I was on my way home from work, pulled over and watched on my phone. They got much closer to actually landing on the first try than I thought they would. I predict success for SN9 in about 2-3 weeks!
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#4547892 - 12/10/2012:12 AMRe: Why SpaceX Built A Stainless Steel Starship
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Too bad about the landing, then again NASA wouldn't even think about a vertical RTB many gazillions later.
SpaceX knocks it out of the park...sorry about the window.
Just amazing to watch those gimbaled monster engines, plus those huge stainless steel finds just flapping away.
Please keep NASA away from these folks.
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#4547900 - 12/10/2012:49 AMRe: Why SpaceX Built A Stainless Steel Starship
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Some commentary on the landing from Rand Simberg (Aerospace enginner):
"Elon said that the header tank pressure was low on landing. I’m guessing that this maybe resulted in bubbles in the cooling channels, overheating of the nozzle, and injecting copper into the flow, for that green effect. And reduced thrust, of course, which is why they came in too fast."
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#4547902 - 12/10/2012:55 AMRe: Why SpaceX Built A Stainless Steel Starship
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As for the talk of engine shutdowns on ascent I'm guessing that was planned. The reshuffle of the engine gimbles to accommodate switching from 3 engine flight to 2 engine flight and from 2 to 1 all seem to happen as the engine shutdown or maybe even started before it shutdown, looking to me like a planned event rather than a reaction to an anomaly. So I suspect this was done to gradually reduce thrust and end up with the vessel practically hovering before doing the swan dive back toward terra firma.
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#4547933 - 12/10/2006:53 AMRe: Why SpaceX Built A Stainless Steel Starship
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Still watching replays of the flight on YouTube. Great to hear all the space enthusiasts screaming and yelling.
The flight went far more successfully than I thought it would go. They came so close to complete success by almost sticking the landing. I was impressed by how controlled the changes in vehicle attitude looked. Fantastic first attempt. Would not be surprised at all if they stick the landing for SN9. The next crazy moment will be watching the Super Heavy booster test flight. So much to look forward to in the next year that would not be happening if we were depending on the old space establishment to advance spaceflight.
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#4548317 - 12/13/2004:31 AMRe: Why SpaceX Built A Stainless Steel Starship
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Still watching replays of the flight on YouTube. Great to hear all the space enthusiasts screaming and yelling.
The flight went far more successfully than I thought it would go. They came so close to complete success by almost sticking the landing. I was impressed by how controlled the changes in vehicle attitude looked. Fantastic first attempt. Would not be surprised at all if they stick the landing for SN9. The next crazy moment will be watching the Super Heavy booster test flight. So much to look forward to in the next year that would not be happening if we were depending on the old space establishment to advance spaceflight.
+1
Only issue now is that SN9 slipped on it's stand and tilted over into the side of the assembly building it was in, they've spent today trying to correct the tilt.
If SN9 is damaged beyond repair SN10 is not far behind in the construction process.
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#4548676 - 12/16/2001:12 AMRe: Why SpaceX Built A Stainless Steel Starship
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"In the vast library of socialist books, there’s not a single volume on how to create wealth, only how to take and “redistribute” it.” - David Horowitz
#4576686 - 08/06/2105:08 PMRe: Why SpaceX Built A Stainless Steel Starship
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It is somewat amazing to me, just how much inside information Musk is willing to share publicly. It's good PR of course, but in a competitve business, I'd expect SpaceX to keep more of their cards closer to the chest. No complaints from me!