Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Uranus to be a challenge. Five planets to line up in night sky - BBC News 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 This is likely to be spectacular whether it works or not. It's huge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 The eventual aim. I suspect the chances of Starship ever working even for Earth orbit are less than 50/50, we should get an indication later this month if the FAA play ball. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 They've got permission to launch, earliest will be 1pm our time on Monday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Still on.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 2pm earliest lift off now, been put back an hour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 (edited) Some independent commentary before SpaceX start their coverage around 1.15-1.30 pm. Launch ETA now 2.20 pm. Edited April 17, 2023 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Ain't Texas purty! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 SpaceX coverage has started. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 (edited) Launch postponed, something to do with excess pressure. Fucking boo... 48 hours delay minimum. P.S. Unsure if it was low or high pressure but it was probably a valve problem similar to the delay on SLS. 48 hours depends on it being an individual valve problem rather than hunners of them, which would be unlikely as they've had a few pressurisation tests already. Edited April 17, 2023 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 8 hours ago, welshbairn said: Ain't Texas purty! It’s flat as a snooker table around Laguna Madre, which is why SpaceX built there…right next to (and polluting) one of only six hypersaline lagoons in the world. It’s also roasting a goodly number of protected species, but Elon… My eyes are more drawn to this when around that part of South Texas: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 13 minutes ago, TxRover said: It’s flat as a snooker table around Laguna Madre, which is why SpaceX built there…right next to (and polluting) one of only six hypersaline lagoons in the world. It’s also roasting a goodly number of protected species, but Elon… My eyes are more drawn to this when around that part of South Texas: There isn't too much seaside real estate left unpopulated and far south enough to get some equatorial spin boost, and also within the US for national security and NASA funding issues, along with plenty locals hungry for jobs a few miles away in Brownsville. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 5 hours ago, welshbairn said: There isn't too much seaside real estate left unpopulated and far south enough to get some equatorial spin boost, and also within the US for national security and NASA funding issues, along with plenty locals hungry for jobs a few miles away in Brownsville. The answer is Hawaii…or Wake…or Guam, but, as you note, the locals there expect higher pay. It does make one wonder where would have needed invaded if the U.S. had realized the need for an equatorial acquisition before the 1920’s…Panama comes to mind. On the whole, Puerto Rico would be best for SpaceX, if it wasn’t such a shithole for families due to screwed up U.S. priorities and laws. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, TxRover said: The answer is Hawaii…or Wake…or Guam, but, as you note, the locals there expect higher pay. It does make one wonder where would have needed invaded if the U.S. had realized the need for an equatorial acquisition before the 1920’s…Panama comes to mind. On the whole, Puerto Rico would be best for SpaceX, if it wasn’t such a shithole for families due to screwed up U.S. priorities and laws. Much easier having it on the mainland, especially when your rocket engines are being manufactured up the road in McGregor and other stuff in Austin, along with NASA contacts and assets in Houston. And it's probably politically advantageous too when much of your funding requires Congressional approval. Edited April 18, 2023 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 10 hours ago, TxRover said: It’s flat as a snooker table around Laguna Madre, which is why SpaceX built there…right next to (and polluting) one of only six hypersaline lagoons in the world. It’s also roasting a goodly number of protected species, but Elon… My eyes are more drawn to this when around that part of South Texas: You're a hypersaline lagoon! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 They're aiming to try again from 2.28 pm Thursday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 7 hours ago, welshbairn said: Much easier having it on the mainland, especially when your rocket engines are being manufactured up the road in McGregor and other stuff in Austin, along with NASA contacts and assets in Houston. And it's probably politically advantageous too when much of your funding requires Congressional approval. Agree, but McGregor was always a strange choice due to a lack of ability to to launch anything from that area. I guess he was piggybacking off the development of a minor Silicon Lrairie that was touted at Roundrock. The outsized political value of Texas is long gone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, TxRover said: The outsized political value of Texas is long gone. It still has 38 reps in the House, pork barrel is huge in NASA funding which in turn SpaceX relies on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, welshbairn said: It still has 38 reps in the House, pork barrel is huge in NASA funding which in turn SpaceX relies on. Which is why I don’t understand not putting the engine facility in Florida and barging the engines over…that would add another 28 reps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, TxRover said: Which is why I don’t understand not putting the engine facility in Florida and barging the engines over…that would add another 28 reps. They've got plenty going on in Florida, and California too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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