welshbairn Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Couple of the Youtube channels building up to the launch, both will (I think) switch to the SpaceX feed for launch so you don't have to watch it on a crappy twitter feed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 On 12/03/2024 at 12:29, Salt n Vinegar said: "Starship"? "Starship"? In what sense is this thing a "Starship"? Which "star" is it planned to visit? Are they going to crash it into the sun? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) 70% weather favourability, launch ETA 12.30 pm our time. SpaceX coverage should start about 5 to 12, direct from their website is probably best. Very foggy so we might not see much. https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-3 Edited March 14 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Looks like 1pm attempt now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 They shouldn't do this tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 36 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Looks like 1pm attempt now. 1.25 pm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 SpaceX coverage now live. https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-3 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 18 hours ago, tinkerbelle said: Hopefully cos I’ve got the dentist at 2.30.. tie your tooth to the tailfin and you'll save money 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Love the lift music 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budmiester1 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 5 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said: Love the lift music Music to fly by 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 minute ago, budmiester1 said: Music to fly by Streaking through the sky at 16000 mph - "Do be dooby doob doob dooo" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budmiester1 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Everything seem to be going to plan so apart from the booster engines failing to light on the return but they seem pretty upbeat about it all so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, budmiester1 said: Everything seem to be going to plan so apart from the booster engines failing to light on the return but they seem pretty upbeat about it all so far. And looks like both parts blew up on re-entry, probably automatically destroyed because of lost control, but another big step. Doubt it will be landing humans on Earth or the Moon until 2030 earliest though, which will put back NASA's return to the moon by a few more years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 30 minutes ago, welshbairn said: And looks like both parts blew up on re-entry, probably automatically destroyed because of lost control... Seems not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, welshbairn said: Seems not. Can you imagine having to work with this Berger cūnt? Actually, I can, because I do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Can you imagine having to work with this Berger cūnt? Actually, I can, because I do. Well done Wilson, now that you've burnt the office down we can use what we've learnt to stop you doing it again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, welshbairn said: Well done Wilson, now that you've burnt the office down we can use what we've learnt to stop you doing it again. They made me a Fire Marshal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 The Space X reminds me of the Soviet N1 which was their answer to the Saturn V. The N1 had 30 small engines whereas the Saturn V had 4 bloody big ones. Apparently if he'd lived Soviet rocket designer Sergiy Korolev (a hero of mine) wouldn't have used so many little engines. Trying to get 30 rocket engines to function altogether with the vibrations each engine creates is a bit tricky and the N1 wasn't particularly successful. I'm no rocket scientist so I'm wondering why Space X are bothering with lots of little engines instead of having less but bigger. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 7 hours ago, tamthebam said: I'm no rocket scientist so I'm wondering why Space X are bothering with lots of little engines instead of having less but bigger. Taken from an interview Spoiler The company's development of the Falcon 9 rocket, with nine engines, had given Musk confidence that SpaceX could scale up to 27 engines in flight, and he believed this was a better overall solution for the thrust needed to escape Earth's gravity. To explain why, the former computer scientist used a computer metaphor. "It’s sort of like the way modern computer systems are set up," Musk said. "With Google or Amazon they have large numbers of small computers, such that if one of the computers goes down it doesn’t really affect your use of Google or Amazon. That’s different from the old model of the mainframe approach, when you have one big mainframe and if it goes down, the whole system goes down." For computers, Musk said, using large numbers of small computers ends up being a more efficient, smarter, and faster approach than using a few larger, more powerful computers. So it was with rocket engines. "It’s better to use a large number of small engines," Musk said. With the Falcon Heavy rocket, he added, up to half a dozen engines could fail and the rocket would still make it to orbit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkie84 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 The reentry footage was amazing. In couldn’t believe how long it was able to broadcast for under those conditions. 1 step closer ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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