CatastrophicFailure Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 10 minutes ago, Motokid600 said: Is this not the capsule being loaded? Why does it look like the hatch is open? The big opening at the bottom is the container for the parachutes, the hatch is right above that. When opened it slides up over the empty box on top, which holds the drogue chutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 It is empty parachute bay under the crew hatch. With its cover missing, obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 7 hours ago, tater said: Abort, maybe recycle. I was struggling to stay awake to midnight UK time last night. I gave up at 11.45 after no sign of fuelling for a midnight test, so with the test being scrubbed at approaching 1am I think I made the right call! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 NSF replay of aborted hop attempt. You can see that the abort occurred less than a second before the engine was meant to ignite. Let's hope they can fix the issue and try to fly again today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Road closed, looks like some venting from the tank farm on labpadre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tater Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Pad clearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 10 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Kinda like this? Yep, pretty much! I would also have a lower bay door design with a small radiator acting as the door. So you have a decoupler with the radiator placed on it, and the drogues placed on that. Once the drogues stabilize the vehicle's descent, you pop the mains simultaneously with the decoupler, so that the drogues pull the door away to open up a path for the mains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 SN5 is pressurised and the pad is clear. No sign of tank farm activity yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) I think venting has started at the condenser. Edit: yup, major condenser venting on LabPadre stream now. EditEdit: Farm Venting. Pretty sure fuelling is now in progress. Edited August 4, 2020 by RCgothic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 SN5 is venting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Siren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) Siren! Launch in under 10mins! Edited August 4, 2020 by RCgothic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 The LaPadre stream guys keep going on and on about the offset engine. It's not actually that crazy. They are going to put three engines on that thrust puck eventually, but the whole point of having three engines is to have engine-out capability. It needs to be able to maneuver, hover, and land on a single engine. That's why they have the mass sim up top; they are making sure they can handle a single-engine landing near tank depletion. It is nowhere near the full prop load (if it was, it would need all three engines). No reason to risk multiple engines when you only need to test one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Detank vent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 1 minute ago, tater said: Detank vent. Yep, we have a scrub/abort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 The flare stack is venting crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Huge geyser of something coming out of the flare stack. Does not appear to be nominal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying dutchman Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 most of it has disipated now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 16 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: Huge geyser of something coming out of the flare stack. Does not appear to be nominal. They are recondensing the CH4, apparently. perhaps the new system wastes some Nitrogen to do this? Also, if you look at the everyday astronaut feed (camera about 180 degrees from the others) it's clear how very far away that stack is. I should add that the cloud was blowing away from the vehicle and tank farm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 31 minutes ago, tater said: They are recondensing the CH4, apparently. perhaps the new system wastes some Nitrogen to do this? Also, if you look at the everyday astronaut feed (camera about 180 degrees from the others) it's clear how very far away that stack is. I should add that the cloud was blowing away from the vehicle and tank farm. I didn't think there was any threat to Starship; it just didn't seem nominal. But if it's a new system then that makes sense. Liquid nitrogen is much colder than liquid methane so it should be easy enough to run a condenser if you have somewhere for the warm(er) nitrogen to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Any possibility of a recycle? I just woke up. At least I didn't Miss it I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tater Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 I have to say, I'd personally be much more comfortable in a spacecraft that didn't need any thrusters firing for reentry. We're used to seeing F9 S1 constantly using the thrusters, but still... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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