tater Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 No need for sound on, has music not rocket sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 1 hour ago, tater said: No need for sound on, has music not rocket sounds. That's an....interesting....viewing perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 20 minutes ago, cubinator said: That's an....interesting....viewing perspective. Yeah, one of the support vessels I assume. Worst part about the crappy music is I wanted to hear the booms, and roar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 I wonder how many this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Last time it happened about 5 hours from now, but the window is so long that it could be at any point between now and 12 hours from now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 18 hours ago, tater said: No need for sound on, has music not rocket sounds. The booster comes in at a lot more of an angle than I expected at that altitude. I guess we normally see the ones coming in for landing on the landing pads at Canaveral looking mostly along the direction they are coming from. This is going to make it even more interesting to see a Super Heavy or Starship come in for a landing at 39A if they follow a similar angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 9 minutes ago, Brotoro said: The booster comes in at a lot more of an angle than I expected at that altitude. I guess we normally see the ones coming in for landing on the landing pads at Canaveral looking mostly along the direction they are coming from. This is going to make it even more interesting to see a Super Heavy or Starship come in for a landing at 39A if they follow a similar angle. Yeah, watching the live feed from the booster I am usually thinking it is going to miss, the angle above shows me why my intuition is always wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 24hrs apart at the Cape. I wonder just how close together they can launch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 8 hours ago, Brotoro said: The booster comes in at a lot more of an angle than I expected at that altitude. I guess we normally see the ones coming in for landing on the landing pads at Canaveral looking mostly along the direction they are coming from. This is going to make it even more interesting to see a Super Heavy or Starship come in for a landing at 39A if they follow a similar angle. The booster actually has a surprisingly decent glide ratio for what it is, around 1:1 IIRC. More gliding = more slowing down without using fuel, so they’ll fly down as low as they can before lighting up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolotiyeruki Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 19 hours ago, tater said: Yeah, watching the live feed from the booster I am usually thinking it is going to miss, the angle above shows me why my intuition is always wrong. Yeah, it totally looks like it's going to miss. It doesn't help that they *aim* to miss until after the landing burn starts and everything is nominal. At that point it adjusts its trajectory to land on the ASDS. 19 hours ago, Brotoro said: The booster comes in at a lot more of an angle than I expected at that altitude. I guess we normally see the ones coming in for landing on the landing pads at Canaveral looking mostly along the direction they are coming from. This is going to make it even more interesting to see a Super Heavy or Starship come in for a landing at 39A if they follow a similar angle. The trajectory for RTLS is very different from a droneship landing--an RTLS launch is much steeper, so MECO/separation/SES happen much closer to the pad, horizontally. So the booster has (and needs) a lot less horizontal velocity to get to the landing pad, compared to an ASDS landing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Woot! Hopefully a static fire on my birthday! I wonder how many engines this time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pthigrivi Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 1 hour ago, StrandedonEarth said: Woot! Hopefully a static fire on my birthday! I wonder how many engines this time... Hey happy birthday homie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 @StrandedonEarth today's static fire attempt seems to be proceeding: Can't link the tweet because of bad words in it, but Zach is counting 7+ engine chilling right now - if it does an SF, this one could be big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 2 hours ago, tater said: Great spin prime! S24 may join the party as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 6 engine static fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, tater said: 6 engine static fire Thanks for the vidtweetpost, I had tuned in just in time to see a muted wall of smoke, and had to wait for it to clear to make sure it was still standing… Couldn't scroll back; quicker to find your post than the replay tweet lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Now a large grass fire and what appears to be a literal dumpster fire inside the test area. >.< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 The brushfire is along the road, seemed to be going out on labpadre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pthigrivi Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 (edited) Am I missing something? Shouldn't they have like 3-5 firetrucks for this kind of thing? Edited September 8, 2022 by Pthigrivi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 13 minutes ago, Pthigrivi said: Am I missing something? Shouldn't they have like 3-5 firetrucks for this kind of thing? Brush fires are not usually fought with trucks here in NM. It's guys with shovels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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