Beccab Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Just now, tater said: That was unexpected! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Understanding that we are holding at T-0:40 and no siren is expected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Just now, sevenperforce said: Understanding that we are holding at T-0:40 and no siren is expected? T - 40 seconds, Elon time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Just now, sevenperforce said: Understanding that we are holding at T-0:40 and no siren is expected? I've got no idea of what's going on, but it's so exciting for some reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 KABLOOOOOOEY In the best of ways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 THE COUNTDOWN IS GOING, T-20 SECONDS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 It's still standing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 FIRE! It's still standing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 The billowing clouds were HUGE. Just absolutely huge. Way, way bigger than I could have anticipated. The absolute lack of anything on fire, smoking, or apparently damaged on GSE is impressive. That's exactly what they need to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Clean. Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 NSF's view is pretty amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 (edited) 31 engines Record - number of engines, amount of thrust Edited February 9, 2023 by JoeSchmuckatelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 So do they need to do another test? 31 engines is not a full 33. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 4 minutes ago, RCgothic said: So do they need to do another test? 31 engines is not a full 33. The people on NSF are discussing this. It may be that they only replace and refire those two engines, then proceed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Just now, sevenperforce said: The people on NSF are discussing this. It may be that they only replace and refire those two engines, then proceed. Agreed tbh - if today's conditions were to happen on launch day, it'd be an abort and recycle to the next opportunity (with eventual engine replacement), which isn't bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 It's official, most powerful rocket ever fired Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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StrandedonEarth Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Oh for the love of little green dragons…. I knew I should have taken my break earlier! Great to see that they could fire it on the first attempt, even if only 31 lit. Even better that there’s no apparent damage to the hardware, although the flapping birdware may beg to differ. I’m sure the deluge helped keep future concrete replacement to a minimum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Some alternative views from SX On another note: SpaceX admits blocking Ukrainian troops from using satellite technology | CNN Politics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 26 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: The people on NSF are discussing this. It may be that they only replace and refire those two engines, then proceed. so how many can fail and still go to space. seems we have demonstrated fail safe operation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Just now, Nuke said: so how many can fail and still go to space. seems we have demonstrated fail safe operation. People made a lot of calculations about that stuff from time to time and SpaceX themselves provided some numbers at some point as development progressed. Of course, the earlier it happens the least of margins there are, but I'd have to search for a bit to find the hard data One last view of the SF for today: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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