragon?
Fuck we're already at flight 5? I barely remember what happened the previous 4 flights.
>>16424354You reckon SpaceX buys hardware from Rocketlab or others?
>>16424354God I hate coastal humidity. I'm not even hungry but I might hang out at the dennys until closer to launch just to get away from the soup air.
>>16424363coastal humidity is good wish I lived in Hawaii
>>16424362well their parachutes used to come from a subcontractor but spacex bought them when their business started failing and they continued making dragon parachutes as a part of spacex.i'm sure they have a few small subcontractors here and there, but whatever they do have is likely close to their dragon/falcon/starship manufacturing facilities.
>sparks are flying at starbase pipesis welding going on?
>>16424361Flight 1: Blew up the pad, free falling without self destructFlight 2: Successful hot stage, booster immediately blows up and upper stage loses contact with ground before reaching spaceFlight 3: Booster survives and crashes into water at the speed of sound, upper stage burns up on reentry with really cool plasma effects on cameraFlight 4: Booster successfully slows to a soft touchdown on the water, upper stage miraculously survives to a soft touchdown in the indian ocean with a lot of damage
>>16424368Flight 5: going for Booster Catch, verifying that Heat Shield Tile 2.0 is good enough.
>>16424366So they are now bailing out unprofitable failing companies?? LOL. They're no different from the government now. It's over for innovation at SpaceX.
>>16424368yeah, all great succesfull test flights, can't wait to see this one pushing the program forward even more.
>>16424368Thanks for the quick rundown
>>16424372>bailing outno they've absorbed them so they don't have to waste their own time building the expertise to make parachutes.kinda like a big slimegirl absorbing me after rape and turning me into a part of her.
i hope the anon that usually does launch threads makes it early enough to catch most of the flood.
>>16424375>earther space force bomber delivering freedom to martian terrorists, 2124
>>16424362its certainly possible, depends what the cost and reliability etc isSpaceX has made a lot of stuff in house because the aerospace contracting has been full of massively inflated costs + they can make sure its reliable
>>16424368Oh yeah, and IFT-3 had an uncontrolled spin that doomed the upper stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVUji1BLLjw4h
I’m amazed how easily everyone accepts the re-branding of Starship test failures as successes. BTW, re-usable Starship in its current form isn’t happening; at best it’ll be semi-reusable like Falcon.9 (which they also attempted to make fully re-usable). It’ll basically becone Shuttle 2.0 before it’s fully reusable. People don’t seem to understand just how far full re-usability is for Starship. Making it re-usable means they have to RELIABLY land it fully without accidents with pin-point accuracy, and they’re just now figuring out how to not have a catastrophic failure after sending 0.00kg of payload into orbit.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845368770182721569
>>16424383fuck i forgot about timezonesi'm staying up late :O
https://strawpoll.com/Qrgewmk0jyp
>>16424385Every program builds upon failures. Every single one that will ever exist.Sometimes failure tests are even necessary to get answers for critical safety and other performance criteria.>ok the engine works, so what happens when the whole thing blows up at the pad?>ok it lifts off, so what happens when it all blows early flight>ok it flies, what happens at mid altitude>ok, how about vmaxetc and etcthis is why new product R&D is more expensive than employee pay
>>16424385If they can actually bring that giant booster back to land that'll be a big accomplishment
>>16424368https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0chNUPiUrfQ>Starship Development Montage (William Tell Overture)
>>16424385so you're saying it's no reusable because they have both reusable and ablative heatshields?
>>16424354Are they debuting the V3 this flight?
>>16424368https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz5qrG98bWs>IFT 1 vs IFT 2 vs IFT 3 vs IFT 4 | Side by Side Comparison and Analysis
>>16424385the point of the tests are not to complete the final intended flight envelope of starship perfectly in one go, it's to get as far as possible, see what breaks, and iterate on design.finding something that breaks is therefore part of a succesful test campaign.that you wish desperately to cope about this is irrelevant to the matter. spacex will continue doing this, oblivious to your whining, and will "fail" closer and closer to mars until they're "failing" in their 20 million person colony to build the new megadome on time, and if you're alive by that point, you'll still be here, complaining.
If they go through with the catch attempt I expect it to go pretty much perfectly, but I think they're going to call it off during boostback
>>16424406I'll bet you something burns a little too much for a successful landing.
>>16424401i don't think so. raptor 3 i think will start being used on the V2 ships.
You did beat all 20 levels, right?
>>16424401on IFT-7 with Starship V2
digits and it will be so succesful that nasa itself makes a decreet order to change Europa Clipper from FH to Starship flight 6 saving 5 years of transit time. Yeeeeha cowboy (im having a nervous breakdown)
>>16424409I beat 1 level
>>16424399It’s not reusable because they can’t RELIABLY return both the booster and vessel to a landing pad. Just demonstrating the booster returning isn’t good enough, that’s old hat. Somehow getting the ship down within 6km of the landing pad isn’t anywhere near good enough. Even if it could be landed fully and accurately once still isn’t good enough; they would have to demonstrate doing so regularly / reliably. Same thing goes for the Raptors — it’s fine to scramble to get a set of the very best engines for the purpose of a test, but that’s not good enough for production — if they need to fly frequently, it’ll be a major problem if only the most perfect engine samples can be used and only have a few fail per flight.
>>16424411
>>16424409shut up i only got to level 17 and then got demoralized don't judge me okay!
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845357300736803105
>>16424410difference between v1 ship and v2 ship?
>>16424421cojones
>>16424421a bunch of shit, I tried to find a pic showing them side to side but didn't see one in a few seconds of googlingbut V2 is taller so more propellant, has the flaps in a different location and uses Raptor V3 instead of Raptor V2pic related is from the presentation Musk held a few months ago
>>16424418You didn't even reach this level bafoon
How many attempts did it take for Saturn V to get to orbit?
V1 vs V2 nosecone differences (both under constant iteration though)
>>16424423Fucking pencil rocket, going conservative with the width of the rocket was the biggest mistake they have done.
>>16424423r the grid fins and bottom flaps bigger on v2?
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845366571042025690
>>16424423It's good that it's taller at least from an aesthetics point of view.
>>16424419Nah, Elon just wanted to get paid — and he did (Starshield). Ironically, the Russians are now “stealing” the service via grey / black market receivers and Starlink apparently can’t figure out how to stop that. So the US government is paying Starlink to provide a military data service to Ukraine which has been hijacked by the Russian military, now.
>>16424425i did but i'm not proud for giving up.
>>16424426was starship intended to reach orbit or go to the moon on it's first or subsequent test flights?
>>16424426I got you senpai
>>16424432musk sleep eludes you literally every night.
>>16424426I believe all tests succeeded except for one.
>>16424426was saturn V the first rocket in the apollo program, the program which in it's entirety was necessary to develop the capability to get humans to the moon?
i had a dream where engine was fed by piston compressing the methalox to relight in space
>>16424438That's not Saturn Vs
>>16424398Oh nice, I hadn't seen this before
>>16424426how many people did the apollo program kill?
Mouf(*_*)STRAW
>>16424444still part of the apollo program
>>16424444the Saturn PROGRAM began with SA-1 test development. All Saturn-V parts are identical with other Saturn test vehicles, in full configuration.Please do note, the Saturn program only had 1 failure and that was one of the more final, complete variants after over 25 successful launches without failure.
>>16424452>the Saturn program only had 1 failurewhat was the failure.
>>16424454your father was absent when you needed to get smacked on the head
>>16424368Dunno why, but I feel weirdly confident about this mission. All the major phases of flight have been succesful one way or another. The booster has shown that it can at least get to where the chopsticks are, and they've tested the actual movement.Honestly what can go wrong desu? Screencap this.
>>16424458it was my personal belief that the major limit on how accurate falcon can be is the fact that it has to come down as fast as possible to prevent it's TWR from making it take off again.starship's much more lenient timing should allow it to get accurate enough.
are they gonna do some cool new shit with ship like righlight in space or maybe door opening?
>>16424426The Saturn V program had a bigger budget
>>16424391huh why are there so many people that think the landing attempt will be aborted during boostback?
>>16424458Chopsticks moving too slow, chopsticks woobling too much because they move too fast, engines shitting itself, catch points being not strong enough.
Serious question; how are encounters faster than Hohmann transfers plotted out? I know Hohmann transfers are the most fuel-efficient transfer, discounting wonky gravity boost stuff, but if you wanted to use, I dunno, twice the typical delta/v of a Mars Hohmann transfer, how much would that speed up the travel time, and when would that burn be done relative to a Hohmann transfer window? I've started thinking about this because I sent a probe on a Hohmann transfer to one of the outer gas giants in KSP outer planets mod and the thing won't arrive for *thirty five years*, and there's a lot of talk about using more powerful propulsion methods for shorter travel times to Mars and other places.
Imagine booster exploding on a tank farm
this is such a growly narrator
>>16424409game is very grainy for me and i wont try beating past lvl2
>>16424458this, 0.5cm accuracy
>>16424434>Ironically, the Russians are now “stealing” the service via grey / black market receivers and Starlink apparently can’t figure out how to stop that.sounds like delusional EDS truther shit
The real reason why the Saturn was a success is simply because the program was full of talented engineers. Today’s engineering teams….are not.
>>16424429why elon is launching this ugly v1 nosecone on this and next flight, if v2 is ready?
>>16424485v2 is not ready and they might not have built enough Raptor V3s yet either
>>1642448470 years of jocks>nerds culture hasn't helped
>>16424483*shrug*
>>16424490>saved disinfo image some CNNslop wow an actual troon is here. that's crazy
>>16424483truth is russia might've maybe gotten a few starlink kits working but it's pretty much irrelevant in the larger scheme of things. they're still committing national suicide by cop in ukraine regardless.
>>16424423kinda lost track of starship development for some months, any info about what version will be used for crewed starships? or will v3 be only used for starlinks and as tankers?
>>16424499my guess is after v2 has worked out more problems, v3 will incorporate the crewed version.
>>16424499No such information has been forthcoming. Version 3 is a vehicle on the path to realizing the target reusable baseline specification of at least 100 metric tons to orbit. We don't know much about what will be done for different payloads yet.
>>16424385You sound like you've never built anything in your life.
>>16424499>crewed starshipNever happening
>>16424458If the booster is healthy during boostback apparently the flight director will be responsible for giving a manual go command for catch. Imagine being that guy and waving that big bitch in. Hopefully we get some control room kino if things go well.
Considering recent f9 track record I don't have much hope of it going perfectly
What if Elon Musk simply orders the booster to uncontrollably land on the White House?
>>16424512Mishap investigation
>>16424512This is an inalienable power nobody can take from him. The power of expertise, the knowledge gap.
>Still no IFT-5 launch threadWhat went so wrong?
>>16424518the dude that makes it went for a powernap
>>16424190is this the first time threads was posted here? i hope this doesnt happen again>>16423681I thought the Oct 13th date was a thing before Elon called Pete about the FEMA/Starlink bs. Also to ESGclown, another way to say "legally dubious" is "completely and utterly legal"
I am finally here and ready to watch the launch. It is time
>>16424368Flight 4 was absolutely unreal
>>16424409I'm workin on it!
>>16424531im gonna try to get a nap in first
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC87WmFN_As
>>16424541>possibly missing the flight over some sleepamateur hour
>>16424542>not good t. alex
>>16424491Huh….
https://x.com/LabPadre/status/1845395902820765805
>>16424553post your whole EDS seethe folder
helicopter flew into starbase
>>16424574What a fucking freak
>>16424575this is not good.
>>16424409I took a few shots at 17 and said fuck that.
>>16424575spacegoy5 has personally come to shut this launch down
>>16424575FAA snipers getting off
>>16424575oh come on
private helicopter according to Marcus Housescheduled refill
>>16424586That's what they want you to think
>>16424575The heli is owned by Onyx Aviation, which is a private jet/helicopter service
>>16424582The police are here to arrest the space ship
>>16424575>mfw those retards get fined for breaching a tfr area
>>16424575Soros helicopter bringing the environmental protestors who will be cuffing themselves to the raptor engines
>>16424586>>16424587DHS helicopter ferrying 3rd worlders into US. do not be alarmed! routine flight
>>16424594imagine but starship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQsLZGg
>>16424575It was definitely something planned for since the truck with the tank was waiting for it right there. Maybe a surveillance helicopter hired by SpaceX that couldn't schedule refueling at the airport.
This thread is more active than the other gay thread that was created by an absolute faggot, who staged early for not fucking reason. Fuck that other thread.
>>16424594I will personally go to starbase to launch starship in that event.
>>16424597
>>16424600yeah, can mount better cameras on a helicopter for the launch attempt for instance so could be for that perhapsor to see that no retards have walked into the area and get *ack*ed by a falling booster
>>16424354I’m here for rockets, I love rockets
>>16424605fuck off back to /o/ dogfucker
Does that guy next to the helicopter look like Elon to anyone else? >>16424601Fuck early staging
>BREAKING: Protesters have broken into Starship launch pad and are standing under the Super Heavy booster.>BREAKING: Protesters have broken into Starship launch pad and are standing under the Super Heavy booster.It's fucking over.
>>16424601I was wondering why there were 2 new threads.Now where's the launch thread?
>>16424609No, I used to make rcandy rockets as a kid, I’ve been making rockets since I was like 10
>>16424616soon>that one guy recording the helicopter taking off on his phone
>>16424614WE GAAN
>>16424616I'm waiting another 30 min before posting it
>>16424620fair enough, I hope the jannies are ready to sticky it.
>>16424614I get that it's a joke but why do zoomers always do this? The whole make up a lie to doompost about. Seen it in so many unrelated generals by the same demographic (you can always tell)
>>16424614I'm crashing this tower
it fucked off
>>16424622Blown out dopamine circuitry.
>>16424622cheap entertainment for them
>>16424622I like the "x just flew over my house" ones but yeah these ones are just dumb
>>16424624
>>16424623based human bomb
>>16424623god that film was so fucking stupid>why build one when you can build two for twice the price
>>16424623Why did he do it bros?
>>16424614LAUNCH THE STARSHIP!!!!
>>16424629
>>16424609luv those dogs UwU
What if they do the threehugging thing except on a rocket???
>>16424629Why does it look like that truck is chasing it off?>>16424634so whatshername could go instead
>>16424622so true dude nobody EVER lied on the internet for replies before 2008 or whenever the fuck
>>16424622becvause it's funny
T-2h !!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/live/pIKI7y3DTXkEVERYBODY GET THE F*****CK IN HERE NOWWW
>>16424354https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIKI7y3DTXkeveryday astronaut stream started
>>16424644Amboutacum
>>16424643It's something Anons were doing before you were born, and it's cringe.
Will SpaceX have an official stream on youtube?
>>16424650no.
>>16424623Can't wait for Starbase to supplant Cape Canaveral in movies in a couple of years
>>16424645I aint click that link
>no X app on my TVbros...Does estronaut hide his soiface during launch?
>>16424650you can watch it exclusively on X in crisp clear 480p
>>16424658estronaut is at a wedding isn't he
>>16424662Don't you mean Hullo? Dodd is live right now.
>>16424658Just cast it to your tv from your phone or pc
>>16424649space farts
>>16424354A possum just crawled out of the dunes and under the jetty rock I'm sitting on
>>16424654Click on the link
Elon should setup an exclusive viewing area for X Premium subscribers
is scott manley going to stream <_<
>>16424658It runs like pooooop on my LG OLED. but maybe the tv computer/software just sucjs generally
>>16424665live but not in brownsville
Starship test program is not moving fast enough.For IFT-5, they should be at least testing Raptor relight in orbit.
>>16424672I hope the launch gets delayed for 10 minutes or so, I dunno if I can get to my pc in time
>>16424676>>16424676>>16424676>>16424676launch thread, i was tired of waiting sorry if someone else wanted to do it.
>>16424686based
>>16424620>>16424686
>>16424622The problem is that you're old and so you've "seen it all", that's why you're such a faggot
Clear doko?
Some nigger was pointing a laser and flashlight out towards Isla Blanca. If its one of us, immediatly throw yourself underneath Starship
>>16424702>If its one of us,what a retarded assumption and makes it entirely obvious you're some twitter/reddit tourist. faggot troon
>>16424662>>16424665Don't care. He couldn't even show up for the goddamn launch, he not getting my view. DO NOT RECOMMEND.Best pre-launch stream currently is NSF, but will switch to SpaceX official when it begins.Maybe Dodd's hired photo team will post footage in the next few weeks, but until then, not watching that useless drivel. He fucked up, BAILED on us, and no longer has the best coverage, not even in the top 3 streams. He should stick to making documentaries and doing tours, he sucks so bad as a streamer. Honestly, if he wants to keep doing this, he should just join NSF as a second rate commentator.
a nig master-EDA
>>16424696sorry anon haven't seen clear's stream up yet, we'll post a link to her stream in the launch bread if she shows up.
move to the launch thread lads, I want lots of posting
>>16424708his 4k slowmo footage partnered with cosmicperspective is usually pretty orgasmic but the stream itself is underwhelming.
>>16424715What was the spike between 2020-2021?
>>16424719Agreed, but that content will take them 1 - 2 weeks to post, and irrelevant to launch day.
>>16424723yep
>>16424722Crew Dragon Demo-2
>>16424708he has the infrared cameras which are interesting to check every once in a while, you can see the loading in real time
>>16424738Can't you see that just from the frost on the outside though?
>>16424693I've certainly seen zoomers speedrun the most insane fetishes to their detriment, sure.
>>16424743I just mute him and cycle through the streams, with one stream on (NSF now), then switch to SpaceX when it starts and end/pause all other streams
CAM ON SPACE EGGSCATCH SAM FAKIN BOOSTAS
>>16424432same
lunch thread if you missed it. goooo starship>>16424676 >>16424676
>>16424767AHHHHH WHY DOES IT KEEP ROTATING MY IMAGES
>splitting threads during an iftYeah im gonna go use the launch thread. You all are retards, no wonder I immediatly thought one of you would be the laserfag
>>16424793blame the early stager.
>>16424772faggot phone poster.Only acceptable if you are currently at South Padre / Port Isabel.
>>16424805just memorize your actual sensor orientation so you know which way to hold your phone to get the image to show up correctly when you post it on 4chan
>>16424772Your phone stores metadata for the direction it was rotated which 4chan deleted, causing the photo to rotate to the orientation the phone was at when shooting
>>16424813for iPhones I believe you should do landscapeLeft for the correct default orientation, not landscapeRightt. Swift programmer
>>16424772ow my eyes
what are the odds for a last minute launch abort
>>16424849possiblelikely to be a scrub given their short launch window
>>1642484950%, it either does or does not happen.
>>16424419
>>16424849zero, I personally guarantee it
>>16424849About the same of me raping you
>>16424864i will become a touhou anti if it scrubs
>>16424891it's gonna fucken scrub lmao
Is this the thread?
>>16424905we're over here anon, enjoy>>16424676
>>16424897i will coom to Zundamon if it launches
>>16424905you should go to either the anime thread or the launch thread imo this thread is for faggots
They're doing this in the dark? Wtf
>>16424944this is falcon 9now imagine starship
>>16424939>more seethingyou love to see it.
>>16424914Because of the thread splitting concentrating everyone into the launch thread, this is gonna be the biggest sticky ever hold onto your butt igiegs
>>16424944Yep, sunrise is 2 minutes after the launch window ends
it's over
the launch has been delayed by 10 mins?
>>16424944Dark MAGADark Starship
You have 35 minutes to get your snacks
go for prop loadofficial stream goes up at 7:45 est
will spacex have an official youtrube stream
>>16425114No, the official stream is on X. They don't stream on Youtube anymore.
>>16425114no but they might host a recap on youtube in a month or two
holy shit a /pol/ tard is going sicko mode in the pinned thread lmao>>16425114nope only on Xwitterany stream claiming to be spacex on youtube is a cryptoscam
>>16425114no. it's all crypto scammers.give in to musk, make an x account, and watch here https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDGlyognOgJLalso >>16424914
>>16425121But the last flight had an official youtube stream for some reason
>>16425129Actually last time someone give me an x to link to the stream which didn't require me to log in to watch
>>16425129nope just Russian/Indian/SEA crypto scam re-streams. sometimes they're subtle, like a link in the description, sometimes it's AI voice overs.
>>16425114the only streams on youtube are crypto scams, or NSF, Everyday Estronaut, and what about it (scammers also)
>>16425129it didn't
Damn they delayed the launch again. It's over.
>>16425157and the queen of /sfg/
>>16425181rocket sex with ria
>>16425126I really hate that guy
>>16425114Youtube is for cryptoscammersX is for real video
>>16425126>>16425195He got banned.
fully erect
>>16425208WE. ARE. GOING.
>>16425206make sure you go report his thread for instigating a raid
>>16425217His thread is 404, jannies cleaned it up.
>>16425206I get banned from here at least once a week, that doesn't mean much
>>16425204I get all my news from X videos
How much sleep are we running on lads?>3 hours
>>164252314.5
>>16425224>X videos
>>16425231I just took a 40 minute nap.
>>164252316h but I've been awake like 8h
a permanent ban is only a 5 minute inconvenience
>>16425231Plenty, but I'm in Europe.
>>1642523112 hours. Woke up at 10pm last night.
>>16425222for what do you usually get banned for
>>16425217ESGhound vibes....
>>16425231Eurobros :)
>>16425254even worse now
There's a NASA HLS guy on Labpadre streamhttps://youtu.be/jOJ54Y22cVI
>>16425222trolling. last week i pretended to be schizophrenic in /sfg/ :( janny didn't like it :(also saying the nigger word)
so i am only here for the launches, can i get a qrd what improvements they made to the ship
SpaceX stream late as usual
>>16424467>whyIt's called being a realist.
why is it still pitch back outside
https://x.com/flightclubio/status/1845430894703616363>Starship IFT-5 will be visible from Houston this morning. Superheavy boostback and Starship burns will be about 10° above the horizon to the south
>>16425276now there is an ablative heatshield under the tiles.
>>16425297jellyfish incoming
>>16425291eclipse.
>>16425291because its 6:49 CST in mid October?
>>16425291apparently the sun has already risen in new york
>>16425276they also jerry rigged some extra stuff on the flaps so there wouldnt be burn through
come post in the sticky lads! >>16424761
>>16425314>mid october its almost summer lol the days are longer around this time of year retard
>>16425327Holy crap, a talking monkey.
SpaceX stream started
HURRY THE FUCK UP I WANT TO SEE KATE
>>16425314not where I live. why does texas act so special?
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDGlyognOgJLhttps://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDGlyognOgJLhttps://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDGlyognOgJLLIVE
>>16425351I wonder what she would think of posts like these
>>16425181WHY ISN'T SHE LIVE YET
>>16424650there is one on YT right now but its a fake one. Scam site, often crypto bros trying to make you buy their shitcoinsXitter has the only official one https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDGlyognOgJL
>>16425221not the one on /pol/ lol
RED SKY IN THE MORNINGSAILORS TAKE WARNING
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDGlyognOgJL
>may be attempting O V E R VER
>>16425395Great morning for fishi- ACK
>>16424484I used to beat one of these chubby little retards up at a boxing gym a few times a week. Chubby little Greek guy. Dude openly talked about not giving a fuck about spaceflight. I suspect most of their engineers are that way.Though, when I interviewed with BO the people I spoke with were actually pretty cool and seemed genuinely passionate.
>>16425402empty fucking promises
>>16425361Neat, looks like I don't need a twitter account after all
come post in the sticky about the launch, its more fun that way when it's all together !
AS SOON AS 2026
>>16425415Trannies still seething about accounts lmao
>>16425418Fuck you.
>>16425428are these "trannies" in the thread with us right now?
>>16425418kys
>>16425432bro launch threads are older than /sfg/, it's just how things work for major launches. you do you I guess
>>16425438I am. I'm also trans by the way not sure if that matters
kino engineering shots
new views I think?bunch of footage from the inside
>>16425455I thin you might be confused, your kind is supposed to go to the launch thread.
>average human is about 2m highbros, she's mocking me again
Oh no you guys it's on fire
>>16425490it's over
>>16425490it's supposed to be on fire dumbass it's a rocket that's what they do
>>16425231around 4set an alarm but my body woke me up from excitement
>>16425490We didn't start the fire
on ecks
>>16425514bonkers
>>16425490
starship cum pool
>>16425540Elon is getting even more children
>>16425540>.<
>>16425540spilled milk
My sister got EDS now is it over?
>>16425540oi you got a permit for that?!
Disgusting pube beard, he should be ashamed
YouTube livestream comments make me want to kill "people".
>>16425573>IS IT LAUNCHING TODAY???
>>16425573>is this the one resuing the astrnoauts?
Chink spy watching the launchhttps://x.com/AngelaOCISLY/status/1845436704049578120
>>16424385>>16424416reminder that this guy is the raptor reliability/heatshield reliability faggotplease keep posting about how spacex will fail; history rewrites itself specifically to prove you wrong
>>16425600it should
>don't be suprised if we don't attempt the catch todayOVER
>Can't use X without a VPN>Constant buffering on any quality above 224p
so much hinges on the engine which haven't been flight proven
kino
>>16425636huh?
>>16425636it's true. how can anyone trust a rocket that hasn't flown at least once before?
fucking hell they are coating the entire coastline in a thick layer of gaseous methane rip any oxygen breathing lifeforms.
>UP TO three polaris missionsno polaris 4 after crewed starship launch? bummer. I wanted to see isaacman on mars
>>16425660Imagine the smell
>>16425660good riddance
>>16424682oh it did get delayed, thanks elon
I'm so excited bros
>>16425660Think of the plovers!
fucking boats yet again
>>16425660ploverbros...>Captcha: YMADX
>>16425664I imagine Starship missions after Polaris 3 will be under another mission name, he has talked extensively about colonizing mars etc so he is on board with that, probably wants to be the first person on mars
KRYSTAL GOON, WHERE ARE YOU. WE NEED YOUR ORGONE ENERGY.
>>16425682The eternal boomer strikes again
total boater death
Boats boats go away
>boaters in the wayJust launch and kill them
I don't want the boaters to die, I thought tbe Trump boomers at the end of DM-2 were hilarious.
>>16425734Whenever I'd shout "TOTAL BOATER DEATH" I'd always whisper "except for them"
what are the boats doing here?
>>16425752boating
>>16425752fishing, look at the weather
>>16425734Yeah I'd rather SpaceX just be allowed to launch anyways and the attitude towards people in the danger zone being "enter this area at your own risk."
>>16425752perfect day to go fishing
>T-00:01:00 alreadyI'm ready bros
>>16425752Just fishin'
>>16425762That's what the future is going to have to be like when they're launching a startship every other day.
>>16425752Paid by Boeing to interfere with the launch.
>>16425752weathers perfect for fishing anon :)
woosh
DÉCOLLAGE!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
MOTHERFUCKER my internet cut out and just came back on.
>sun just peeking over the horizon behind starship
Mac-cute!
Damn, it already passed MaxQ.
go babygo babygo baby
Was the exhaust always that pretty?
K I N O I NO
why it took longer for its ass to leave the launch tower
WOAH
>>16425856inertia
GO FOR CATCHLET'S GO
TOWER GO FOR CATCH
Pretty.
>go for catchKINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME KINO TIME
Guys, I'm afraid...
HERE WE GO
Here we go
A BOAT JUST VIOLATED MY RANGE
What the fuck is going on with those pulses of gas
I'M CUMMING
>>16425933RCS
why is it glowing like a cig?
Holy shit
WHAT THE FUCK
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
YES YES YES YES
NO FUCKIGN WAY
FUCKING DID IIIIIIITTT
HOLY FUCK
FIRST FUCKING TRY
Fucking incredible
TOTAL OLDSPACE HOLOCAUST
perfect like I predicted, fucking faggots I told you so
10/10
I should become a geologist.
>>16424391>>16424467>>16425270apologize
LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO
IMAGINE being an "engineer" for Boeing today.
HOLY SHIT IT WORKED
are you fucking shitting me????????????no way this is real
This moment will be remembered forever.
I feel like a basedboy, but this made me want to cry. So fucking incredible.WE ARE GOING.
That was one hell of a ride!
Totally CGI
I love you all anons, WE ARE ALL GOING TO FUCKING MAKE IT
>>16426029AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>>16426006I was expecting it to be perfect and I'm still flabbergastedwow
WINRAR
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>>16426039I soifaced and I'm not ashamed to admit it
Kek
USA USA USAUSA USA USAUSA USA USA
I can't believe it
>>16426092Looks like the stainless steel changed color slightly
did its ass kiss the tower?
MY SOIFACE IS OFF THE SCALE AFTER THAT CHOPSTICK LAND AAAHHH
>>16426082Literally pic related
It's that easy in rocketry
>>16426114no, estronaut stream had a side profile of it, it was perfect
>POORFAG COUNTRIES NEED TO CATCH THEIR ROCKETS ON LEGS>FUCKING LEGS
how many wildlife were slain by that landing?
>>16426082sonic boom status??
>>16426039Being emotional at humanity finally taking steps forward in space travel again is not sóy.
>>16426149not enough
>>16426149All of them.
https://x.com/spacegovuk/status/1845443453594804680
>>16426149I'm sorry to say that two dune beetles were climbing the tower when the booster landing burned them to death
Space is h-ACK!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw2LtXziMj4Thunderfoot has already shifted the goalposts to say that this has no market
Okay, I apologize, Musk. Hell, I fucking kneel. I didn't think this would actually work on the first try. Holy fucking shit. Maybe the future will be alright after all. WAGMI.
>>16426141I used to doubt steel until IFT-4.I used to doubt the chopsticks until IFT-5.I'm kneeling so hard. In Musk We Trust
I can't believe what just happened
Look at the god damn thing just fucking hanging off the tower there
>>16426149Not enough.
https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1845443643894603981
>>16426149The beetles are gone anon
>>16426169https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1845443643894603981
>>16426212>welcome to the club
I apologize.. I was doomposting about the chopsticks
>>16426160I once got drunk and cried to the opening for Star Trek: Enterprise.
>>16426185>Open stream for a bit>He's now moaning about ice debris hanging around in space for a whileHe's such a fucking shit weasel, holy shit.
>>16426228That's a bit silly, but you were drunk at the time.
Incredible
Be honest, did you always believe in them?
>>16426104Honestly NASA was doing propulsive landings 50 years ago so this should come as no surprise.
>>16426228IT'S BEEN A LONG ROADIt's a good opening desu
>>16426254No. I kneel to Elon know.
that shit is unrealtruly space was not fake and gay today
>>16426254Chopsticksama... I kneel
>>16426254I figured they'd make it work eventually.
>>16426114at this point I honestly thought it was not gonna make it.
>>16426114no. nsf stream had a clear view. it was well away from the tower. Its ass is burned though so no idea what state the engines and their plumbing are after getting repeatedly doused in fireballs
>>16426245Agreed, though in my defense the opening montage of spaceflight iteration is really great. Damn Rod Stewart making me into a woman.
I WAS A DOOMPOOSTERI AS AN OVERPOSTERI WAS A LANDING LEGS POSTERI WAS WRONG.CHOPSTICKS I KNEEL
>>16426254I still don't believe in ship catching, but booster was never unbelievable for me.
>>16426254Nah, I had serious doubts that became gradually more optimistic. Expected an abort during boostback today because pragmatism.
>>16426239>if they really wanted to show this works, why isn't it carrying 100 tonnes of satellitesthe goalposts are going to be moving foreverone second its impossible, the next its obvious and not a single thought is given to the disconnect
>>16426254I didn't expect first try, but for some reason I'm not surprised.
>>16426254Yes. My only doubt was that SpaceX would be overly cautious and end up having the booster splashdown again.
>>16426254Never
>>16426111checked
>>16426254I was always going to work. Only brainelts doubted the feasibilty
KINO OVERLOAD
>>16426254I knew they could do it. I never expected them to do it first try
>>16424391final results, you faggots have humiliated yourselfonly 25% believed
>>16426318looks about 240 Celsius to me. But the engines were fucking glowing
SPACE RACE DOMINATION MODE
>>16426254Yeah, it's been that sort of year
>>16426254I knew it would succeed up until it was actually happening at which point my faith wavered when it was so close to the tower
>finally start to feel emotion a few minutes later after the shock wears off>Clear chooses that moment to replay the landingso many feels, bros
>>16426254yes
I'm not really a huge spacefag but I watched this with my brother who is. I thought the booster was gonna slam into the tower. It really looked like the tower was fucked initially
>>16426082100 LAUNCHES PER DAY AHAHAHA
>>16426342The tower has not been thoroughly examinedthe results are not in yetstop the count
Just woke up, they actually caught the fucking thing? Out fucking standing.
Ship landing predictions?
>>16426381I feel nothing, don't know whyperhaps smug satisfaction
>>16426390sub centiemeter accuracy
Couldn't they get someone there to talk about the project. This isn't some rideshare launch where you put on intermission music.
>>16426082>ywn get to see all the launches you could ever want from right outside your front doorsome people just dont know how good they have it
>>16426297Now, Ship catching is about as hard as Shuttle landing.
>>16426393
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1845442658397049011video of the catch
literal leaves falling off starship
We are going to Mars
>>16426419I assume everyone is too busy celebrating
>>16426292There's nothing wrong with being emotionally moved, it just proves you have a human imagination and spirit.
>>16426411no burn through but not perfect accuracy yet
https://x.com/planet4589/status/1845443055744156052
so why don't they try to recover the starship too?
So now that he has the booster back, can he fly it again any time he wants with the same profile ON THE SAME LOICENSE?
I didnt know it was even possible, but this piece of shit just became 10x more embarrassing after today
How many minutes before they bring the ship down?
>>16426478hasn't demonstrated precision splashdown yet
>>16426489as long as he can do it again within the launch window yeah
>>16426478they will do that later after they have a few perfect water landingsstarship is coming back from orbit, so its coming in much quicker and if it burns up during re-entry, the debris will be scattered on brownsvilleMusk said they need to do 2 water landings in a row for a specific ship version before they try itthe chopsticks probably need to be modified too for it
miss me with that gay shit
>>16426478needs to prove it can stay completely in control during reentry, and show it can do an engine relight in orbit, 2-3 launches minimum until then
>>16426493>this piece of shit just became 10x more embarrassing
>>16426497starts in about 18minhttps://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-5
so whens SN6? december?
>>164264931000xcancel this fucking piece of shit NOW
>>16426478wouldn't they need a second tower?
>>16426493You're gonna another magnitude or two there buddy.
>tfw flight 6 will have a gen 2 starship
>>16426489Load er up and shoot again!
literal perfection on the first timeall the different angles on the replaytfwyhnf
This is HUGE. They have a FLOWN BOOSTER. THEY HAVE THE RAPTORS
https://x.com/Gwynne_Shotwell/status/1845447217982865501
>>16426539We already had that
https://x.com/LabPadre/status/1845445403472212164Its burning on the side, why?
>>16426562>literal perfection on the first time
>>16426475https://x.com/planet4589/status/1845448054394048970
whats he thinking right now?
>>16426254Yes.
>>16426569meant SFT6
>>16426588Whoa, what blew off the bottom there right before the flare?
>>16426567rapid iteration coming as long as the FAA fucks off
>>16426569fucking water towers flying
>>16426602>this can't be good for shareholder value
>>16426610the side panels of the aerodynamic wedge
>>16426602eating his hair
new thread?
https://x.com/LabPadre/status/1845445403472212164?t=Wue1R0MjPGy1gMGR-uzveg&s=19BIG BOOm
Starship attitude out of control. Fucking oak leaves flying out the flap hinges. Starship flying sideways.
>>16426588>build the rocket out of steel so it can blow up but still continue flying anywayElon is a genius.
>>16426602space is terrifying
>thunderfoot says theres no point in sending people to the moonyeah
>>16426634>starhopper
refined kino
>>16426615Turns out the FAA was the real roadblock all along, just as the schizos foretold.>>16426625Doesn't it need those?
anyone else notice that jessi and kate said that starfactory is going to ramp up production big time very soon?
Those booster engines are deffo cooked
>>16426493>3 billion dollar launch tower that doesn't even catch the rocket
>>16426602>I actually like how hats taste
>>16426657Is this tranny going to kill xerself?
>>16426653Who cares? He's a nobody.
>>16426634>That godzilla SCREECH ROAR after it gets caughtWhat makes that noise? The turbopumps spinning down?
>>16426615FAA approved flight 6 along with flight 5 as long its the same trajectory
god my penis is so fucking hard, god that landing was beautiful
>>16426615FAA is probably very happy right now
>>16426686Do you actually mean just same trajectory or do you mean that the FAA said same mission with minimal changes?
>>16426672maybe Elon is worth the hype after all
>>16426700environmental people will probably make up new "endangered" animals to complain about now
>>16426657>the fifth launch of the saturn five put men on the moonhow is this guy a scientist
New shirt and patch have dropped on the SpaceX store.
>>16426735Thanks was just shopping for a hoodie
>>16426702I'm just parroting what redditors said
>>16426727Is he? I doubt it. Even if you show me his credentials, I still won't buy it on grounds that he looks like a filthy hobo not a scientist.
https://x.com/planet4589/status/1845447280179958187212km apogee
Kino part 2 starting shortly
passing over Madagascar now?
>>16426602their launch is destroyed, its hopeless
>>16426657HAHAHAHAHA FUCKING FAGGOT
no competent investor could take Musk's statements seriously
ITS GLOWING
Current sunlight
>>16426588How is that tower tanking the rocket flames
GLOW
>>16426801Night landing?
>>16426802big piles of steel are mostly fireproof
>>16426802Inner strength, mind over matter
pink is for fags
>>16426657Kek
>plasmawe meet again
>>16426831Pink is my favorite color
it's entering fast. much steeper than last time
>>16426831galactic kino
did they change the protection on the flaps?????
>high heat begin when heating increaseswow
something is ablatingoh god its over again?
flap damage, flaps are flaking off of them
>>16426810late evening probably
FLAP LOOKS GOOD
never going to have this much fun in my life ever again
Looks good so far
>>16426894Just imagine when we're watching Starship launch crew.
>>16426894just you wait for flight 6
way less debris this time
>>16426894Yes you are. Moon revisitMars missionsThe future is looking FUN
>>16426894starship catch
>catching a booster is easier than making a heat shield
How much faster would starship be entering Mars atmosphere?
>>16426894Booster and ship caught on same flight.
HALFWAY???
>>16426894You just wait till the New Glenn purposely crashes (with no survivors) into the Starship launchpad
>lgbt flapbros...
>rainbowgetting toasty
Still looking good
>>16426919It's funny isn't it? From inception to landing a booster in 6 (?) years?Meanwhile heat shield has been around for 70 years and still "we" haven't mastered it.
i dont like that color
>>16426961materials science is way behind anything anyone expected and computers are way ahead
>>16426977the color of tempered steel?
its eating through the flap hinge
oh no you guys its on fire
>>16426977It's only about 500-600 degrees. I think. Based on a cursory glance at a steel color graph.
>>16426977please, my oven gets that hot and I keep it in my house
This is around the point where the flaps started melting last time, I think we're gonna make it
peak heating is done
>>16427008if its not glowing red its fine
Top left flap is looking pretty toasty, but a lot better than last time
THREAD THEMEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kooIgKESYE
>>>/pol/484686082/pol/ standing by.
>>16426977Bigot!
there's a fucking hole
Ruh roh
oh no
rip top flaps
starting to burn
SHE'S BURNING THROUGH!
>>16427038UH OH
the flaps...
HANG IN THE BABY
THE FUCKING HINGE
It's over.
>>16427031You're supposed to go to the sticky >>16424676
>>16427050YOU GOT THIS FLAPCHAN
It's burning through again... What is the plan for actually making this ship reusable?
the tiles are red???
toasty bitch
I was there the day the strength of the flap failed
>>16427096They can beef up the flap as needed. I wonder how much it will cost them in payload to orbit.
>>16427104the heat shield tiles... are hot? AAAAAAAAAAAh
plasma is stopped, burnthrough should be finished
TOASTY MARSHMALLOW
Holy shit that's cooked.
there seems to be a hole on the other side? why is it red here?
a lot better than flight 5, still way too fucking toasty
Imagine returning straight from the moon in Starship
>POWERED BY STARLINK>shit quality, mostly just staticpottery
Why did the quality go bad suddenly?
bottom flaps did pretty good>>16427159cause its dark and the cameras has to turn up ISO
THE FLAP LOOKS GOOD
>>16427159Too low light.
>>16427158>>16427159because theres no light you retards
>>16427167Why didn't they install night vision cameras?
starship is trans sonic?
It'll look kino as hell when the engines light up.
>>16427185Why didn't they install giant floodlights to light up the ships surroundings?
Forgot how gentle the last phase is. Astronaut parachute bailout plausible.
>on target
>its still on target
YESSSSSSSSS
KABOOM
Success!
PERFECT TEST FLIGHT
>they had a camera>it was as on target as the booster was last time
CHINESE BOATS SPOTTED AAAAHHHH THEYRE STEALING STARSHIP PARTS
WHAT
>>16427228>>16427246I soifaced
BOAT
Shouldn't they have demonstrated a hover at least. Didn't look so nominal.
Is it ass up?
Nice!
Elon Musk is a catcher.
>We're gonna get external footage of the landing
>>16427237Flight termination systems remove sneaky communists.
>>16427104Sauron
>>16427265Buoy actuallythats how you know the landing was accurate
>>16427246oh no non ononoononoo
Elon caught posting on /sfg/
Need a webm of that buoy view (I'm lazy)
>>16427246>2024>YEAR OF THE MUSHROOMS AAAHHH
So what caused this??????????
Australia mentioned.Good night /sfg/, that was very cool.
>>16427275>>16427246>>16427228
>orgy time at SpaceX>they put their shirts back on for the broadcast
How much do these tests cost? You'd think they would stick on a few flashlights so we can see what's going on. Only time I could see what was going on is when it blew up.
>>16427310wait for official replay with the full landing
too bad they're not gonna released the full buoy footage.
didn't hover, didn't land competely upright, flaps got burnt it's over
I didn't sweat at all when the burn-through of the flap started. After flight 4, nothing like that is going to phase me.
>>16427318Plasma hot.
we need a webm of mechazilla moon walking STAT
>>16427361on the other side where it's not touching plasma?
>>16427318They left some tiles off and wrapped others in aluminum
>>16427363Immediately.
Water towers can flyYES
>>16427328~$500 million
>goes to space>not water proofWHAT
>>16427328They have enough instrumentation that they shouldn't need any visible spectrum views. Basically just for public curiosity. I'm sure they have some spook infrared cameras not shown.
Flap Chan inspires me to never quit.
>>16427369That's the end of the heatshield and the exact point where a bit of white stuff was sticking out. Heat doesn't stay just on the tiles.
>>16427387huh? theres no water in space
>elon can't even land his aquatic rocket properlylol
Reddit communists on suicide watch
>>16427417There's water on Mars
>>16427317
>>16427406>>16427318these two pins stick out further than the heatshield, it was in contact with plasma
>>16427444oh yeah good point they'll have to figure out water proofing before they start doing mars missions
Would he proud of what was achieved today or sad that it took so long?
>>16427387>star SHIP>cant survive in wateryeah
>>16427462Yes.
>>16427456On the plus side, the booster and ship can be shipped around by barge using all those nice canals
>>16427462sehr stolz
>>16427453oh now i get it thanks
>>16427462Both. We should have been at this point 40 years ago at the very least, but I'm sure he would be proud.
>>16427462given that he named the leader of mars "the Elon" in 1948 i think it's going entirely to plan
>>16427462I'm fairly sure he would be proud but gone off on a tirade against the shuttle program.As it should be.
>>16427501I KNEEL
that plume is longer than the booster itself
https://x.com/shaunmmaguire/status/1845444890764644694Booster looks like a meteor coming in
>Clear going orgasmic looking at Spacex merchkek
>>16427246How can you guys religiously follow a space basket weaving forum and then act surprised that a booster with residual fuel tipping over explodes? It was expected
>>16427531how do I get rocket autist wife
>>16427531Thanks for these reports of our favorite eceleb activity. It's really pertinent to spaceflight.
>>16427417if it's airtight it should be water proof
>>16427552We all watched the launch on her stream, so it's relevant.
>>16427552The tendert0e fellatio thread is over there ---->
guys, those birds...
>>16427525sci fi, crazy
>>16427572free dinner for the pad staff
>>16427572those birds are huge
>>16427553it's not airtight though.
>>16427572Tonight's Starbase menu: BBQ Piped plover
>>16427572I AM DA BIGGEST BIRD
>>16424382yeah i remember that. you could see it twas doomed
>>16427572Fuck seagulls. They shit down my windows.
https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1845461513223500194Haha
>>16427561I hope you also remember to buy a gigasuper chat subscription or whatever the zoomer faggots do these days.
>>16427604No point, eh Jeff?
>>16427604Graditim ferociter, anon
>>16427604
>>16427572Launches paused for 3 years due to environmental concerns about endangered seagull populations. Scientists fear if the seagulls are not saved, people in the area could finish their entire portion of fish and chips without resistance.
>>16427604What do you need GPS for it’s a fucking up-and-down ride, it doesn’t need ground tracking kek
>>16427553water is harder than vacuum, materially
>>16427530he must be so sad that he didn't see it live
>>16427246Reallysurprised it even relit the engines, I was convinced they had a burn through and everything inside was toast.Still think they had a bad burn through somewhere on the fuselage because of the fire on re-entry and how easily it exploded on landing, but it’s clearly quite a tough girl. Hopefully the burn though was because one of the tile tests and was more or less ‘intentional’Flaps were much better this time, looks like it only needs a small amount more resistance
>>16427572NOOO THE HECKING WETLAND BIRDORINOS
>>16427607>boomer mind can't imagine supporting anyone but themselvesSad!
>>16427621>>16427626god that's fucking kino
>>16427531CUTE
>>16427621Chinese launches are better.
We kicked Santa Anna’s ass so we could do cool shit like this one day. Remember the Alamo
>>16427572BURN EMCOOK EMEAT EMSHIT ON EMFUCK EM
>>16426894I think starship catch is going to be much more impressive, SpaceX has done a lot of booster recovires alreadyI was expecting it to happen, not sure why people were so skepticalStarship catch is going to be more difficult
>>16427604it's bezover
>>16427637kek basedchinese launches are more interactive
>>16427604Bezos called it off, New Shepard is only a PR tool, and it doesnt work if nobody is watching (bc starship)
>>16427604They don't want to risk failure on such a victorious day for SpaceX.FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD, GOD HATES A COWARD.
So just from a brief look, it looks like they still have a few things to iron out, something looks like it was leaking from the booster at the landing, the flap on the starship, and the birds>>16427572. Birds are easy to deal with by firing a couple of gunshots before the booster arrives like they do in airports.
>>16427550>a booster with residual fuel tipping over explodes*an observation was made on the booster
>>16427637I always fucking lose it when that guy crab walks in to the video, and the guy running backwards holding his head.
its...watching
Oldspace bros.... its fucking over.
rumao
>>16427668What are you talking about? That is perfectly normal forms of locomotion in China.
>>16427671One random engineer spitballed this idea at a meeting one day, and now he/she has been vindicated so damn hard today
>>16427669That was a nice shot.
>>16427450based sucy enjoyer
>>16427679I thought it didn't actually use this fins this time?
>>16427669
Thank you Elon. My faith in humanity has been restored. Maybe we will get off this clown world space rock in my lifetime.
So basically SS launches will get boring quickly. The next two things that will get the heart rate up again like this will be HLS moon landing>inb4 what about polaris 3Jared probably won’t be launching and landing on SS. He’ll take a Dragon up and down
>>16427642I have a little Starship/Superheavy I printed and pinned together, but the flaps are stationary and when I woosh it around trying to simulate landing the bottom flaps get in the way of the chopstick arms. >>16427652Nobody would care if he launched it, nobody cares that he didn't. Imagine being that irrelevant.
>>16427703That first clip genuinely looks like they just reversed the footage
>>16427703Holy fucking KINOWhen do we get that IMAX footage???
>>16427697are you retarded?or I guess they call your type developmentally misunderstood or something
>>16426299>father in the top left>son in the center of the frameiconic
>>16427671lol sounds like joe is gonna have to build a model rocket that hets caught by a tower like spacex
>>16427728I look forward to this
>>16427671Takes a man to go back after 4 years and admit he was wrong.
>>16427703The second clip looked like it's something out of a movie, it's great.
>>16427703superheavy chan pissed on chopsticksamahot
>>16427735He wasn't wrong, it's unique.
as big as this is, it's still a drop in the bucket of things spacex needs to do for starship. its a long road ahead.
>>16427749Read between the lines and he believed that was never going to happen.
Next step is landing Starship right back on top of the booster.
>>16427754the more steps you take, the shorter the road gets
>>16427679wasn't it Musk? and then only one engineer was defending the idea, everyone else was skeptical and the one defending became the one responsible for designing the system
>>16427754in a lot of ways it's like your dilation schedule. never ending
https://x.com/rookisaacman/status/1845452184659390964>If civilization is reasonably stable for the next ~30 years, a self-sustaining city of a million+ people will be built on Mars
>>16427604Gradatim Graditociter!
>>16427750I really thought it was over here, took way longer than 4 and tilted way early
>>16427761other way around, engineer suggested it, musk agreed
>>16427760The journey of a million footsteps starts with one.
>>16427770so the speculation is confirmed, isaacman is looking to go to mars
>>16427669You go get 'em Son
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845451772049146364
>>16427640looks like it was taken in mexico
>>16427770The only way to achieve this relative stability (continued Pax Americana) is to ensure that WW3 doesn't start. Brilliant Pebbles is the key to this, a strategic shield that makes America untouchable.
every other country on earth once again completely BTFO
>>16427781>>16427778I'm not sure if its really speculation (or if this any more confirmation), he has talked about building a colony on mars on interviews, how important the suits are to mass produce in the millions etche is fully in on the mission, that comment doesn't really confirm it anymore that he would personally want to be the first one
>>16427770>If civilization is reasonably stable for the next ~30 years
>>16427792
>>16427793
>>16427796stop it I am going to cry and coom and call an ayyyyyyyy
>>16426831it's truethe atmosphere is fucking gay
>>16427796
>>16427671elon lied, the grid fins didn't take the load, fraud
>>16427800Those mexicans are good at welding though
>>16426894just live until 2026 and 2028
>>16427806
>>16427800Angloid golem race will finally get what they deserve
>>16427814KINO
>>16427096they'll fix the tiles and maybe move the flaps a littleit's literally that simple
Well, this was niceSo when's the next test flight?
>>164278232 weeks
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845458392531529991>Ship landed precisely on target!>Second of the two objectives achieved.
>>16427823FAA says they need two more years to study the effect this booster landing had on seals.
I want to go to Mars tonight though
>>16427808>tweet from 2020
>>16427812clipped out the snippet at the start
Why are they reacting like this? I get soifacing, but this is kind of cringe. This guy does not even work at SpaceX.
>>16427703>booster rubbing all the way downI didn't expect it to be that jank but I'm not surprised.
https://x.com/SuperclusterHQ/status/1845468994741928150
https://x.com/SuperclusterHQ/status/1845467405549486473
>>16427747This is my fetish
>>16427839Surrogate activity.
>>16427839white person thing. you wouldn't get it. one of those breakfast questions but for the future of humanity
https://x.com/wapodavenport/status/1845445771480408559
>>16427839>I get soifacing, but this is kind of cringeI don't get soifacing and I think you're really cringe.
>>16427839when i see something really epic it brings a tear to my eye ngl
https://x.com/SciGuySpace/status/1845445181899673706> I don't think the FAA is a bad actor, but they weren't built for such an era or environment.
>>16427823As soon as they want I suppose, they already have the license
https://x.com/FutureJurvetson/status/1845464187935289568Everyone didnt even pay attention to the sonic boom when the booster was coming down for a catch. LMAO. The sonic boom was a nothingburger in comparison
>>16427869I think it's a bit from column A, a bit from column B.
Even if the booster can't be refurbished and relaunched, still a win for the scrap value. Just made launches 10% cheaper.
>>16427872the launch mount has usually been damagedmaybe this launch was an exception but those repairs usually take a whileSpaceX might not want to repeat the exact launch profile again because they would not learn enough new stuff, so making modifications to the vehicle and profile so that IFT-6 is not similar enough anymore etc and more FAA delays
>>16427872only if they do the same exact flight plan. not even sure they can since up next is v2 isn't it?
>>16427883there might be one v1 still
SpaceX is quietly working on a Star wars program with the government https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiLeaks/comments/1fy10k1/comment/lqqmoct/
>>16427875
>>16427891based
>>16427712the moon a gaywe have Mars missions in 2026
>>16426684>The HONK is back
>>16427893>>16427875https://x.com/FutureJurvetson/status/1845467317762683046
>>16427891Stop wasting time with reddit.
>>16427904The art deco van will be the new crew transport for SpaceX missions
>>16427902https://x.com/FutureJurvetson/status/1845469165550793018
>>16426684It's like when Gozilla finished your download and roared like t rex to let you know.
https://x.com/mrlmartinez60/status/1845447874256969880
Not everyone is happy.
https://x.com/arandatamayo_/status/1845467104083918879View of Starship from Monterrey
Starship 'Matamoros' Superheavy
>>16427930>5500 comments over 9 years on arsetechnicaDo these people have no life
>>16427930>Hopefully smarterCastrated cant help themselves
They have their own space program at this point
>>16427891It's about damn time
>Watch thundercunt on replay for the mald>"Huh it's leaning a bit, that's not normal">"Huh, that color is all wrong">"Huh, the oxygen level is too low"Imagine being a chemist and not understanding mixture of fuel to oxidizer ratios.
>>16427930seems to be a very uncommon sentiment based on those downvotesthe EDSers are coping by saying Musk has nothing to do with this
>>16427936I'm sure I've posted way more messages on 4chan in that time
>>16427941They ARE the space program at this point.
>>16427930post more of his comments. I'm curious. Somewhat certain it's a chink bot tho
>>16427747more like farted
>>16427947>he thinks the oxygen and methane levels should be the same >a chemist cant into the molar mass of chemicals
>>16427931I wonder how far away that is
>>16427950yeah but 4chan is a real-time social media website, arse comment sections are like a worse type of a forum, you just spew shit, and mostly never get a response, like screaming into the void
>>16427947if the bars are percentage of full tank, shouldn't they always be roughly the same?
>>16427941>one private company mogging entire nations who are actually trying This is the power of the free market and America the beautiful
>>16427833https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_sleep_therapy
>>16427941I can't help but wonder what life would be like if this sort of progress and efficiency were applied to every industry.
>>16427963like 2 or 3 hours from the border
>>16426572residual methane I guess
>>16427963About 200 miles
>>16427975Boeing would be building 20 Hydrogen-powered 787's every month and Heathrow would have 4 runways
>>16427978Part of the raceway fin thing blew out on landing burn.
>>16427936>>16427950NGL, thats prob atleast 1/3 - 1/5 of my post on 4chan.
>>16426727>$25.8bn/yrvs.>$1.4bn/yrI can't wait for the starlink money to come rolling in
>its lowering cool!
>>16427891>>16427896yeah, I hope they're actively working on this
>>16427963About 1.48E-7 two light weeks
>>16427941If it were somehow profitable to do in-house missions like curiosity, europa clipper, dragonfly, they’d do stuff like that too. At 1/10000the cost and quadrupole the scientific return
>>16427891>https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platformoh shit
>>16427930>area residentsspacex emloyees?
>>16427891I recall Trump said something about reviving the program years ago but I thought nothing of it. Damn, it's actually happening is it?
>>16428014>restore peace in europe and in the middle eastAre they going to nuke Israel?
do they put starlink in dragon capsules now too?
>>16428012pretty soon we'll be able to crowdfund missions
>>16428017People who thought they could hold out and milk Musk for more money than he offered them to fuck off with.
>>16428014We're bringing back Falcon 1s as home defense missiles that can load-n-go and be just as good as stupid oldspace ICBMs RRRRAHHHH
>>16427978Fix the root cause and then just add some water jets to that part of the tower to put it out
>>16428029wonder if that cards against humanity kike feels guilty about holding back humanity oh wait no haha right jewish
>>16428043lol
Golly, hope Tim Dodd is having a good time at the wedding. Much better than watching this happen live and in person.
>>16428057looks like alexander the great’s battle record
>>16428029But what pollution? The area is known for its beaches and protected wetlands. The only actual potential source of pollution would be the port of Brownsville. There's no industry in Port Isabel or South Padre Island.
>>16428057I dont trust commiepedia, what are they selling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQsLZGgseems like a lot of frost, which I guess means quite a lot of propellantbig margins here I guess?
>>16428058>kin-move your fucking head
>>16428066dontthe article talks more about the FAA vs SpaceX environmental debacle
>>16428062>protected wetlandsisn't it funny those wetlands only became protected after spacex bought the land
>>16428057NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
>>16428059is that frost? does it still have fuel left?
>>16428076Funny how that works.
>>16428025>restore peace in europe
https://x.com/bennbuilds/status/1845443025121772010
>>16428057FAAsisters.... our response?
wow still has fuel left
>>16428081Yes that's frost, yes there's still fuel and oxidizer on board. Not like they're going to just blast that out into the atmosphere all willy nilly.
>>16428058I hate absolute turds like that, zero awareness nor consideration of those around them. Complete filth.
>>16428081They need to get it all hooked up to drain I guess
>>16427891/sfg/ is fully Pebble Pilled, I've seen to that.
>>16428092they should, we need more oxygen
>>16428024The economics of it finally make sense, they've had the pebble vehicle ready since the 90's and that tech has only matured since then. It was the cost of getting the constellation into orbit that was the end for SDI, it was billions for <500 satellites iirc.
>>16428096Engines are probably spicy hot still, just waiting to lower it down and hook it up for draining.
Unironically we will be at flight 500 before we know it
it was all so sudden it feels like a flex launching immediately after the license was giveni had to drop all my plans for today
Alright, what are your predictions for Flight 6?Orbit and maybe Starlink deployment?Booster 12 reflight?
>>16428099Brilliant, even
>>16428107Would probably have done the same if I was on site. No shame in that.
>>16427941All other space programs are hobby rocket projects. SpaceX is the only real space program on this gay rock.
>>16428107walmart vibes
>>16428113orbital refueling
>>16428115
>>16427947>>16427960Being a chemist with terminal dunning krugger syndrome he probably assumes the fuel and oxidizer should be at a stochiometric ratio.
hoping they put starlink payload next launch...
one day clear will livestream her mars trip
Senator Ballast takes a knee
>>16428119my legs got weak when i walked around after the catch
Didn't get too many launch attention, but here's one from me. I guess we've already made the launch into a normal "boring" part already it seems like.
>>16428137Adrenaline dump will do that.
>>16427947why do midwits think someone having a degree or calling themselves a scientist means they suddenly become intelligent or infallible
>>16428132they could but it cant be deployed unless they get a new launch license
>>16428145I don't. You see, I'm not the person doing youtube streams pretending to be an expert.
Down she goes.
https://x.com/niccruzpatane/status/1845452325231423934
>>16428150Tesla is still a shit car.
>>16428113I think flying a new booster is more important right now than just showing you can re-fly an old booster. They already have that foundation with Falcon boosters. Chase new designs for now using what you learned from the recovered booster off the seabed and, now, a completely recovered booster.Starship upper stage will have more upgrades. More flap hardening, TPS. Ship 31 is currently slated to fly next and they’re retrofitting the thermal protection system at the massey outpost rn. No payload bay door yet.It will probably be very similar to this flight and flight 4. I’m not sure when they will test prop transfer or payload deployment—we’re still far away from any sort of payload bay door. Even for starlink
>>16428158All EVs are shit.
so whats the permanent solution for the staging problem?
>>16428158you're just mad that I used a photo of you without permission
https://x.com/SciGuySpace/status/1845451284142231981
>>16428151>Imagine being a chemist and not understanding mixture of fuel to oxidizer ratios.I don't need to imagine, the guy's clearly an idiot and a miserable anklebiter on top of it. What does him being a "chemist" have to do with anything
>>16428157boring company, you're up next
>>16428162IFT-6 should at least test relight
>>16428158Imagine the seething
>>16428165SMART reuse hostage ring lol
>>16428138It was a good looking launch though. I hope people upload their footage because this is the nicest its been in the last three launches.
>>16428113>maybe Starlink deployment?Learn to orbital inclinations
>>16428168A chemist ought to at least have a basic understanding of fuel to oxidizer ratios not necessarily being 1:1.A fucking welder would know that just by having used an acetylene/oxygen torch.
>>16428165what problem? are you talking about the hotstage ring?that is just temporary, as it was a retrofit after IFT-1a lot of the hardware is ad hoc at this prototype stageV2 and V3 Starship boosters are going to have permanent hotstage rings
>>16428169boring company already has my admiration. as a resident of a city that went through a hellish tunneling endeavor, there is just no way for me to not be in awe of what they've been able to accomplish in vegas
>>16428173>the hotstage ring sprouts wings and glides back to boca chica
>>16428170they should actually put it through a couple of orbits and, yeah, test relight. My tin foil hat theory is that they weren’t happy with the health of the Ship on the last flight or something.
>>16428169xAI should be coming out with Grok-3 by the end of the yearthere is a possibility it will be the best model when it comes out, but the competition between frontier models is pretty intense now
>While unveiling the review at the Pentagon last week, Trump went beyond that cautious language, predicting that space-based interceptors would ultimately be a "very big part of our defense and, obviously, of our offense."https://www.science.org/content/article/decades-after-reagan-s-star-wars-trump-calls-missile-defenses-would-blast-warheads-skyhow is brilliant pebbles going to be for offense? you could say its not brilliant pebbles but something like rods from god, but those would be WMD weapons, which are banned by the outer space treaty.
>>16428102Exactly. Back then there were basically two kinds of proposals and neither of them would work:>throw lots of money at scientists and HOPE they invent some new sort of super powerful but small and reusable laser so we can lase the missiles right out of the skyor>launch a metric shitton of interceptors into LEOSpaceX has now made the second option a feasible and affordable proposal.
>>16428113They're not going to refly it. First thing they'll probably do is rip off every engine and put them on the test stand one by one.
>>16428170if they do that I think they need a need license againbut who knows, I hope not
Space nigga with the latest hot take
one picture left, what do?
>>16428195We text board now.
>>16428195Hotstaging time
SPMT on the move
>>16428186If you can attack an enemy which can't attack back then that allows you to be more aggressive
starship tests use raptor 2, right? when did they switch from 1 to 2 for test flights?
they are rolling out the stand
>>16428205lol this soon, even with the propellant in there?
>>16427891>It’s important to note what this is not. Reagan’s dream of stopping massed ICBMs remains out of reach, and Mutual Assured Destruction isn’t going away, Griffin said.Lame! What's even the point? You got my hopes up.
>>16427947Another day another +10k in the bank
Will we see static fire of this booster?
>>16428212nigga
>>16428214Don't worry. I made sure not to watch his malding ass long enough for him to earn anything.
>>16428186Imagine if you and another guy each have a gun. Now imagine if you become bulletproof.
>>16428212>anime girls cums live on stream
>>16428195Recycle >>16424225
>>16428199there is the other early staged thread left too
>>16428224yeah probably for the bestreusing>>16424225>>16424225>>16424225
>>16428222i dont think brilliant pebbles is good for attacking targets on earth. at that point it would be rods from god if it could do so.
>>16428225we have autism here so someone will post at page 10 regardless
>>16428232there is a rule about early staging when imagelimit is hit
>>16428238the one anon who really really cares about making OPs will not care
>>16428231Brilliant pebbles is the thing that makes you bulletproof.
>>16428239I think he agrees with that rule, its not about making OPs, its about following sensible rules so there aren't 5 threads that get deleted randomlythe jannies seem not to have a problem with early staging if imagelimit is reached due to the raritytends to happen only around events
>>16428192Look at fuel level at landing, it was almost empty.
>>16428295I doubt the graphs on stream are very accurate
>>16428295>>16428314Nigga was correct, that is way more visible fuel than there should be. There is a separate landing tank, they didn't need all the wasted weight penalty
the retards at spacex didn't think about how to drain the propellant safely
>>16428326On the other hand maybe they wanted to play it safe and give it more time to hover and position itself
>>16428167>>16428157Kinda cringe trying to tie the two together. One has demonstrated tangible real world results. The other did not.
>>16428335the real world benefit of reducing the time/chance I have to spend with non-whites is priceless
>>16428331literally just let it boil off
>>16428331The correct way to handle residual propellants in a rocket that you cannot otherwise detank is to let them boil off.
>>16428314Yeah, people who catched a huge skyscraper from space ,are too dumb to get data right.
>>16428346I don't think you understand. Anyone can build a canned prototype on wheels. Delivering autonomous driving is another thing.
>>16428326>Nigga was correct, that is way more visible fuel than there should be. There is a separate landing tank!You are confused. There are "landing" tanks in Starship, but not Booster.
>>16428239nah, staging at image limit makes sense, geez anon you're STILL upset about this?you're calling me autistic but you might have some tism yourself.
>>16427966You're also a permanent namefag, ME ME ME ME ME, I think this, look at ME and doot ME up as I virtue signal!Even on Slashdot, I post anon half the time
>>16428183Kek that'd be pretty sick
>>16428371The booster has one too, clearly you are a tourist and don't follow day to day progress. Its not a header tank, its down near the engines.The outer tank wall could have been drained completely in the boostback burn, a separate tank holds enough propellant to land
>>16428058>BOING t-shirt (close enough)
>>16428399It has a liquid oxygen landing burn tank, and uses the propellant supply line and sump area for methane.
>>16427966>you just spew shit, and mostly never get a response, like screaming into the voidthat's literally 4chan though
>>16428399Image limit or there would be a picture here showing just how completly wrong you are.
>>16428158I bet there's bigger panel gaps in the Tesla than that mud hut>smug-loli.jpg
>>16428186Mutually Assured Destruction becomes Unilaterally Assured Destruction and both nuclear war and conventional warfare only happen if the US DoD approves.
>>16428113Multiple orbits.Barge landing attempt for ship.RVac relight.Better flap TPS (still had some flap burn through).
>>16428374No I just think you're a freak. How many unnecessary generals have you made so far to date all to please your autism? Bet you'll do it again regardless since you can't help yourself
HULLO KINOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSgyGH07BrY
What does a reusable super heavy booster mean in terms of the economics of sending payloads to orbit?
We need to go to 2000 replies bros. Also where can I find more footage of the booster landing?
>>16428598Order of magnitude lower cost per kg to orbit than Falcon.
>>164286202 orders of magnitude
>>16428598$2 per brilliant pebble
>>16428519Hüllo, Scott Münley.Fly Süfe!
>>16425626what cunt? in turd gay dpitunnel works for me.
did they release good footage of Starship water landing?
>>16426185How long before he has to start claiming that space is fake?
>>16424419It would be interesting if Elon also sued the MSM for defamation.Because he is literally getting persecuted by a state based on fake news from years ago.
why the fuck are there two /sfg/ thread going on at the same time? The fuck are the mods doing?
>>16428059It looks like it's ready to go again.
>>16429078cadence
>>16429078Don't worry I'll make another since we're at image limit
>>16428115she is so smart and attractive
>>16428158I love mine
rocket surgery has never been this easy before
>>16427679>>16427774>>16427761Elon came up with it, check the book>>16422511
>>16424495>they're still committing national suicide by cop in ukraine regardlessI'm pretty sure the ZOG in Kiev is living on borrowed time (and money) and can not survive if the very generous US/NATO spigot ever gets shut off.
>>16428192They probably wanted to have a wide margin so it could hover for longer if necessary.Also, I'm not sure if there is a payload sim or what in Starship, but if it's not fully loaded then the booster won't use as much fuel lifting it.When they start carrying actual payloads and launching into higher orbits the booster will presumably have smaller fuel margins.
>>16424357Orbital Assembly rebranded to Above Space (https://abovespace.com/). Obviously, like most NewSpace companies, they realize after their funding round that they underestimated the time and cost of their project. Building a Von Braun wheel / mini Standford Taurus is still their long term goal but they are starting off with sending up pressurized satellite buses/capsules in orbit to generate revenue and to test technology. They state they want to send it up in Q4 2024 so there's a chance they are talking about fiscal year meaning late this year to early next year. Vast Space might beat them to artificial gravity though.
>>16424354put me in the screencap
>>16427839we're all gonna make it, you wouldn't understandit wasn't guaranteed before but now it's going to happen, we can all see it with our own damn eyes and we're all gonna make it>>16428186kinetic orbital bombardment is NOT a WMD
>>16429470death to Muscovites, m8
Where's the new thread?
>>16424354space port on the falkland islands when?
>>16430829people are staging at image limit now for some reason.
