Space In General

[Dennisch]

I can't still quite process how cartoonishly cool the Starships are.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Edit: sources say T-0 at 2:14pm Central

 

[CodeRedR51]

Official stream

 

[CodeRedR51]

Abort at ignition. SpaceX will stay live while they evaluate the data. They might try again.

 

[TB]

Scrubbed launch is better than a failed launch.

Reset, try again.

 

[TB]

Looks like they're going to attempt it again in 2 hours.

 

[CodeRedR51]

 

[CodeRedR51]

Fuel is loading. Probably 25 minutes away.

 

[Dennisch]

10 minutes to go.

 

[Dennisch]

IT HAS LANDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TB]

IT HAS LANDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mostly.

 

[CodeRedR51]

And it's leaning.

But it's vertical, and that's a big step in the right direction.

 

[TB]

Leaning Tower of Boca Chica.

 

[Dennisch]

Aawww. That was that. Shame.

Edit,

And now we wait for the trolls to come barging in.

 

[Blitz24]

Did I hear correctly that it sort of tipped over and went boom?

 

[Dennisch]

Did I hear correctly that it sort of tipped over and went boom?

It had a tilt, probably because of a leg failure, and it exploded because of a leak, most likely because of damaged panels.

 

[CodeRedR51]

It launched twice.

 

[Dennisch]

It launched twice.

That's also progress!

 

[Dotini]

It launched twice.

Imagine the thrill of landing safely on the Moon or Mars, then only to have the ship explode seconds later.

 

[Leadfoot530]

Remember that argument about success and failures a few attempts before?

What the heck do we call this?

Still, amazing. Glad we finally got one to sit for a bit, just gotta work on those landing legs a bit.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Imagine the thrill of landing safely on the Moon or Mars, then only to have the ship explode seconds later.

At least people with Tesla's could hail your death as a victory for disruption over legacy space agencies.

Also...

 

[CodeRedR51]

Imagine the thrill of landing safely on the Moon or Mars, then only to have the ship explode seconds later.

Well the Starships that will land on the moon will not use Raptor engines. Either way, they won't be putting people on these things until they are reliable enough to do so.

 

[Famine]

Thunderbirds (1965)​

 

[CodeRedR51]

So, uh, this would have helped if it was working properly...

 

[Dotini]

So, uh, this would have helped if it was working properly...

AJ Foyt used to marvel at the crappy workmanship and welding on the Lotus cars he saw starting to appear at Indianapolis. It appears Elon Musk follows the same school of design that Colin Chapman did.

 

[CodeRedR51]

AJ Foyt used to marvel at the crappy workmanship and welding on the Lotus cars he saw starting to appear at Indianapolis. It appears Elon Musk follows the same school of design that Colin Chapman did.

Elon is not a fan of the current leg design. They're working on a better version. Nothing wrong with the welds here, they just didn't lock into place like they were supposed to.

 

[Danoff]

Elon is not a fan of the current leg design. They're working on a better version. Nothing wrong with the welds here, they just didn't lock into place like they were supposed to.

If this thing is supposed to be crewed at some point, I'd think maybe the not exploding part is more important than the leg part. If you have a leg failure, explosion is... less than ideal. Obviously get the legs working too... but the exploding is its own concern.

 

[CodeRedR51]

If this thing is supposed to be crewed at some point, I'd think maybe the not exploding part is more important than the leg part. If you have a leg failure, explosion is... less than ideal. Obviously get the legs working too... but the exploding is its own concern.

It wouldn't have exploded if the legs worked properly.

Old tweet regarding leg evolution:

 

[Danoff]

It wouldn't have exploded if the legs worked properly.

No doubt. But you don't want to count on the legs standing just right on, say mars, in order to avoid explosion. So, as I mentioned, it's a separate concern.

 

[CodeRedR51]