Beccab Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 9 minutes ago, Geonovast said: The local airport wanted one, right? Maybe it's on its way there. Possible, but unlikely. We would have seen more signs that they were about to move a 15 story building all the way to Brownsville Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Just now, Beccab said: Possible, but unlikely. We would have seen more signs that they were about to move a 15 story building all the way to Brownsville Maybe it's going to the launch pad and then hop to the airport. Or maybe it's going to live at a farm up state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Curious. I wonder what's the reason, perhaps to test the new Wide Bay facilities or even just make scrapping easier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, Beccab said: Curious. I wonder what's the reason, perhaps to test the new Wide Bay facilities or even just make scrapping easier? We all know what's about to happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obnox twin Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Beccab said: Curious. I wonder what's the reason, perhaps to test the new Wide Bay facilities or even just make scrapping easier? Your theory is more likely as to test facilities while they wait for permits and everything to get ready to maybe get it ready to transport it to Brownsville Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Geonovast said: The local airport wanted one, right? Maybe it's on its way there. Didn't they give them one of the flaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuessingEveryDay Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 44 minutes ago, mikegarrison said: Didn't they give them one of the flaps? Much more impressive if they have a full Starship, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 (edited) Raptor go boom at McGregor yesterday? New engine, or test to destruction? Nobody seems to know... E: And another one bites the dust? Now I have Queen running through my head. Twitter thread starting to think they're testing rapid re-firing engines. Hopefully it's not a Bad Batch... Edited May 11, 2022 by StrandedonEarth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 I would have thought that if they hadn't meant to that to destruction they'd have stopped after the first one went to investigate what went wrong. Two in quick succession actually implies they meant to do that, IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVaughan Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 I'm not so sure. If you are mass producing engines, then you need to expect the some sort of failure rate. (That is part of why they test every engine). So if the first one failed unexpectedly for a random reason, they may well have continued testing other engines whilst they investigated the failure. But if two failed unexpectedly in a short period, that suggests there might be a problem. Are they still testing raptors, or have they now paused? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 31 minutes ago, AVaughan said: Are they still testing raptors, or have they now paused? They tested an Rvac for three and a half minutes four hours after the failure, then it was night and tests only happen with daylight I believe. It's now early morning, so we'll see if they still do tests today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 So cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 18 minutes ago, RCgothic said: So cool: Sound ON for full effect. Very nice. Very very Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 o7, S20. Her place next to SN15, B5 and S22 is well deserved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Just now, tater said: Sounds like the downcomer repairs resisted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 6 hours ago, RCgothic said: So cool: That motion looks a lot tighter than the Shuttle ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Raptor installation soon ish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) EVA suit reveal! I gotta say, the gloves look different from what we've seen Edited May 13, 2022 by Beccab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 24 minutes ago, Beccab said: EVA suit reveal! I gotta say, the gloves look different from what we've seen sees email notification* *drops iPad in haste to pull this page up* *recovers but gibbers audibly waiting for the tweet to load* . . . why you little— Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 10 hours ago, tater said: Sn15: RIP Sn16, I somehow got attached to that thing in it's months of just sitting there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) It passed! Edited May 13, 2022 by RCgothic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Marginal weather at Vandy, maybe 2 the same day tomorrow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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