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Lukaszenko Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, SpaceFace545 said: I really just don't like it. It just seems kinda oversaturated and not really that special. I don't know if other people have this same feeling but I do. I love watching launches from ULA or Ariane space because every launch is something special, wether it is some DOD satellite that can read the newspaper on my driveway or the super advanced probes from NASA and ESA. But with commercial launches its just repetitive, you know? It's indeed ugly and it looks old-school and like they patched it together with a hammer; it's certainly not winning any beauty contests and perhaps it never will. I'll definitely agree that sending anything to space; many-billion dollar probes on many-hundred-million-dollar sweet-looking rockets in your examples, is indeed special. I'll argue however, that sending whatevertf you want, whenevertf you want, for a tiny fraction of the price is even more so. Butt-ugly as it may be, Starship is at the very least showing that this is within reach. Besides, if SpaceX really wants to drop some panties, they can always add some bling-bling and window-dressing to the Starhip later. They'll certainly have the margin for it. Edited May 7, 2021 by Lukaszenko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Weather looks OK for Starlink Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Anyone know whether Canaveral/Kennedy have to work around Cruise ship schedules? Absent Covid restrictions, there's a LOT of activity that goes in and out of Port Canaveral on a daily basis. Or do these TFR and surface restrictions take precedence over normal commercial activity to the point of 'just deal with it'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman.Spiff Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) Something important:https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-spacex-rocket-boca-chica-texas-starbase-11620353687 Edited May 7, 2021 by Spaceman.Spiff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceFace545 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, Spaceman.Spiff said: Something important:https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-spacex-rocket-boca-chica-texas-starbase-11620353687 This whole starbase stuff needs to stop. spacex needs to get their own land. They feel entitled like they can uproot an entire town just for a rocket and swear to god if they are allowed to fill up that beautiful marsh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman.Spiff Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 1 minute ago, SpaceFace545 said: allowed to fill up that beautiful marsh. Fricken BO is doing the same thing with a wetland in florida Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceFace545 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Just now, Spaceman.Spiff said: Fricken BO is doing the same thing with a wetland in florida Its truly unacceptable what these two turds are doing to prestene wildlife habitats. Why can't they build their rockets in the middle of the desert like everyone else does? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JcoolTheShipbuilder Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Just now, SpaceFace545 said: Its truly unacceptable what these two turds are doing to prestene wildlife habitats. Why can't they build their rockets in the middle of the desert like everyone else does? i dont think sand is good for rockets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolotiyeruki Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 4 hours ago, Lukaszenko said: It's indeed ugly and it looks old-school and like they patched it together with a hammer; it's certainly not winning any beauty contests and perhaps it never will. I'll definitely agree that sending anything to space; many-billion dollar probes on many-hundred-million-dollar sweet-looking rockets in your examples, is indeed special. I'll argue however, that sending whatevertf you want, whenevertf you want, for a tiny fraction of the price is even more so. It reminds me of the short story Superiority by Arthur C Clarke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman.Spiff Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Just now, SpaceFace545 said: desert like everyone else does? The Russians* Because ideally they want to be on the coast so that they dont drop stages over land, or if they explode they wont rain debris on a populated area. But: Destroying wetlands is bad. They should feel bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 9 minutes ago, Spaceman.Spiff said: Something important:https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-spacex-rocket-boca-chica-texas-starbase-11620353687 They should try crying to the Indian tribes. "You're upset because they are taking your house? You people kicked us off from way more than that!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceFace545 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Just now, Spaceman.Spiff said: The Russians* Because ideally they want to be on the coast so that they dont drop stages over land, or if they explode they wont rain debris on a populated area. But: Destroying wetlands is bad. They should feel bad. I mean more like white sands, literally in the middle of nowhere. But instead they rain debris on scarce habitats which are home to some very endangered* animals. *I'm not really sure if the animals are endangered but these wetland environments definitely are. 3 minutes ago, JcoolTheShipbuilder said: i dont think sand is good for rockets then that powder sand from the texas coastline is definitely not good for starship then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 I'm sure Cape Canaveral was a pristine wetland before they decided to build a ton of launch pads on top of it. There's only so much empty US coastline available to build launch sites. Unfortunately, a lot of that coastline is going to be wetlands. Launching from the desert is an option, but then you run the risk of flying over the continental US and/or having a limited set of orbital inclinations available to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Sometimes a big infrastructure project comes along and people have to move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: There's only so much empty US coastline available to build launch sites. Unfortunately, a lot of that coastline is going to be wetlands. Launching from the desert is an option, but then you run the risk of flying over the continental US and/or having a limited set of orbital inclinations available to you. I have some issues with said coastline being merely 3 miles away from the coastline of a completely different country altogether though. 20 minutes ago, SpaceFace545 said: It's truly unacceptable what these two turds are doing to pristine wildlife habitats. ... That's already receding anyway because of raised sea level. It's not as pristine as one might like to think. I say you better use them and fortify them. Edited May 7, 2021 by YNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, RCgothic said: Sometimes a big infrastructure project comes along and people have to move. Exactly. It's a trade-off - if Starship works as intended, then the implications of that are way more important than a tiny village and a few square kilometres of wetland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuessingEveryDay Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Just now, SpaceFace545 said: This whole starbase stuff needs to stop. spacex needs to get their own land. They feel entitled like they can uproot an entire town just for a rocket and swear to god if they are allowed to fill up that beautiful marsh. That's the problem though. All the land has been swallowed up by other people. So if they want SpaceX to leave them alone, either wait patiently for SpaceX to move offshore, or sell it off. Move to Florida, you got tourists, move to Desert, you have paranoid militaries. Move to ocean, and the environmentalists will burn you alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 1 minute ago, YNM said: I have some issues with said coastline being merely 3 miles away from the coastline of a completely different country altogether though. Why is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Just now, Beccab said: Why is that? I mean... it's not their jurisdiction anymore ? Like FAA has no jurisdiction over Mexican airspace, right ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 People don’t have to sell. Some haven’t. The “town” is ~40 houses. the whole SpaceX facility in Boca Chica is a few hundred acres? Less? Bezos flew around TX in a helo looking at land. He bought >400,000 acres under shell company names so they’d not see what he was doing and charge more. That’s the BO facility near Van Horn, TX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Just now, YNM said: I mean... it's not their jurisdiction anymore ? Like FAA has no jurisdiction over Mexican airspace, right ? If a US company were to fly rockets from Mexico, they would still be under FAA jurisdiction. Look at Rocket Lab, they fly Electron from New Zealand, but since they're incorporated in the US, they still have to get FAA permission. But SpaceX is still operating in US territory and airspace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceFace545 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 10 minutes ago, RCgothic said: Sometimes a big infrastructure project comes along and people have to move. No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, YNM said: I mean... it's not their jurisdiction anymore ? Like FAA has no jurisdiction over Mexican airspace, right ? Maybe, but unless they want to do polar orbits from Boca Chica they won't ever pass there, no? Edited May 7, 2021 by Beccab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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