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Starship Development Thread October 2024
  • Really looking forward to tomorrow! I'll set my expectations low and think that they won't attempt a catch, so that I can be pleasantly surprised if it happens. Also, I hope the work on the ship's TPS will be enough to avoid any burn-through this time!

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    Starship Development Thread #56
  • No sure that's already pretty great. It's just that given their objectives and their fly-break-fix methodology, they really need to crank up those numbers!

    (And also, I'm a bit impatient haha.)

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    Starship Integrated Flight Test 4 Launch Discussion and Updates Thread!
  • Well fuck, I'm speechless. Amazing test flight!

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    Starship Development Thread #56
  • I will set my expectations pretty low as usual haha, so that I'm at worst satisfied with the outcome, and at best, pleasantly surprised.

    So, I'm thinking the ship is not going to make it to splashdown. If Flight 4 is a repeat of Flight 3 minus the tumbling and with the ship going a bit farther into the reentry, then it's already progress. For the booster, from the SpaceX article they published some time ago, it seems that the issue requires a redesign, and that the fix applied on Booster 11 is only partial. I wouldn't be surprised if it still RUDs during the landing burn, but who knows?

    What I'm more interested about is the flight rate, which is not so great at the moment.

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    Japanese billionaire cancels planned Starship lunar mission
  • Yep, could be a multitude of factors. And as others said, he has flown to the ISS now, so maybe it quenched his desire for spaceflight.

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    Japanese billionaire cancels planned Starship lunar mission
  • Again, it's fair speculation, and I don't necessarily disagree with you, but it's just that, speculation.

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    Starship Development Thread #56
  • Can't wait for Thursday, it's going to be great!

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    Japanese billionaire cancels planned Starship lunar mission
  • Musk sure has derailed since COVID, but making a link between this and the cancellation of DearMoon is... a stretch, at best. Unless you have some source to back up that claim. I'm just nitpicking about the form, since you kind of presented it as a fact while it's pure speculation (to my knowledge).

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    Starship Development Thread #54
  • We're getting close, very exciting!

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    Starship Development Thread #52
  • Now with an overpressure notice for tomorrow, I'm hopeful it's a good sign that even if something major happened, the booster did not take a serious hit.

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    Starship Development Thread #52
  • Really hoping for no major setback after what happened during the last tests with the booster.

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    Starship Development Thread #51
  • Might make sense to post space_rocket_builder's words here as well, given his past record.

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    Starship Development Thread #51
  • Thanks for the daily updates, much appreciated.

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    Starship Development Thread #50
  • If the launch happens on 13th of Nov (which is a big if), I won't be able to watch it live, sadly. Well, c'est la vie.

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    Starship Development Thread #49
  • Didn't think we would see a delay because of regulatory processes... that was not on my bingo card.

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    Starship Development Thread #48
  • I think right after the last static fire, u/space_rocket_builder correctly predicted the number of engines that were lit up and ran correctly, before we got an official statement. So at least, there is that.

    I agree with other people regarding Musk's statement about Starship readiness: he's probably trying to pressure the FAA into giving a launch license as soon as possible. But that doesn't mean SpaceX is actually ready to launch.

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    Starship Development Thread #48
  • I remember that day, good memories.

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    [New Yorker] Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule
  • Interesting read, thanks for sharing. Well, it's no secret that Musk derailed during COVID, and never came back on track.

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    Iloé, Lysandre, Hadès… Quand les parents cherchent un prénom "unique" pour leur enfant
  • Porter ce prénom, ça doit être un enfer.

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    Vers des supraconducteurs à température ambiante?
  • Très intéressant, merci pour le partage.

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