Mitchz95 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 So there wasn't a livestream this time? Disappointing, I was waiting for one and missed it. But hey! Starhopper hopped! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 No, but they had their drone up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.50calBMG Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 So, I guess we can officially say raptor is the highest chamber pressure engine to ever fly now... Is anybody else vibrating with excitement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 time to break out the celebratory marshmallows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying dutchman Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Give elon the maracas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) Whoa! Also Elon's twitter handle has now gone from -1 -> ei(pi) Which recalls Euler's identity, whats he up to? Edited July 26, 2019 by Nightside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CatastrophicFailure Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Oooooooooooh... aaahhhhhhhhhh..... Ahah, now it’s obvious why they translated... if they’d gone just straight up and down, they would hit the umbilical stack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Is the Raptor bell overexpanded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 That's a lot of fire. And smoke. I don't want to be a bad prophet, but environmentalists will not be happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Scotius said: That's a lot of fire. And smoke. I don't want to be a bad prophet, but environmentalists will not be happy Then send them to Mars. Just kidding. SpaceX probably has to adhere to stricts rules regarding pollutants, and CO2 is a much tamer greenhouse gas than methane Edited July 26, 2019 by Xd the great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjolcz Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) Oh, wow. It actually flew. Tbh, I was a bit skeptical this whole time seeing all the failures and delays. I'm really glad I was proven wrong. Edited July 26, 2019 by Wjolcz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 I’ll just leave this here :3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Just now, Dale Christopher said: I’ll just leave this here :3 Yes, with an option for 6 more under the landing legs so superheavy is likely to have 3 legs like hopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Wotansen Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) Since nobody has posted it yet. [seems I suck at embedding things] Edited July 26, 2019 by Val Unsucked the embed ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 23 minutes ago, magnemoe said: so superheavy is likely to have 3 legs like hopper Or 6 legs @_@ then I will call it grasshopper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 According to all known laws of spaceflight, there is no way that a water tower should be able to fly. Its manufacturing technique is too questionable to get its itself off the ground. The water tower, of course, flies anyways. Because water tanks don't care what humans think is impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 4 hours ago, Scotius said: environmentalists will not be happy The reason why environmentalists mostly ignore rocket launches is that, in the big picture, there are very few of them. Somewhat ironically, the goal of the commercial space business is, in effect, to increase their launches to a sufficient rate that people start complaining about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Do the propellant tanks on the Starhopper use autogenous pressurization? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakaydos Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 5 hours ago, Xd the great said: Is the Raptor bell overexpanded? You're being confused by the fisheye lens- the exaust is further from the camera than the nozzle is, which makes it look smaller and overexpanded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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XB-70A Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 9 hours ago, Scotius said: That's a lot of fire. And smoke. I don't want to be a bad prophet, but environmentalists will not be happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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