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External view of Flip-Separation on Booster 4 & Ship 20

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Brother spacex have already said this is the case because the want to do maneuver testing between orion and HLS while docked, only possible with a nose tip port.
The Nose cone is NOT a pressure vessel, it only has 1 bar that has been getting opened up on literally every starship flight since flight 10

Its not a new docking system at all, its the same one they have been testing for 2 years and the nose opening technique is literally already in use on Dragon right now and is already a known part of the true HLS design

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@RocketDIYerBen @OliverNerd7 @RoryTheSpaceGuy The nose tip will just be swapped to an opening docking port.. not that hard

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@ScottLikesSLS @OliverNerd7 @RoryTheSpaceGuy and how is that gonna work exactly? orion docks through its nose, starship doesn't have a compatible port up there. one side needs hardware that actually exists

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@OliverNerd7 @RoryTheSpaceGuy obviously not possible with SEP but yes the irl one will be Nose tip docking

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@OliverNerd7 @RoryTheSpaceGuy it will

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@Blaze_R935 So? This isnt a 1 flight every 2 hours vehicle lol, it does not need a saved 30 mins of operations

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@Blaze_R935 SpaceX chopsticks are not everyones.. you can not assume that because SpaceX ops are 100% automated Blues will be too.

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@Blaze_R935 ... thats ease of convenience lol not for speed, not really any difference between the crane and Stacking arms crane lifts on OLM-1 were just as fast as chopstick lifts

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@Tourmaleve 230 mph is slower than 250 mph, not really hard to understand that

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So its uglier, slower top speed and less range than the 2017 concept.. I swear they just did the kickflip shit to distract from its worse performance figures

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Configurations

– Performance: road ready, seats 2

Active aerodynamics & multi-mode suction system for next-level performance on & off the track

– Thrust: race ready, seats 2

Multi-mode suction system paired w/ rear-mounted cold-gas thrusters that enable 0–60 in <1 second

�� Rocket: air ready, seats 1

Multi-mode suction system plus perimeter-mounted cold-gas thrusters supporting forward & upward acceleration plus lateral rotational movement. So...yes, it can fly

Range >300 miles
Top speed up to >230mph (Rocket)

0-60
Performance (<1.6)
Thrust (<0.9)
Rocket (<0.59)

Reserve now –
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@LukaBon14094574 Idk if you are stupid but the tweet in the quote LITERALLY says tops speed FOR THE ROCKET version is 230~

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@AdrianAdriasola the roadster was just an electric Lotus elise, lets not kid ourselves, but yk what it actually was? a ROADSTER! the new one doesn't even have the entire point behind the Name lol.. but did the 2017 have it? yep!

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this literally looks like someone tried to draw the lamborghini reventon from memory.. it aint conventional this design language isn't new, what is good is the roadster honoring the original Roadster while still looking hihgly modern/futuristic, that is exactly what the 2017 model did

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@Tourmaleve "Slower top speed" learn how to read ya dumbass.

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@squeaky2031 This is classed as a hyper car, and yes.. there is tires for hypercars that come with the car as over 250 mph rated like the bugatti Chiron Veryron, the Koenigsegg Agera RS, the Venom F5 and SSC tuatara

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@Rocky336_ I Have already said i do really like the wing and the rear in general is alright, but the front is vile

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Ok, just clearing up, yes the new roadster is ugly and older looking than the 2017 concept, but the RCS is amazingly cool im just worried they arent being clear enough that this shit is not road legal or really track legal either, and the rocket pack version is highly highly exclusive option that seemingly only tesla will decide when you are allowed to use it.
And I wish the demo actually covered the car? Making claims that its as fast as an F1 car around tracks and then not showing it do a single corner is certainly a decision to make..

Also side note not just a tesla thing, can cars please bring back wing mirrors? Like genuinely they make all cars look better

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@yapyap_yap4924 Yeah and the cyberpunk event had it with hundreds of more miles than it actually has (and a lied ablut drag race) tesla and live event numbers dont match.. like ever

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@squeaky2031 road cars have been having tires capable of over 250 mph for over 20 years

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@nikiljoseph2 @Mach5Waffleiron and the design trying to look like the SR-71 isn't? lol

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@Truthful_ast Its a cool geature genuinely cool, wish they'd be open about its usage tho (plus it's an ugly car design let be fr)