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Maybe a rig to help with the construction of the launchpad. They still need some sort of ring on top of the six legs, dont they? It could be to cast concrete on there.

On the SpaceX reddit someone posted this link for an explanation of "ullage collapse": https://hydrogen.wsu.edu/2015/03/19/explaining-ullage-volume-collapse/ Its realy counterintuitive and propably a quite unique problem of Starship, as no other rocket does such a violent shake during an ordinary flight.

Did anyone figure out how big those bulges on the renders are, e.g. with pixel counting? Its hard to imagine both pistons and the feet themself fitting in there, under a cover of heatshield tiles. But with the huge scale of starship it might be enough... Actualy, why couldnt they mount such a thin mechanism on the inside of the skirt, thus needing no extra shielding? Seems more simple and i cant imagine that the space is that constrained they have to go on the outside.

Same problem for me. I dont think its Youtubes fault, since the video posted on Reddit has the same issue.

Maybe those are large flaps that fold outwards (hinge on the skirt). Those large, flat areas should be easier to shield from reentry than more prominent/protruding thinner legs like on the old renders.

Anyone still remember bac9 and his B9 Aerospace? From what i remember he even worked for squad and did the "new" Kerbal Space Center, didnt he?

Im realy interested in their stock, they want to go public. Would be nice to be able to invest into real spaceflight, not that porkgrabbing of ULA. Sadly SpaceX isnt free to buy for ordinary folks (im quite sure they will be worth billions in 1-2 decades), so Rocketlab it is...

I would say "were". Im pretty sure there are more SSMEs left than Raptors

Fun Fact: According to Wikipedia there were only 47 SSMEs build in total, one of those never flew.

From what i know its working localy, only updating its blocklists sometimes. The one with the whitelists is Adblock(Plus), which takes money from ad companys to whitelist their ads, uBlock Origin isnt doing that. Also uBlock Origin is often recommended by the experts, including Mozilla, who made it the first adblocker on the remade mobile Firefox, afaik after vetting them.

Well, just use an Adblocker or an app that blocks them. There is no downside apart from the occasional website where overblocking kills something important and you have to disable the block for a moment.

No idea which website you are talking about, is it youtube? I use uBlock Origin and Noscript (although i have to enable most scrips on youtube) and have never seen an ad on youtube. On mobile i use NewPipe for Youtube, it crashes sometimes but plays youtube without any ads (other than native ones of video sponsors).

What ads are you talking about? In your browser? You know there is a way to block all ads, right?

Those videos are awesome, they clearly show the impressive scale of New Glenn and its infrastructure. I hope there is more of that stuff comming, obviously they need some more stuff to show.

Im 99,99% sure those are purely artistic renders, as accurate as the buildings from an Anno game. SpaceX doesnt have the manpower for serious colony planing, they have at most some guys working on absolute basics like mining for water (for fuel), deployable solar panels and options for simple building materials. The first habitats on mars will likely be converted starships, you can start proper planning after archieving that stage because then you know way more about the enviroment and its challenges.

I think Intels "Quicksync" from its IGPU has some sort of advantage in specific video editing scenarios, but i dont know enough about that topic. Otherwise AMD is able to do the same stuff.

You will have to replace the RAM, too, since you are still on DDR3 and there is nothing worthwile to update to without DDR4 support. You shoud go with at least six cores, otherwise you will have to upgrade again in the near future. I would look for a Ryzen 1600/2600 (or better) on a B450/X470, those should be available quite cheap while still offering a significant upgrade in performance. This should be bundled with 16GB DDR4 Ram, idealy with 3000MHz or more (although you may need to use it at a lower speed with Ryzen 1000/2000). The best thing: You can later upgrade that CPU again for a 3000 or 5000 series CPU without changing the motherboard by just updating the BIOS. If you are lucky you may be able to find a used Ryzen 3600 within your budget, go for it!

Since you use an dedicated GPU you can likely save a few bucks by going with the i5 10400F, which has its internal graphics disabled.

Its decent, but usualy an i5 10400 is only slightly more expensive while offering 50% more cores, which is important for future-proofing. They wont help with KSP1, though.

I somehow missed that video, maybe because i confused the title and the thumbnail with the finished trailer. If someone doesnt know yet: Erik Wernquist made more similary awesome videos about space, sponsored by NASA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hbp8QYUQpc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrGAQCq9BMU Also im 99% sure thats the same guy who invented the "Crazy Frog" almost 20 years ago, i doubt there are other 3D artists with the same name around...

The music reminded me of this (so much i had to check if its the same composer): One of the most inspiring videos of all time, its like a real-life Trailer for KSP.

Obviosly it would be easier with one tile for everything, but that wont be possible. Dont forget that the Spaceshuttle was build in another era with conservative NASA design. I guess even on the last flights most stuff regarding the tiles was done by hand, including inventory and ordering new ones. But if you automate the process most of the (expensive) work is done by the computer. Modern manufacturing has no issue with that if you design the process properly in the first place.

If SpaceX uses modern manufacturing i dont see an isse with lots of differently shaped tiles. When a Starship comes back from orbit they will do some sort of inspection of the tiles, propably augmented using computer vision. This way it should take only a few minutes to know which tiles need replacement which would also output the exact shape since its tied to the location. If the only have a few types of tiles its easy to manufacture a bunch of them in advance. But even if everyone is shaped differently its not to hard: Somewhere in the manufacturing process of a tile its shape is determined, maybe by milling of using a mold for sintering. So the cataloge numbers of the tiles that need to be replaced have to be send to that machine, if its milling the tiles it would just load the right toolpaths for each one. If its molding it should simply draw the right mold from a automated storage or print it when they are single use. The end result is always the same, you get exactly the tiles you need, propably within days or even hours if done right.

SpaceX still has a problem, even if they try the three engine burn next time. If the issue was with the fuel supply another engine wouldnt help, if the problem was in the engine itself then they seem to have issues with Raptors reliability. The second one is propably worse, since those are way more complex to develop/modify.

It happened at around 19:09:30 local time. Previosly there were bits of ice comming of, maybe from bucking under stress.