Jacktical

You could try my columbia profile Shuttle Profiles Pack on SpaceDock

Agree completely, this is the way to go IMO.

@AlphaMensae would it be possible to get a variant of the small and medium launch bases without the wheels? Would make them a lot more general use

YES BEALE THANK YOU

The speed at which you're cranking this out at is insane lmao

Sooooooooooooo good! Have you thought about doing a new pirs/poisk module after this? Would be so good for me and @AmateurAstronaut1969 Mir 2 (called Svoboda) build for our AH which I've shown below

I correctly guessed the next part you were making so you put a nod to my old username (Hatattack) in the description. Thought it might be better if it made sense 3 years on lmao

@Beale I was wondering if you would be able to update the description to go with my new username (well not new anymore but you get the idea)

Proton? Looks so good

At some point, yes Took a screenshot of the livestream overlay and posted it onto a screenshot.

Hi @Zoeille! I wanted to know if you ever plan on releasing the MST for 37B?

A custom build courtesy of @AmateurAstronaut1969!

Near Future Exploration

IFT-2 Announcement After the extraordinary launch of IFT-2 that we saw on Saturday, my recreation has proved to be... a little bit far from reality lmao. Amateur and I have made a creative decision to not alter any existing posts to reflect the missions as they happen after the fact. This means that in this universe, IFT-2 was fully successful. If we were to alter every mission to match reality as it happened, there would be no point in doing the mission in the first place. Therefore, this thread can be seen as the real-life Artemis program sprinkled with some best-case scenario alterations. We both hope you are enjoying the thread as much as we are making it and that you will stick with us on this journey. Magnificent machine with a 1000ft plume...

SpaceX | Starship IFT-2 | 17th November 2023 Starship’s first flight test provided numerous insights that directly contributed to several upgrades to both the vehicle and ground infrastructure to improve the probability of success on the next test flight. The second flight test will debut a hot-stage separation system and a new electronic Thrust Vector Control (TVC) system for Super Heavy Raptor engines, in addition to reinforcements to the pad foundation and a water-cooled steel flame deflector. Fully fueled, Starship weighs approximately 5000 t (11,000,000 lbs) and produces 16.7 million pounds of thrust, more than twice the thrust of the Saturn V rocket. On ignition, 3 raptors were shut down, 2 due to the flight computer deeming the startup process 'unhealthy' and another due to a component failure which caused a fire inside the inner engine bay. This was not known until after booster recovery. "We have throttled down and throttled back up, Starship has passed the period of maximum aerodynamic pressure." The fire in the inner engine bay led to an overpressure event, no raptors were lost and the booster continued to fly as intended. The superheavy booster cuts off all but the three centre engines. This reduces the thrust enough for the Starship upper stage to separate from the booster. Unlike IFT-1 starship separates using a hot-staging system, with the 3 vacuum raptors igniting while still attached to the booster, increasing performance. The inner sea level raptors ignite seconds later. Superheavy performs its boostback burn. "The superheavy booster is about to begin its landing burn, touching down softly in the Gulf of Mexico." "Booster landing confirmed." Booster 9 will be tugged back to the port of Brownsville for recovery and inspection. Meanwhile, Starship continues on its journey to space... Starship shuts down just short of orbital velocity, allowing it to reenter over the Pacific Ocean without the need for raptor reignition. Starship reenters Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 15,500 MPH, over 15 times the speed of a bullet. By using its actuated flaps, Starship free-falls like a skydiver. This manoeuvre has already been demonstrated previously in the high-altitude flight tests. Splashing down off the coast of Hawaii around 90 minutes after launch, Starship's second integrated flight test comes to a close. For the first time in history, full reusability has been proven, opening endless possibilities for the future of spaceflight. Excitement is guaranteed... NEXT LAUNCH: Vulcan CERT-1