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totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Some good, in-depth info about Raptor testing I don’t think has made the rounds here, yet: Longest test firing to date: 86 seconds. -
totm march 2020 So what song is stuck in your head today?
CatastrophicFailure replied to SmileyTRex's topic in The Lounge
For a few days now... Because... reasons... -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
IIRC, SpaceX has really shied away from such things in the past, for exactly that reason. Speaks to the potential magnitude of the problem. Also: stuff’s on fire, yo. Er, the good kind. -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Some things are worth losing sleep over. ಠ_ಠ You can just sleep in class, or at work, wherever. Also, caffeine. -
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CatastrophicFailure replied to Mister Dilsby's topic in KSP Fan Works
In game, F1 takes a screenshot. You can also tweak settings to supersample them for better resolution. Imgur is a popular free image hosting site, just stay away from the comments. -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
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totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
If they get it down that low, I'm launching my own Tesla to Mars. You know, like the vermin who keep getting into your personal stores and just generally making a mess that you can't ever seem to get rid of... -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
See, now here's part of the problem. I never said "always." Just about everything you mentioned there didn't happen (or didn't happen yet) because its purpose was absorbed into other projects (No need for colored Dragons when you've got a Starship) or simply rendered unnecessary (composite BFR, crossfeed). This is what puts them ahead, in my book. They've gone from nothing to flight-ready prototypes in a fraction of the time it took SLS to go from existing hardware to test-ready prototype. If SLS suffers a major anomaly, it's dead (congress critters notwithstanding). SpaceX can accord to fail (best way to learn) and still forge ahead. I think we'll see a full flight-ready Starship/Superheavy stack on the pad before SLS, easily. -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
It’s called being optimistic, yo. SpaceX has a history of actually delivering on what they promise, if not exactly when they promised. They still remain in the lead for actually launching people into space from this country again, and they’re way in the lead for the next superheavy launch vehicle, and yes, that includes SLS. And Starship rises above even that because if (and when) it works, it will be nothing short of paradigm-changing for the industry. They have the potential to leapfrog right past everyone else who are still struggling to even agree on a design for a lunar lander. Time after time, SpaceX has gone and done the very things that “they” said were impossible, and right now, today, they have flight hardware ready to test with more under construction. So, being optimistic until I see reason to be otherwise is a very rational decision for me. -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
That’s a bit like taking a cruise ship to go stay in a yurt, tho, isn’t it? Better to just park the Starship there in orbit for a while. Actually, the entire case for the Gateway gets quivery as fresh jello as soon as Starship is operational. Why even bother when NASA could just contract to take astronauts and all their stuff directly to the surface? Extra surcharge to bring them back. -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
[sad Orionaut waving] -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Or it could, y’know, just go there itself... -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Tonight's forecast: scattered tweetstorms, otherwise cloudy with a chance of Elon... Dangerously chuggy. -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Thats gonna be one bold livestream! I wonder if they’ll have scripted remarks specifically if things go all Kerbal. I certainly wasn’t expecting it to actually maneuver on a first real flight! -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
I would be most interested to see anything replaced on a running rocket engine. -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Also, found this: https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-falcon-fairing-upgrade-foiled-by-ula/ Apparently SpaceX is possibly in the market for that larger fairing it’s always said is needed around here, but may have faced interference from ULA. I can’t help but see this backfiring for ULA, as SpaceX has already demonstrated they’re more than willing to say, “oh yeah?? Well we’ll make our own fairings, with blackjack and—“ Well, you get the idea. -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
*squints* Man, that thing looks like a regular rat’s nest up top. Wonder how much is just test instrumentation? -
totm dec 2019 Russian Launch and Mission Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to tater's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Well, would you rather have this again? -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
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totm dec 2019 Russian Launch and Mission Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to tater's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Secret return-to-sender launch after they came back like this... -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
And following that... And ICON still hasn’t flown... -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Apparently ol’ Sparky in the trailer didn’t get the memo. -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
UPDATE UPDATE: -
totm nov 2023 SpaceX Discussion Thread
CatastrophicFailure replied to Skylon's topic in Science & Spaceflight
Lesson learned by Boca team: don’t set crap on fire. UPDATE: not that bad, most was from that other fire... Guess we know why the original Coastal Steel went under...