tater Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Current take-home lesson - eject before landing, or make sure you're first to the door after touchdown. But on a serious note, good to see NASA taking an interest in public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Road closures are scheduled for tomorrow so we could see a static fire then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) Could this in fact be a Lunar Starship nose? (except it has flap actuators) Edited March 21, 2021 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Mars base can happen this decade. But that’s Elon time. Won’t be surprised if it slips to 2030s... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Better get my bug farm printed, geared up, programmed, and bolted tight then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothalogh Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 4 hours ago, sh1pman said: Mars base can happen this decade. But that’s Elon time. Won’t be surprised if it slips to 2030s... Quote Nüwa The first city on Mars has to be named Olympus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 17 minutes ago, Nothalogh said: The first city on Mars has to be named Olympus What about calling it New Donner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothalogh Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 47 minutes ago, tater said: What about calling it New Donner? Zeus was known for a smidgin of cannibalism, too, you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Quote Nüwa Spoiler Nothing common to Mars. Also, when CN start building their own base, why steal the title in advance? The proper name is Nergal City. Because Nergal is the personification of both Mars (planet) and desert.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nergal and because the greatest Martian river valley already is Nergal Valley.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirgal_Vallis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothalogh Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 39 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: Nergal Too close to Nurgle, no heresy on mars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, Nothalogh said: Too close to Nurgle, no heresy on mars Just call him Master. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurja Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 8 hours ago, tater said: What about calling it New Donner? New Roanoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 10 hours ago, tater said: What about calling it New Donner? Perfectly, Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hms_warrior Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 obviously the first town on a new planet has to be called first landing. Countless of Scifi stories tell us that. The real question is who will build it? I can envision a permanent laboratory.... but a town? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 SN11 static fire attempt ongoing. It's currently on engine chill, but NSF thinks they heard a brief siren. Possibly around 2-4 minutes away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpens Solidus Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Is it supposed to be that short Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) Spoiler 4 hours ago, hms_warrior said: obviously the first town on a new planet has to be called first landing. https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/King's_Landing I don't insist, but EElon/EarthMMusk/MarsSShip One is not a usual ship... Wait... Isn't that why he has called himself Technoking?.. Edited March 22, 2021 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 11 minutes ago, Serpens Solidus said: Is it supposed to be that short Usually they're only a couple of seconds long, so yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Static fire. Looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Serpens Solidus said: Is it supposed to be that short They don't want to damage the pad. Remember there's no deluge system for sound suppression here. On that note -- I really do not understand how Elon could possibly think that they will be able to get away without a water deluge system on the orbital pad. For tests with BN2, sure? But for orbital flights we are talking about even more thrust than the Nova rocket (with eight F-1 engines). The Apollo 4 launch of the Saturn V without a sound suppression system seriously damaged Pad 39A. I can't imagine that the orbital pad will survive even a single unprotected Superheavy launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terwin Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 2 hours ago, sevenperforce said: I really do not understand how Elon could possibly think that they will be able to get away without a water deluge system on the orbital pad. For tests with BN2, sure? But for orbital flights we are talking about even more thrust than the Nova rocket (with eight F-1 engines). The Apollo 4 launch of the Saturn V without a sound suppression system seriously damaged Pad 39A. I can't imagine that the orbital pad will survive even a single unprotected Superheavy launch. Wouldn't the much higher thrust/lift ratio help lessen pad wear by greatly shortening the duration of the high-stress period of the launch? No idea if this would reduce the stress more or less than a deluge system would, but it seems like it should help at the very least. They may also be testing out a different launch pad design intended to reduce wear and tear on the pad. (if your pad can only manage 1 launch every couple of days, it does not matter how much faster your rocket is ready to go, and I have no idea how long it takes to get all that water pumped up and ready to go) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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