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Originally Posted By macpherson:
I get that it's a prototype, but that thing looks really really rough. Buckled sheet metal, rust, the whole thing looks slapped together, and they just "decide" not to use the nose cone after it gets damaged? That sounds more to me like Musk saying "build it anyway" and not a decision they arrived at by thoughtful analysis. There's doing it better faster smarter, and there's being needlessly reckless. SpaceX is not out of the woods by any stretch; I bet the SJW's at NASA would love to see SpaceX sidelined. now it will be interesting how the orbital test vehicle looks. |
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I strongly suspect that during the design of Falcon Heavy, it became obvious that a unitized booster/spaceship was really the way to go.
Elon musk repeatedly said that getting 3 boosters to play nice together was "crazy hard". |
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Originally Posted By macpherson:
SpaceX is not out of the woods by any stretch; I bet the SJW's at NASA would love to see SpaceX sidelined. |
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Looks like they'll be performing a short test between 1000 and 1600 tomorrow. https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/cameron-county-publishes-notice-of-spacex-testing/article_4f1c6704-4a62-11e9-8d11-d36ef4e1b961.html |
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I've yet to be disappointed with the Space X Program.
Reminds me of growing up in the 1960's and closely following the 'Space Race' with my Father. Really inspired me, led to a great career in electronics technology. |
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Originally Posted By Pavelow16478:
SpaceX goes all in on stainless steel for Starship and scraps carbon fiber tooling https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/86377/915DC288-BD37-4D5A-9212-4879FDBC3138_jpeg-884540.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/86377/7587A404-1AA1-4EAC-B3A9-3B8C6D7E0339_jpeg-884541.JPG |
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Originally Posted By castlebravo84: I understand that using some flavor of Inconel makes sense for Starship due to the need to survive orbital reentry, but why not make the Super Heavy booster out of composite? Is Super Heavy going to be hitting higher reentry speeds than the Falcon 9 booster? Maybe they are planning a future Super Heavy Heavy? |
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Originally Posted By Pavelow16478:
I would say commonality for manufacturing. Only one material to develop production processes for vs two. Economies of scale are better using a common material on both Super Heavy and Starship. Development times should be shorter as well. Originally Posted By Pavelow16478:
Originally Posted By castlebravo84: I understand that using some flavor of Inconel makes sense for Starship due to the need to survive orbital reentry, but why not make the Super Heavy booster out of composite? Is Super Heavy going to be hitting higher reentry speeds than the Falcon 9 booster? Maybe they are planning a future Super Heavy Heavy? Repair on stainless will be much easier than repair of composites. I imagine a properly designed stainless booster (with the new alloys that they hinted at) will wear better, be more easily repairable, more easily upgradeable and easier to build right. Composites are not as rare or unknown as they once were, or as expensive, but stainless is simpler. |
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Originally Posted By Pavelow16478:
I would say commonality for manufacturing. Only one material to develop production processes for vs two. Economies of scale are better using a common material on both Super Heavy and Starship. Development times should be shorter as well. A Stainless booster would also gain performance because it wouldn't even need to perform an entry burn like the current SX boosters do. |
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Originally Posted By macpherson:
I get that it's a prototype, but that thing looks really really rough. Buckled sheet metal, rust, the whole thing looks slapped together, and they just "decide" not to use the nose cone after it gets damaged? That sounds more to me like Musk saying "build it anyway" and not a decision they arrived at by thoughtful analysis. There's doing it better faster smarter, and there's being needlessly reckless. SpaceX is not out of the woods by any stretch; I bet the SJW's at NASA would love to see SpaceX sidelined. |
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Originally Posted By Neotopiaman: It looks a little silly, but bolted on the bottom of it is the most advanced rocket engine ever made. |
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Super fast travel using outer space could be $20 billion market, disrupting airlines, UBS predicts
UBS believes there will be very lucrative ramifications from the space flight efforts currently led by Virgin Galactic, SpaceX and Blue Origin.
A lengthy UBS report published on Sunday found that, in a decade, high speed travel via outer space will represent an annual market of at least $20 billion and compete with long-distance airline flights. Space tourism will be a $3 billion market by 2030, UBS estimates. |
There is a live video camera watching the Starship Hopper
 STARSHIP CAM - SpaceX Boca Chica Texas Live View of Starship Hopper Launches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7zia2HqOOc |
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Originally Posted By MadMonkey:
SpaceX is steamrolling the rest of the world when it comes to launches, not just NASA. That's already a ridiculous accomplishment. Originally Posted By MadMonkey:
Originally Posted By macpherson:
SpaceX is not out of the woods by any stretch; I bet the SJW's at NASA would love to see SpaceX sidelined.  ). Government agencies, especially leftist ones, HATE to look bad; they would jump at a chance to drag down a successful capitalist venture for the slightest misstep.So far SpaceX has been nailing it, but the stakes are getting higher and higher; they can't afford to get sloppy at this point. Also, I'm more concerned about anything Elon Musk is involved with, he's become a loose cannon and a potential liability for anything he's associated with and I don't have confidence in his decision making anymore. |
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Originally Posted By hdhogman:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1107378575924035584 Originally Posted By hdhogman:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1107378575924035584 NASA has a new innovation that represents an exciting leap forward in reusable thermal protection systems (TPS) technology. The Toughened Uni-Piece Fibrous Reinforced Oxidation-Resistant Composite (TUFROC) allows for much more affordable and sustainable operations involving Space Launch Services and other systems that utilize Earth re-entry vehicles. TUFROC has an exposed surface design and appropriate materials combination that will allow a space vehicle to survive both the mechanical stresses of the initial ascent and the extreme heating and stress of re-entry. It provides a thermal protection tile attachment system that is suitable for application to a space vehicle leading edge and for other uses in extreme heating environments (up to 3600 degree F., and possibly higher, for short time intervals)
Benefits Flight tested Survives high heat fluxes 3600 degree F. and above Light weight Modular, therefore easily replaceable Low cost to fabricate and maintain Easier to design - can be fabricated and tested in various configurations Reusable thermal protection system Provides a composite insulating structure |
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It doesn't look like TUFROC. It looks metallic, you can see the reflections of the torches because of how shiny it is.
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something happened around 10:17am
venting LOX? STARSHIP CAM - SpaceX Boca Chica Texas Live View of Starship Hopper Launches |
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Originally Posted By macpherson:
I get that it's a prototype, but that thing looks really really rough. Buckled sheet metal, rust, the whole thing looks slapped together, and they just "decide" not to use the nose cone after it gets damaged? That sounds more to me like Musk saying "build it anyway" and not a decision they arrived at by thoughtful analysis. There's doing it better faster smarter, and there's being needlessly reckless. SpaceX is not out of the woods by any stretch; I bet the SJW's at NASA would love to see SpaceX sidelined. |
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Originally Posted By Neotopiaman:
It kinda looks like a giant R2D2 https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c1/99/9f/c1999fedf88288fb6ac2fd87e342d575.jpg 
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Originally Posted By macpherson: It is and I hope they continue, but they are also making government agencies like NASA and the ULA look like the inefficient and bloated and ineffective programs that they are (first astronaut on Mars WILL be a woman? ). Government agencies, especially leftist ones, HATE to look bad; they would jump at a chance to drag down a successful capitalist venture for the slightest misstep.So far SpaceX has been nailing it, but the stakes are getting higher and higher; they can't afford to get sloppy at this point. Also, I'm more concerned about anything Elon Musk is involved with, he's become a loose cannon and a potential liability for anything he's associated with and I don't have confidence in his decision making anymore. The speed with which SpaceX can pivot from what seems like a good design at first but isn't, to a better design makes goverment bureaucrats run for their safe space. |
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Originally Posted By Whippet06:
Elon Musk is the dreamer for SpaceX. He and the engineers come up with innovative things to try that are so far outside of the box that NASA bean counters are to afraid to even look at. Gwynne Shotwell is the "saner" head that translates the dreams to reality. The speed with which SpaceX can pivot from what seems like a good design at first but isn't, to a better design makes goverment bureaucrats run for their safe space. |
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1) is there only 1 raptor engine on the hopper?
2) Do they plan to land it like the boosters? 4) if so that would imply guidance systems right? 3) any side thrusters to control pitch and yaw stabilization? ( I think I’m using the terms correctly) |
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Originally Posted By m35ben:
If SpaceX says that during the flight there is a problem. 
Its called the Pelosi Maneuver. You have to launch it to find out where it's going. |
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I am VERY PROUD that the heavy open die forging, heat treating, machining plant where I retired from, young, Master E-Tech, EE, hosted a 'tour' of Elon's engineers, came through and we are producing 'parts' for them.
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Originally Posted By castlebravo84: I understand that using some flavor of Inconel makes sense for Starship due to the need to survive orbital reentry, but why not make the Super Heavy booster out of composite? Is Super Heavy going to be hitting higher reentry speeds than the Falcon 9 booster? Maybe they are planning a future Super Heavy Heavy? |
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Originally Posted By Element94:
Just straight up and back down, or all over? Originally Posted By Element94:
Originally Posted By Pavelow16478:
This one is supposed to go up to 5 km in altitude, eventually. The next one is being built at the site and will be orbital. 
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Originally Posted By 3Trip: One major Reason for using stainless steel for the booster not mentioned yet, is it’s stronger under cryogenic tempatures, so a fully fueled rocket is stronger when it’s needed, that means they can use less material & save weight. A metal one just goes to the scrap heap to be recycled. |
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Originally Posted By Pavelow16478:
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Originally Posted By RhinelandArms: Another reason is that Graphite fibers, boron fibers and epoxy resins are really nasty stuff. Long term exposure to those as well as what to do with the waste or end of life product is a nightmare. There are a lot of lawsuites about DOD contractors being exposed to that stuff. A metal one just goes to the scrap heap to be recycled. |
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Originally Posted By RhinelandArms: Another reason is that Graphite fibers, boron fibers and epoxy resins are really nasty stuff. Long term exposure to those as well as what to do with the waste or end of life product is a nightmare. There are a lot of lawsuites about DOD contractors being exposed to that stuff. A metal one just goes to the scrap heap to be recycled. |
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Tim Dodd is livestreaming like a mile away, he can hear it fueling up, hopefully they go for a hop today:
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