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Mechanical engineer, welder, car builder, weight lifter-Mostly space related. Love Japanese cars and everything that is fast as f*ck. Formula student alumni
We have regained some access to Launch Complex 36 and are actively investigating the hotfire anomaly. We will start clearing the pad soon and have a good rebuild plan in place. The booster and GS2s in the integration facility appear healthy from quick looks.
It’s no secret that we intend to launch Starship a lot, targeting thousands of flights per year. That cadence will require the ability to launch from many different locations, so we are constantly exploring to find viable sites to expand Starship operations in the future, both domestically and internationally
Three years since the first flight of Starship, the next generation is here. New ship. New booster. New engines. New pad and new test site. SpaceX engineers are working to solve one of the most difficult engineering challenges in history: developing a fully, rapidly reusable rocket
@elonmusk Thank you, @elonmusk - the four of us glimpsed the red hues of Mars far in the distance as the sun slipped behind the Moon and there was zero doubt in our minds that the creative genius of our greatest minds will have us there very soon. LETS GO
It was painfully obvious NASA should stop building big rockets on February 6, 2018, with the debut of Falcon Heavy. It became a mockery with the second flight of Starship in Nov. 2023. Now we have New Glenn. Enough already.
I've got good news for you SpaceX fans. SpaceX will continue to build and the others will continue to talk. And we know how this ends.
Musk will spend his nights in SpaceX technical reviews, Bezos will continue to play billionaire on his yacht. And the rest will continue to bill the gov't with their endless cost-plus contracts.
Starship will continue to prove itself. And it will stand alone.
We know how this ends.
@SciGuySpace Worth noting that the heat shield tiles almost entirely stayed attached, so the latest upgrades are looking good!
The red color is from some metallic test tiles that oxidized and the white is from insulation of areas where we deliberately removed tiles.
@elonmusk@spacesudoer Any preliminary data on why ship was orange/ white upon landing? Deposition of metallic particles/rust from the heat shield tiles? Also, any idea what the energetic event in ship skirt was about?
@Erdayastronaut If they go to full orbit, might aswell just land the ship in the Gulf instead of Indian Ocean no? Makes recovery easier. Downside is possible debries over the states
I spent the day at Starbase and never really understood of the scope of what’s happening here.
It’s a modern day Manhattan Project: an entire city built for the singular mission of going space.
Rows of 1950s ranch homes, a couple of restaurants, a grocery store, hovercrafts shuttling people around on water—and launchpads and rocket factories everywhere.