CatastrophicFailure Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 And then there were nine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Calling it now: SN9 will make the second attempt at the 20km bellyflop after SN8 pancakes on the landing pad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavio hc16 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 32 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: Calling it now: SN9 will make the second attempt at the 20km bellyflop after SN8 pancakes on the landing pad. i don't know why but when i heard "pancakes" on the pad i crack up thinking about it, because IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 4 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said: Calling it now: SN9 will make the second attempt at the 20km bellyflop after SN8 pancakes on the landing pad SN9 will run out of hydraulic fluid or something and enter an uncontrolled spin. SN10 will be called V1.0 and land upright but sustain damage on touchdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropian Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Wait, the next hop will be the 20km bellyflop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Just now, Entropian said: Wait, the next hop will be the 20km bellyflop? Musk said the other day they will hop SN6 (maybe repair and do SN5 again, too) a few times to work out the kinks of launching/operations. SN8 is the higher alt version (SN7.1 is a test tank). SN8 above is based on aerial shots of the fins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropian Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Thanks! <hype intensifies> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Starlink coming up again: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Entropian said: Wait, the next hop will be the 20km bellyflop? No, they plan to do a few more 150m hops with SN5 and SN6 first, but after that SN8 is meant to do a 20km flight. SN8 *may* also do a 2km hop before it flies 20km, but we're not sure yet. It may be that they get enough data from multiple 150m hops that they can go straight to attempting a bellyflop. Edit: oops, noticed that @tater beat me to it Edited August 16, 2020 by RealKerbal3x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Spoiler Will it make stops every 150 m? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derega16 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 hour ago, cubinator said: SN9 will run out of hydraulic fluid or something and enter an uncontrolled spin. SN10 will be called V1.0 and land upright but sustain damage on touchdown. V2.0 will demonstrated E2E with a flight to london.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, derega16 said: V2.0 will demonstrated E2E with a flight to london.... I've always thought they should do a long-duration test run to Antarctica. Fly there, land the Starship, mine ice for a few months to refuel, and fly home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncongruousGoat Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, cubinator said: I've always thought they should do a long-duration test run to Antarctica. Fly there, land the Starship, mine ice for a few months to refuel, and fly home. Unfortunately, I think that would be in violation of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. Plus, Antarctica is a pretty bad Mars simulator. About the only thing the two locations have in common is air temperature (some of the time) and Antarctica poses some challenges which are completely orthogonal to what one would encounter on Mars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Just now, IncongruousGoat said: Unfortunately, I think that would be in violation of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. Plus, Antarctica is a pretty bad Mars simulator. About the only thing the two locations have in common is air temperature (some of the time) and Antarctica poses some challenges which are completely orthogonal to what one would encounter on Mars. Damn. You know what they should do, they should send one to Mars. Mars is pretty Mars-like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RealKerbal3x Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, tater said: The five-ring section at top right could be the barrel section for the next fairing. The question is, which nosecone will it get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, tater said: It's like one of those early nineties real-time strategy games where all sorts of vehicles magically spawn from a too-small building. "Need more Vespene gas... methane." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavio hc16 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 15 minutes ago, KSK said: It's like one of those early nineties real-time strategy games where all sorts of vehicles magically spawn from a too-small building. "Need more Vespene gas... methane." "k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-kirov reporting in" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 The tweet was deleted so here is the replacement: https://twitter.com/RGVaerialphotos/status/1295073298464866304?s=20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DDE Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 PSA: Wikipedia is not r/roastme It is, of course, much, much worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 SN6 is getting ready for some cryo action, while rave lighting is installed at the mid bay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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