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Not sure, I remember seeing someone keeping count a couple months ago on twitter but I don't know if it's still being updated.

X to doubt

Might be both.

This definitely isn't a flight test vehicle, it only has a single tank. My best guess is that it's a test tank for structural validation and will be tested on that booster thrust simulator they've been building.

Because installing all of the tiles takes a really long time, and from what we've seen it's easier to install the majority of the tiles before the various sections are stacked and welded together. Besides, S20 only lost about 7 tiles when it did its static fire. That's a pretty good going rate considering that this is the first ship to receive a full heat shield.

Nuclear Tug SN2 returned from high Kerbin orbit (it delivered a mining module to a class E asteroid I'm trying to wrangle down to LKO), conducting an aerobraking test in the process. These tugs are heavily inspired by the design from Brotoro's Long Term Laythe. They're great for pushing big payloads around. I also spotted a solar eclipse while getting the tug docked back to my space station. These aren't exactly rare given that Kerbin and the Mun both have zero-inclination orbits, but it's nice to see nonetheless.

Probably an engine at McGregor. I remember seeing stuff about an RVac RUDing a couple months back.

Chopsticks are on the way up!

This is interesting:

Mun is sometimes spelled with an umlaut (ü), so it's likely the character getting messed up during forum software updates over the years.

No. The FAA is going through their normal process for approving launches from a new site, which has always been a long process with a lot of paperwork. They're working on it, but the government usually doesn't work three shifts 24/7 like SpaceX does. Besides, Starship is in no way a competitor for SLS. Both vehicles will literally be working together to put humans back on the Moon as part of Artemis. A government conspiracy to slow Starship down so that SLS can 'win the race' wouldn't make any sense.

The particular canyon I landed in is near the equator at the edge of one of the big craters. It's enormous and visible from low orbit so you shouldn't miss it if you pay attention.

This is cursed beyond any definition of the word and I hope to the Kraken that the flaps won't be quite as far forward as this.

It's definitely the other way around, referencing video games isn't on the engineers' radar. KSP, on the other hand, references a lot of real life spacecraft designs, and the octo-shaped probe cores is probably an example of that.

These are RBoosts, they're incompatible with S20. Besides, we've already seen S20's Raptors, not sure where they're hanging out at the moment but there are certainly three engines designated for use on it.

I reckon these are either destined for B5 or as replacements for B4.

WOAH that's one mean looking engine!

Launch in early 2022 is looking more and more likely.

This. The train of thought here seems to be 'lots of engines = bad' Starship was not built with 1960s Soviet technology. It does not use single-use engines that cannot be static fired before launch. It does not have a poorly programmed flight computer. If you're going to criticise SpaceX, go ahead, but consider that their engineers just might know what they're doing

This gives a good idea of how far the tank farm is from the pad. Telephoto images can be deceptive.

They might carry some cargo along with them in the capsule, but I believe they can't carry anything in the trunk on crew missions due to CoM issues in a potential launch abort.