@Mookafish Whole point is using ISRU to build the sats, so we need Infrastructur for Mining, manufacturing and highly complex chip assembly
on the surface + Power. The accelerator propably won't be the biggest/most complexe thing we need to build up there. The future will be crazy
For those who were asking, here's the lyrics for the Ship 26 song. Officially titled: Lost Between The Stars. #Ship26FanClub#Ship26IsForever
[Verse]
In Texas dust where dreams collide
They tore you down where you did hide
A silver ship that kissed the sky
Yet never flew and we know why
[Verse 2]
A future bright a ship's embrace
Dreams live on in empty space
Your steel would fly our hearts so high
Now grounded here we close our eyes
[Chorus]
Oh Ship 26 our beacon true
The stars did cry they saw us through
Histories whispered in the night
We'll never see your shining flight
[Bridge]
Our hero lost without a fight
In pieces left beneath the light
A cosmic journey left unchased
In broken dreams we find our place
[Verse 3]
Your steel and might they took apart
Yet in our minds you're still the heart
A vision gone yet memories
Of what could be still riding seas
[Chorus]
Oh Ship 26 our beacon true
The stars did cry they saw us through
Histories whispered in the night
We'll never see your shining flight
[Verse]
Engines roared down at Pad B
Dust and dreams where we could see
Test ship that never broke through
To chase our cosmic rendezvous
[Verse 2]
Masseys echo your loud cry
Reaching up to silent sky
Grounded here
Yet plans were grand
Moonward dreams slipped through our hands
[Chorus]
Forgotten rocket still holds space
In our minds
We see your grace
On the moon
We wished you'd stand
Burning bright
Across the land
[Verse 3]
Metal frame that couldn’t soar
Left our hearts craving for more
Silent starship forged by man
Lost in time
It's where we stand
[Bridge]
In our sleep
We hear you fire
Whispers of that old desire
Horizons bled with dreams so true
But fate held tethered
What’s to do
First fire! 🔥 We have successfully kicked off the hot fire campaign for our first stage at @SaxaVord_Space. We hot-fired a total of four Helix engines, igniting one by one at four second intervals. All engines ran simultaneously for 8 seconds with a total hot-fire duration of 20 seconds. The test ran flawlessly through start-up, steady-state and shutdown.
With this hot fire, we were able to demonstrate that we can nominally operate and control our first stage and all its systems, as well as a cluster of Helix engines.
RFA and our incredible team are marching steadfastly on towards our first test flight, not only in Scotland but also in Augsburg, Portugal and Sweden. Special thanks to our partners at @SaxaVord_Space for their support at all levels.
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@rfa_space 4min and 20 seconds or 280 seconds. Unless you did some more testing after the full duration hot fire. The more important question is: How many seconds will Helix fire in space next year.
@AlexSvanArt Epic!
Do you think having more CH4 than LOX in the booster in the end was intentional or a result of the engines burning incorrectly at IFT1. If not, why carry that extra weight?
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