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News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.
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Nothing official.
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Still no joy my end, Firefox.
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I am on Firefox and can see @STS 's and other Xitter links fine, but they are blocked by default by Firefox and one needs to right click to allow them.
I only see text from @GLS. I think it is something on GLS's end on how they are posting the links, not a Firefox thing.
EDIT: I get this from one of GLS's posts this morning that shows how blocked X links are treated:
But GLS's posts later in the day come across as just text:
I am on Firefox 138.0.1 on Linux Mint.
I only see text from @GLS. I think it is something on GLS's end on how they are posting the links, not a Firefox thing.
EDIT: I get this from one of GLS's posts this morning that shows how blocked X links are treated:
But GLS's posts later in the day come across as just text:
I am on Firefox 138.0.1 on Linux Mint.
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Now this has to work:
Also on FF and it works... maybe I unblocked it.
I have no account, and use https://nitter.poast.org/ to navigate on xitter
Also on FF and it works... maybe I unblocked it.
I have no account, and use https://nitter.poast.org/ to navigate on xitter
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"The FAA has given the go for flight 9 of Starship"
If I'm not lost, current NET should be 27th, but with S35 sitting waiting for yet another static fire either overnight or tomorrow, after which it will need final checkouts and "satellite" loading, no booster rollout yet, and the long weekend over there, I'm guessing it slips later in the week.
If I'm not lost, current NET should be 27th, but with S35 sitting waiting for yet another static fire either overnight or tomorrow, after which it will need final checkouts and "satellite" loading, no booster rollout yet, and the long weekend over there, I'm guessing it slips later in the week.
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So far seems on track, booster's in place and ship is loaded and expected to roll out today.
Anyway, "details" on what happened with Flight 8 (details is a very strong word here):
Stating the issue with F8 was distinct from F7 (and that the F7 fixes worked), but the wording is also curious (until it failed they worked? lol). And feels like there's a lot of missing info anyway, not really describing root causes.
And Flight 9 plans:
TL;DR booster to be expended due to higher risk from reuse, using it to test more aggressive angle of attack during descent, intentionally disabling a centre engine for landing to test a middle ring compensating for it, and then going down to two engines for the "catch". Ship plan unchanged.
Interesting tidbit on the booster flip:
"Following stage separation, the booster will flip in a controlled direction before initiating its boostback burn. This will be achieved by blocking several of the vents on the vehicle’s hotstage adapter, causing the thrust from Starship’s engines to push the booster in a known direction. Previous booster flips went in a randomized direction based on a directional push from small differences in thrust from Starship’s upper stage engines at ignition. Flipping in a known direction will require less propellant to be held in reserve, enabling the use of more propellant during ascent to enable additional payload mass to orbit."
I'd think they have the ability to know the ignition stagger on the ship and thus where torque would show up first, instead of requiring the booster to react in real time, not that it's a bad capability to have.
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Since it didn't make it to orbit, it's impossible to know if the fixes for F7 really worked or they would have failed later in the flight if the F8 issue hadn't happened
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Another fireworks show tonight!
T0 at 23:30 UTC
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T0 at 23:30 UTC
SpaceX live stream (only on xitter, youtube ones are fake and/or scams)
Everyday Astronaut live stream
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Well well well, here I thought all we'd get today was aspirational Mars fluff from Elon:
Should be for B18, first of the next gen, which started stacking this month. Welcome back N1.
Should be for B18, first of the next gen, which started stacking this month. Welcome back N1.
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T-10 minutes.
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T-2 minutes, but a hold at T-40s is coming up...
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Counting...
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