Aaron Morse

Trek and all things Sci-Fi. Lego Enthusiast.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

In 2023, SpaceX completed 96 successful missions, safely flew 12 more astronauts to orbit, launched two flight tests of Starship, and more than doubled the number of people around the world connected by @Starlink.

Watch @elonmusk deliver a company update:

[Aaron Morse @AyAyRon71]

@RayLeo02 @_Pundus_ A little hidden reference to Scotty's Guide to the Enterprise I would reckon. :) even the 1798 part.

[Aaron Morse @AyAyRon71]

@EndWokeness Yeah.. Warhammer 40k is looking like where I'm gonna land. Story driven and dark. It's like breaking up from a toxic relationship.. you try to remember the good times... but enough is enough.

[Aaron Morse @AyAyRon71]

@LEGO_Group

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

At dawn from the gateway to Mars, the launch of Starship’s second flight test

[Podium Entertainment @podium_ent]

💰IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM SKIPPY📉

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Claim yours here: https://t.co/8u5dEUzfjV

*Downloadable wallpaper. Not really an NFT.

[Aaron Morse @AyAyRon71]

@elonmusk Can't wait until there's a sign on Mars saying "Gateway to Earth"!

[Aaron Morse @AyAyRon71]

@MarcusHouse Can't wait for the day they have a sign on Mars saying "Gateway to Earth"

[Aaron Morse @AyAyRon71]

@STvSW @RobertIsley @portalrealm that's it! :)

[Aaron Morse @AyAyRon71]

@gaghyogi49 @eas_trek I recall seeing this LCARS in a Startrek magazine YEARS ago. I bought two copies. One to keep and one to clip for the personal archives. :)

[Aaron Morse @AyAyRon71]

@RobertIsley @portalrealm I want to say in one of the novels said she and Kirk were lovers. Admiral Lori Cinna? Or somesuch... if memory serves.

[Zack Golden @CSI_Starbase]

New Fire Suppression System Dramatically Increases Superheavy's Performance!

While the 2nd Integrated Test Flight of Starship ultimately ended in the loss of both vehicles, it was undoubtably a massive improvement from SpaceX's first attempt.

This episode is a deep dive analysis of critical upgrades to Starship Superheavy.

Disclaimer: There is a very large focus placed on Booster 7 in this episode. There were a lot of lessons learned from IFT-1 and its important to understand why each of the changes to Booster 9 were necessary.

Hopefully this will help make sense out of a lot of the items listed in the 63 Corrective Actions from the FAA shared by @elonmusk a few months ago.

If you enjoy this then please share it!

Episode Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro: Tale of 2 Boosters
01:45 - Booster Bidet Performance
03:15 - Post IFT-1 Challenges
05:20 - Raptor 2 Electric TVC Upgrades
09:11 - Mitigating Raptor Explosion Risks
12:08 - Center Engine Blast Containment
14:32 - Original Boost Engine Blast Containment
16:47 - B7 Explosion - Insufficient Blast Shielding
19:25 - B7 Robustness Upgrades Finally Explained
20:41 - IFT-1 Engine RUD Isolation Failure
22:50 - B9 Upgraded Engine Isolation Explained
26:20 - Fire Suppression & Why Its Needed
27:55 - B7 Fire Suppression System Explained
31:15 - Why CO2 Instead of Nitrogen?
31:45 - IFT-1 Fire Suppression Failure
33:20 - B9's 15X Fire Suppression Upgrade
39:55 - Raptor Engine Startup Failures
40:45 - IFT-2 B9 Performance Analysis
45:35 - FTS System Upgrade
49:05 - Hot Staging???
49:40 - Outro & End Credits

[Aaron Morse @AyAyRon71]

@LEGO_Group I still remember the ONE time I was missing a brick. Set#375 The Classic Yellow Castle. Was missing the two smaller Green Plates. I was so in love with the castle I never even bothered to mention it to my parents. Might be a bit too late now. 40 some odd years ago.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship launches off the pad under the power of all 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy Booster

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Stage separation!

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

Starship Launch Licence approved for the second test flight!

As it happened:
https://t.co/zRmudGMEHw

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship preparing to launch as early as November 17, pending final regulatory approval → https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK

[Five Times August @FiveTimesAugust]

Just a reminder this is what terrorism looked like a year ago

[NASA @NASA]

Here they are. These bits of ancient space rock may hold clues to how the rocky planets—including our own—formed. Scientists worldwide will study the #OSIRISREx sample for generations to come to get answers on where we come from.