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33 minutes ago, MinimumSky5 said:

The true purpose of Starship: Terminator Dropships! 

Yep - not to mention maintains thousands of linked up satellites in orbit - a sky net if you will...

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13 minutes ago, Geonovast said:

Does it bother anyone else that so many people still use Block 4 images when talking about upcoming FH launches?

Yeah, but in this case I think they were looking for a picture taken at night.

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TLDR (thread): So the "Coastal Steel" company apparently closed in the past, and it looks like the entire facility is in fact SpaceX.

Also: nasa tv live on Dragon departure (leaving in 10 minutes).

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2 hours ago, Geonovast said:

Does it bother anyone else that so many people still use Block 4 images when talking about upcoming FH launches?

Because of:
https://www.google.com/search?q=falcon+heavy&rlz=1C1ASUC_enNO791NO791&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLyMf79M3iAhUPwqYKHY2-BugQ_AUIESgC&biw=1609&bih=885
Going on strike as rudimentary knowledge outside of google search of content is required. 
Doctors, pilots, nurses and air traffic controllers join me for some confusing reason. 

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4 hours ago, tater said:
TLDR (thread): So the "Coastal Steel" company apparently closed in the past, and it looks like the entire facility is in fact SpaceX.

I'm confused, why would anyone bother covering this up?

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28 minutes ago, Cunjo Carl said:

I'm confused, why would anyone bother covering this up?

Hazarding a guess, they might call it "Coastal Steel" internally (using the old name happens all the time, see: Willis Tower/Sears Tower?) and the security there was told "don't talk to strangers". It seems like there's a bunch of secrecy but they really just haven't made any statements clarifying the whole mess. 

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Still waiting to hear if they found the cause of the RUD yet. All we know, per an earlier tweet, is that it happened after the SuperDraco system was activated (not fired). Presumably that means when the system was pressurized, and apparently something ruptured. But what?

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2 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said:

Still waiting to hear if they found the cause of the RUD yet. All we know, per an earlier tweet, is that it happened after the SuperDraco system was activated (not fired). Presumably that means when the system was pressurized, and apparently something ruptured. But what?

I think Scott Manley did a video on that and it looks like the explosion starts above one of the SuperDraco pods.

My guess is a faulty piece of plumbing right where it connects to the engines.

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