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[Smiles and Cries]

SN3 nose cone stacking!


any day now

 

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not sure about the quality of the Live Streams in the coming weeks and months since these guys have to move to a new spot


looks really far away SpaceX gets to close that road soon

 

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Closer SN3 Stacking vid




here is the Live link for the Starlink retry later today in about 9 hours or so


everyday astronaught version

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Damn, I want to see that thing fly so badly..

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Damn, lost another first stage.. :/

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Damn, I want to see that thing fly so badly..

I am sure it will become more common but yeah I'm putting this on my bucket list of things I must see

 

[lukilladog]

Pic of Musk landing on Mars:

 

[Tesseract]

 

[Smiles and Cries]

SN3 Stacking

 

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That nose cone is nice, SN3

 

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SN3 is getting closer and close the that fire test

 

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new stand arriving

 

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SN4 rings!

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Kind of interesting they are still working and getting things done over there.

 

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Kind of interesting they are still working and getting things done over there.

don't say it... I don't want Texas to shut them down. No social distancing for these guys Elon would not approave!

Launch site prep is going on

 

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it will be nice to see this thing fly soon, I need some inspiration

 

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shutdown for 2 weeks?

 

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getting closer




keep an eye on the stream the next few days or hours SN3 should be moving after that nose cap is placed

 

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still working

 

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whoa they are so close to test fire time

 

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I don't want to miss the test fire



hope it is soon

 

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Starship User's guide is out some info in this video



SN4 gets ready

 

[Shadowplay1979]

Ooops..oh well.. on to SN4....this is gonna be a hurdle if we wanna see these get to the test flight

 

[Kenpachii]

Did it collapse?

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Fuck.
How many of these do they want to blow up.
Somehow this whole "let's throw shit unto a wall and see what keeps sticking"-approach doesn't seem to do that well yet.

I call it, we won't see orbital flight until summer of next year.
When they don't run out of funds before that.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I knew I would miss it. SN3 this stuff is hard

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Fuck.
How many of these do they want to blow up.
Somehow this whole "let's throw shit unto a wall and see what keeps sticking"-approach doesn't seem to do that well yet.

I call it, we won't see orbital flight until summer of next year.
When they don't run out of funds before that.

Next summer? Out of funding? I would not take that bet if I were you, this is far from throwing shit against the wall to see if something sticks this. This is just more public than the other guys and it is still the least expensive way of doing it if you take a moment to research the alternative.

SN4 will be up there testing not too long from now if not delayed
I don't think the plan is bad they might not have the highest skills on the ground to make these cheap parts work.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Next summer? Out of funding? I would not take that bet if I were you,

We'll see.
Hope you are still around then...

SN4 will be up there testing not too long from now if not delayed

Yeah, blowing up as the other ones did... : D

I don't think the plan is bad they might not have the highest skills on the ground to make these cheap parts work.

And that's the whole problem I guess.

Well, hope they surprise me with some positive news on SN4, but I don't expect much for the next few months.
Also, Corona will get them shut down soon as well, I'd wager.

Wonder why it didn't happen yet.

 

[Insane Metal]

Another fail

 

[Smiles and Cries]

We'll see.
Hope you are still around then...


Yeah, blowing up as the other ones did... : D

And that's the whole problem I guess.

Well, hope they surprise me with some positive news on SN4, but I don't expect much for the next few months.
Also, Corona will get them shut down soon as well, I'd wager.

Wonder why it didn't happen yet.

this is my only bright spot outside of Animal Crossing right now so I'll keep watching as long as they keep building

we shall see. If I am around or on mars by then no clue weird times bro weird times

moving on



test config error NOOOO

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Yeah, let's hope for the best, mate.
I wish them to succeed so much...

 

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a little more info on what went wrong

 

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SN5 spotted looks like they are still spending money



SN4 being moved soon

 

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so weird to know they fully entend to fly this thing without a nose cone


at least for the shorter flight

 

[Shadowplay1979]

so weird to know they fully entend to fly this thing without a nose cone


at least for the shorter flight

Only static fire..i dont think there will be any lift until sn5-6 now

 

[obin_gam]

I feel a little let down from the title. With the word Starship I expect a certain design and feeling that compresses "space flying" and "naval ship inheritance" into one - not a tube with a cone

 

[Stiflers Mom]

I feel a little let down from the title. With the word Starship I expect a certain design and feeling that compresses "space flying" and "naval ship inheritance" into one - not a tube with a cone

I can only talk for myself here, but for me the MK1 looked "starship" enough...

 

[obin_gam]

I can only talk for myself here, but for me the MK1 looked "starship" enough...

Mmm, I agree to some sense , it is sure A design... it's more filosphically Alistair Reynolds-cover inspired

than, lets say other more industrial designs.... I dont know how to feel about that haha

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Mmm, I agree to some sense , it is sure A design... it's more filosphically Alistair Reynolds-cover inspired

than, lets say other more industrial designs.... I dont know how to feel about that haha

I get more reminded of Flash Gordon Buck Rogers stuff seeing the Spacex vehicle.
And it doesn't get more 'starshippy' than that for me..

 

[Dontero]

Wait till they get money rolling via Starlink. They will revise Mars to Saturn floating city or something.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

still going SN5 to get the new fin designs
SN4 should be on its way to the pressure test

 

[Skyr]

Starlink launch in 6min for everybody interested

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Starlink was totally boring today nothing blew up or crashed landed on the ship safely and 60 sats added amazing run so far

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Yeah, good job..
Always makes me happy to see one of those boosters landing gently..

 

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SN5 baby

 

[Tesseract]

watching sheet metal fold in the wind always makes me nervous

 

[Smiles and Cries]

watching sheet metal fold in the wind always makes me nervous

kinda windy down there I wonder if that will be an issue in the future

 

[Stiflers Mom]

watching sheet metal fold in the wind always makes me nervous

I know exactly what you mean..
And it's always hard to believe for me that these things are supposed to fly into space.