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Let's stay on topic, it wouldn't do to aggregate the moderators.
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The year is 2037. Due to insufficient allocation of resources towards psychological screening for Elon Musk's Mars Colony initiative, the 2 beachhead colonies have repurposed their nuclear bombs, meant for terraforming, into makeshift ICBMs to wage war upon each other over the proper side of bread on which to place the Spreadable fat-BAsed Nutritional Component (S-BANC, also known as margarine).
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7 minutes ago, ThatGuyWithALongUsername said:
What about windows? Sounds picky, but probably important for crew mental health.
I suppose we could go the classic sci-fi route and just have screens that look like windows, but that's a good point.
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Setting aside the frustrations and/or conduct of a certain government administrator, I'm wondering if making Starship modular would be a good idea, and if Elon has considered it at all. If you make the cargo versions bay door open wide enough, you could maybe just slot crew modules and whatever else you want into the space. You could maybe have the plumbing for the extra engines crew version would require as part of the cargo version, and just slot in however many Raptors you need. I don't know if that would be efficient or safe or worthwhile at this scale, or any scale, but I was thinking it might help if there is ever a time when being able to change the balance of cargo vs crew versions quickly might be useful. I don't know, what do you all think?
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I'd say as a general rule, if you're the head of any government agency, you've voided the right to complain about delays, inefficiency, and cost overruns from anyone else.
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Possibly beginning construction of Mk 3 in about a month, likely the model to first get into orbit.
Edit: conflicting information, now it's Mk 4 or 5 that'll be first to orbit, planning on getting there within 6 months, give or take.
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Is it over already, or is this an intermission?
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A bit of a tangent into using aliens to increase defense spending.
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Refueling seems to be planned as end to end now, rather than the old side to side thing we've seen previously.
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One of his pros for steel vs carbon fiber or aluminum alloys: easily modifiable or cannibalized for new uses on Mars or the like, unlike other materials.
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We are live!
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Sounds like they've got a mic set up already, you can hear wind and people talking behind the music.
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That is an absolutely adorable bird. Nothing else needs to be said.
*like*
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6 minutes ago, Dale Christopher said:
Yep, but irl we don’t have a fast forward button so hopefully not too many passes. Each dive into the upper atmosphere also has to pass through the earth’s clouds of satellites and debris D:
SpoilerNot a problem, just make the ship out of the same stuff as this thing.
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It takes a village to build a rocket.. I guess? That's the best I can do.
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1 minute ago, RealKerbal3x said:
Boca Chica Starship has had its final ring and tank dome fitted. It looks like they were welded together on the ground before installation, rather than hoisted up and then attached as was done for the other two domes. All that remains now is fitting the nose cone, landing gear, and fins.
Pff, like we need any of that stuff. Just take the drag hit and strap on a few more engines, land the thing on the engine bell, and replace the fins with some nice gravity-defying reaction wheels.
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37 minutes ago, sevenperforce said:
Awww geez I have to make the wings reliable too??
Best put those things back on the side of the road where you found them, turns out we have to use high quality parts.
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While we have no info on how effective the Starlink satellites autonomous collision avoidance system is, I think it's not unreasonable to assume that they've at least considered the possibility of a large number of anti-collision maneuvers by the mere fact that such a feature was included.
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26 minutes ago, tater said:
Looks almost like they've gotten it all ready for top men to work on it.
maybe bury it in a warehouse too
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Love the game footage, but I must say, those constant wide smiles seem a lot creepier with the changed art style, and it's weird to see the Kerbals with individual fingers rather than the mittens we're used to seeing them wear. The latter is something I can get used to, but those smiles..
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Don't know if it's already been mentioned, but Scott Manley has put out his opinion on this development:
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1 hour ago, RoverDude said:
NDA, sorry
Heh, as I posted that, I thought to myself "This seems like the sort of question that gets NDA'd".
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@RoverDude Are you involved in KSP 2 in any way?
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I think we can be assured the KSP 2 is in safe hands. 70% of the trailer was of ships, not functioning properly, but crashing and exploding. They understand what it's all about.
SpaceX Discussion Thread
in Science & Spaceflight
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I sort of think that so many satellites might be a long term positive. If we're to keep up with the whole space thing, eventually we need to learn how to deal with debris, space junk, and high traffic in orbit. Maybe Starlink will give projects to deal with that sort of thing a good kick towards becoming more viable.