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Post by stan88 on Feb 3, 2021 14:10:19 GMT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwZl6YV3xYAScott Manley vid gives a possible reason why it failed and why the FAA have a few issues. Having watched that I would sell my house to space x for the maximum dollar and go. After all any money you make from sightseers could disappear in a flash.
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Post by registerme on Feb 23, 2021 1:42:38 GMT
The FAA has approved its launch license. Or gone "well, he's going to ignore what we say anyway so...".
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Post by Companion Cube on Feb 23, 2021 17:49:47 GMT
The FAA has approved its launch license. Or gone "well, he's going to ignore what we say anyway so...". Are you getting confused with the FCA? 
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Post by dan1 on Mar 3, 2021 15:30:58 GMT
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Post by bracknellboy on Mar 3, 2021 20:08:29 GMT
we could be on. I've not watched StarShip launch live before. Exciting.
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Post by dan1 on Mar 3, 2021 20:10:22 GMT
we could be on. I've not watched StarShip launch live before. Exciting. SpaceX stream now live... www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDEgFsefrGwEdit: aborted on ignition of Raptor engines - "outside of expected bounds" (I think he said)
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Post by bracknellboy on Mar 3, 2021 20:16:22 GMT
or not.....
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Post by registerme on Mar 3, 2021 21:38:18 GMT
They're going again. About an hour.
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Post by dan1 on Mar 3, 2021 23:22:24 GMT
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Post by registerme on Mar 3, 2021 23:26:53 GMT
I have THE widest smile right now You and me both. That was impressive. Not perfect, but damn, impressive. Almost more impressive for the fact that it was so nearly right. Love him or loathe him Mush does make some incredible things happen.
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Post by registerme on Mar 3, 2021 23:30:02 GMT
And then lol.
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Post by dan1 on Mar 3, 2021 23:30:22 GMT
I have THE widest smile right now You and me both. That was impressive. Not perfect, but damn, impressive. Almost more impressive for the fact that it was so nearly right. Love him or loathe him Mush does make some incredible things happen. Fabulous, it's just blown itself up.
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Post by bracknellboy on Mar 4, 2021 8:03:13 GMT
They're going again. About an hour. shame I missed this post...........i got the impression from the previous commentary that they thought it was doing a complete defuel and therefore it was probably off for the immediate..... I've just watched the vid on the BBC, but that only goes up to landing. need to find one that also shows the post landing rapid unplanned disassembly.
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Post by dan1 on Mar 4, 2021 9:52:44 GMT
What I find insane is that unless you follow these things you wouldn't know that SpaceX Falcon 9 + Merlin has, within the last couple of hours, delivered another 60 Starlink satellites to orbit (the 20th batch) to provide functioning satellite based broadband comms using a booster reused 8 times AND landed it autonomously on a drone ship to be re-used yet again. Considering where they were 5 years ago this is simply staggering and I wonder where we'll be in another 5 years with Starship + Raptor.
Peter Beck and Rocket Lab have just announced they'll fund raise to build the Neutron rocket with re-usable first stage which is set to compete with Falcon 9. What do they say, immitation is the best form of flattery or something?
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Post by Nomad on Mar 5, 2021 13:56:51 GMT
What I find insane is that unless you follow these things you wouldn't know that SpaceX Falcon 9 + Merlin has, within the last couple of hours, delivered another 60 Starlink satellites to orbit (the 20th batch) to provide functioning satellite based broadband comms using a booster reused 8 times AND landed it autonomously on a drone ship to be re-used yet again. Considering where they were 5 years ago this is simply staggering and I wonder where we'll be in another 5 years with Starship + Raptor. Peter Beck and Rocket Lab have just announced they'll fund raise to build the Neutron rocket with re-usable first stage which is set to compete with Falcon 9. What do they say, immitation is the best form of flattery or something? Meanwhile, I've recently moved into a major city in the West Midlands and don't have enough cellphone signal to make voice calls. I guess I should be grateful to even receive the SMS I need to log into my banks etc... And when I fly in a jet airliner it travels no faster than those of the 1960s.
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