RealKerbal3x Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) NSF stream of static fire attempt, going live soon: Edit: Tank farm is now venting. Edit 2: Vehicle now venting! Edit 3: Looks like SN6 detanking, they may have aborted. Edit 3.5: There are still 8 hours in the window, so it's possible that this is simply a recycle. Edit 4: Cars to the pad. Probably an abort for now. Edited August 23, 2020 by RealKerbal3x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 3 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said: Edit 4: Cars to the pad. Probably an abort for now. Probably a Scrub with the storm the rolled in. From Everyday Astronaut's stream. I haven't fact checked 100% scrub so take this post with a grain of salt. On 8/20/2020 at 12:53 PM, RCgothic said: Google Maps is telling a different story right now... https://www.google.com/maps/@28.3249314,-89.5519655,5z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m3!15m2!1m1!1s%2Fg%2F11hjjy3f_b actually he tweed this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commodore_32 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 SN6 Aborted for the second time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 6 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said: Edit 4: Cars to the pad. Probably an abort for now. Sudden mental image of going to replace the model rocket igniter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Successful SN6 static fire! However, the vehicle doesn't appear to be detanking. Issue, long term pressure test, or possible second static fire? Unlikely because there's only a few minutes left in the window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Static fire replay! Let's hope that the hop goes as planned on the 28th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 (edited) Looks so refined and not-explodey! And ON THE SAME DAY THEY FIRST SAID?!?! Edited August 24, 2020 by cubinator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 23 minutes ago, cubinator said: And ON THE SAME DAY THEY FIRST SAID?!?! Actually, they said the static fire would happen on the 24th, but brought it forward a day due to weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 9 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: Actually, they said the static fire would happen on the 24th, but brought it forward a day due to weather mindblown.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 minute ago, cubinator said: mindblown.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Backup closures are canceled, since they don't need them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 They are about to stick a mass simulator on sn6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Meanwhile, across the pond... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 What can simulate a water tower except of another water tower? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 The launch platforms will be giant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 (edited) (Grimpeace smiles happily and takes a calculator...) Spoiler Edited August 24, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 One less mystery: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 (edited) I just don't get it. What is the fascination people have with welding steel? It's been done for millennia. SpaceX rockets look nothing like water towers. (Grain silos, yes, I could understand.) Edited August 24, 2020 by mikegarrison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, mikegarrison said: SpaceX rockets look nothing like water towers. Agreed, but you remember the backstory of that wrt Starship, right? The initial “hopper” was built in part by a water tower contractor. NSF guys saw the trucks (with logos), looked up the company, etc. some guy on their forum basically told people speculating that it was a rocket that they should move out of their parents’ basement... Then, obviously rocket. Edited August 24, 2020 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, tater said: Agreed, but you remember the backstory of that wrt Starship, right? The initial “hopper” was built in part by a water tower contractor. NSF guys saw the trucks (with logos), looked up the company, etc. some guy on their forum basically told people speculating that it was a rocket that they should move out of their parents’ basement... Then, obviously rocket. No, I didn't know that. I'm not really an "anti-fan" of SpaceX -- I wish them well -- but I'm certainly not a fan of theirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 6 hours ago, RCgothic said: The launch platforms will be giant! As an very subtle understatement. You will need facilities to land superheavy and starships, integrate payloads and then move them to launch pad, mate them, refuel and launch, you also need hangars in case of bad weather. So it need to do much more than sea launch, much the same as aircraft carriers, they launch planes weighting 25 ton. now launch something at 5000 ton. Granted they have +50 planes while this will just house a few starship and superheavy. It will not be something who is fast to build, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 3 hours ago, magnemoe said: So it need to do much more than sea launch, much the same as aircraft carriers, they launch planes weighting 25 ton. now launch something at 5000 ton. I give you ICARUS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, DDE said: I give you ICARUS. Ithacus. Not sure where the name came from. Could be from the home island of Odysseus, which is Ithaca. Or maybe derived from the rocket itself, which is a version of the ROMBUS. It was supposed to carry troops. It's a sub-orbital point-to-point intercontinental rocket idea. (Nobody thought Elon Musk was the first to have this idea, did they?) Edited August 25, 2020 by mikegarrison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 7 hours ago, mikegarrison said: SpaceX rockets look nothing like water towers. https://www.google.com/search?q=Rooftop+water+tower&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqn8ns2bXrAhV7BhAIHTUlB5IQ_AUoAXoECA4QAw&biw=1920&bih=979 Never happens here, but according to the Hollywood movies, is normal on the other side of the planet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 53 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: Never happens here, but according to the Hollywood movies, is normal on the other side of the planet. Is actually a thing, for reasons... Spoiler 1 hour ago, DDE said: give you ICARUS. Well, according to Google they may be retiring the USS Truman in the next few years... I’m sure no one would object to selling Elon Musk a surplus nuclear-powered aircraft carrier... I mean, if they can trust him with gigantic missiles already... ...or maybe he’ll try that rekajiggered Pykrete thing... ...or the Russians will jerk him around, refuse to sell it to him, and he’ll get fed up and make it his dang self only better and cheaper... IceX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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