CatastrophicFailure

Just have to add my own thanks to @Mythos. Had the infamous docking port bug and I was about ready to start "disassembling" my ginormous ship with the object thrower, KML Editor fixed multiple docking ports with just a click! Now to choke on the landing and crash it into the surface...

I'll just chalk it up to being... thorough... SpaceX can also do it a lot more economically than... those other guys. Used booster, probably a surplus/STA tank, dummy engine, and potential capsule re-use. The test itself probably won't cost them that much, relatively speaking, while ULA would have to spend nearly as much as an actual launch.

Man, this is gonna be so cool...

Video of above. Appears to be a proper plume, not an "uh-oh..."

Yeah. See, if I had the money, I’d totally drop it on this. This. Believe it or not, but demand will still exceed supply once they start flying, I think. Once they’ve got more pods and boosters completed and can fly more often, the price will come down. Maybe not to Joe Schmo levels, but a single hundred-thousand is still better than multiples.

Yup, looks like the next pass will be right overhead. Aaaaaaaaaand it’s cloudy.

“Everyone knows the war is basically over, but we’re just gonna keep on shooting until a very specific time...” <facepalm>

Well of course, it’s got the most experience. Professionals always make it look easy.

So... we’ve got a launch time and approximate inclination here, could any of y’all numbers people extrapolate this and figure when a future pass might be?

Yes.

Interesting, they’re potentially launching with a dead sat, by the sound...

On shore winds? Looks more like a meteor shower.

Then... why do I see a sloth with a half-melted face?

So it would seem. Aww, man...

wait, what? Going live in about 15 minutes from the official channel. Wasn’t expecting this, anyone know what’s going on? orrrrr not. Someone’s been faffing about in the SpaceX media room it seems...

Well, his stated goal IS Building Better Worlds™️....

Ninja’d. Poop.

Watch everyone scatter like roaches when the mods show up... Soft little clicks...

Or for launching a Mobile Infantry invasion of Planet P, which could only be a resounding success. [Would you like to know more..?]

Good view of some proper-looking RCS thrusters here, also the canard actuator... and apparently someone’s taking a shower inside... Must be like a sauna in there anyway...

I did not click this. Swap gas refracted the light from Venus something something anyways, look right here:

Nonsense. Squad does a HAHO jump from a top hatch as soon as the vessel is subsonic, vessel then crashes into target in a huge explosion, eliminating both the target AND any need to recover the vessel, squad lands in a hellish, burning wasteland to mop up any survivors assist the locals. Egress via standard helicopters since any remaining hostiles within several kilometers have gone off in search of fresh chonies. Simple logic. I might have to use this...

Finally, we have a launch coming!

IIRC, there’s some potential issue with a rail bridge starting construction and blocking the way if it’s not real Soon™️. Shelved to focus entirely on Starship. And the way things are going, looks like the right call, as Starship could fly (and get much better data) by the end of the year.

Still wondering how (and WHEN!!!) they’re gonna move that thing...