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Ah, but one point is getting missed here: Starship will always launch on Superheavy, negating any COM/COL issues on ascent (by the time it stages, atmo is no longer a concern). The test mules, however, have to launch without it, so have an unusual need for more mass in the nose for aerodynamic stability. So putting the header tanks where they are is only necessary for the test program, and as a bonus makes access easier.

Sunglasses required:

Wait, what? Have I missed a PM somewhere?

I had the strangest dream last night....

Question is, are there two more? Also, picks of the header tanks (via NSF)

Just to wrap up the day’s activities...

Concerningly addictive. It’s still got that weird Tesla headrest-angle thing, but it’s roomy and upright like a proper driving experience should be. The Model 3 is an awesome ride but it’s a bit cramped for me, and I distinctly remember being behind a Subaru Crosstrek the other day and looking up at the license plate. I’d say the X is about the perfect height for me, no sitting down, no climbing up, but it still handles like a car (not entirely a bad thing), it’ll whip thru turns quicker than it feels it should be able to with that low center of mass, but you definitely feel all that mass too. Rides much better as well. And I prefer having some info directly in front instead of the 3’s center screen. That being said, even with the sci-fi automatic doors and what not, it’s obvious the 3 is a much more advanced design. This X is a late-2016 with the 2.0 Autopilot hardware, vs the 3’s 3.0, it feels more uncertain and squirrelly on country two-lanes. It also charges slower, only 20mph on the same mobile charger plugged into a 50-amp welder outlet that gives the 3 30mph. Got to try one or those pay-per-use J1772 public chargers just for the heck of it today. Sat there for a half hour and got a lousy 7 miles. Went up the street to the Supercharger and gained nearly a hundred miles in about 20 minutes. I dunno how folks with non-Tesla EVs manage, that would be a deal breaker if that’s the best we could do. Now, I’d love it if they ditched the awesome-but-only-slightly-practical robodoors and built a simpler SUV from the same “shell” for $30 or $40 thousand less. Still have a kidney I don’t need. What’s the going price on a nice, fresh spleen these days? Could prolly do without that, what’s a spleen even do, anyway? Ah so. I was hoping it was been some deep, esoteric deconstruction of Eastern mysticism in the Old West or something.

In Religion class? I’m curious to know more context here.

Brought home this bad boy today. It's just a rental. Needed a little more room in back than the 3. But I could do this all day: This probably gets old eventually... ...probably... Now this is something I could live with. All the best parts of our my wife's Model 3 without the annoying leaning-back car-y part. Of course, it costs as much a small house...

Last I heard it was NET mid November, I think, with Demo-2 NET Dec. 17, but darned if I can find it now.

This is why they plan to land on water. The capsule has difficulty floating on land.

Do you want Aliens vs Terminators? Because that is literally how you get Aliens vs Terminators. actually, that does sound kinda cool...

This would be really impressive, as Starship still has a split personality and not a leg to stand on, and they're rapidly running out of month...

Likes are still broken, so here's Netflix ripping off @KSK's IP... He had healing vines before they were cool. And quasi-sapient trees. SPOILER: The little mogwai thing is ok. Sort of.

Fedor. No, seriously, mods say they’re broken. Just what Fedor would want them to say...

Also: Anybody else see Bender's head poking out of that bucket...?

Likes are disabled, so here’s this:

The irony that it's gotten 5 likes...

Wait, what? Where did the Like button go? *pokes @cubinator with a stick*

And are demonstrably an order of magnitude more dangerous.

Some very informative replies upthread. @kurja don’t just take their word for it (although you certainly could), you can validate all this yourself in KSP. It’s also worth noting, tho, that adding thrust does reach a point of diminishing return when dealing with that pesky atmosphere. At some point your air drag losses will exceed your gravity losses if you just keep piling on thrust.

Tossing this up here, just cuz I’ve not seen it before: Aaaaaaaalmost there...

No update on when, still.

They’ve run out of things to launch ATM. They’re ready, customers aren’t. And Starlink is targeted late next month. Hang on, digging up article... Ok, boom. But fret not, next year there could be as many as 24 Starlink launches (maybe 4 this year still) on top of all the other customer launches. Back to that lovely two-week cadence! hopefully.