SpaceX and other space stuff

[RayWithFlats]

I had some chili with lunch, got some methane to contribute to the cause!

Elon’s a businessman, I’m sure you could make a deal.

 

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condenser venting just started

edit: rocket just started venting, should be soon!

 

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Siren sounded, launch in 10 minutes or so!

 

[RayWithFlats]

Siren! Less than 10 minutes to launch...

 

[RayWithFlats]

Siren sounded, launch in 10 minutes or so!

Siren! Less than 10 minutes to launch...

Jinx!

 

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That was quite a show!

 

[RayWithFlats]

Wow! Just wow! Amazing stuff, well done to everyone involved.

 

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no dings! maybe some lean...

 

[RayWithFlats]

I was so nervous waiting for the smoke and dust to clear.

 

[MJ5150]

-Mike

 

[Downunderwonder]

Hop indeed.

What are they going to be able to lift when it's done?

 

[StereoPlayer]

Hop indeed.

What are they going to be able to lift when it's done?

A lot. I thought I heard 50-100 people.
Super heavy-lift launch vehicle - Wikipedia

 

[MJ5150]

Hop indeed.

What are they going to be able to lift when it's done?

This is also the ship that will take people to Mars. Truly a historic moment in space flight today.
One of the comments in the Lab Padre chat said this was Kitty Hawk 2020.

-Mike

 

[Winslow]

Summanabeege! I checked out after the abort, and missed it!

Well, huzzah for internet replay.

 

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Hop indeed.

What are they going to be able to lift when it's done?

It'll be able to lift more to LEO than any other rocket, even the old Saturn 5.

 

[Wood and Wire]

This is also the ship that will take people to Mars. Truly a historic moment in space flight today.
One of the comments in the Lab Padre chat said this was Kitty Hawk 2020.

-Mike

"Would anyone like a gigantic silo of maple syrup?"

Interplanetary House Of Pancakes.

 

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Wow - close up shots, including from inside the Starship!

 

[Downunderwonder]

That must be testing one motor out of 6 or 7 to be installed when it means business?

 

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That must be testing one motor out of 6 or 7 to be installed when it means business?

The Spaceship upper stage gets 6 (3 vacuum, 3 sea level), the Super Heavy first stage gets 31 sea level Raptors!!

 

[MJ5150]

Bob and Doug did a nice job explaining what it was like coming back to earth in the Dragon capsule here: NASA astronaut Bob Behnken said the fiery plunge on SpaceX's Crew Dragon 'felt like we were inside of an animal'.

-Mike