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Link Posted: 10/30/2023 12:26:35 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By WesJanson:
So are we potentially seeing a launch on Wed...?
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I think we'd hear about the FAA issuing a license (meaning that USFW signed off).  Nothing yet, AFAIK.
Link Posted: 10/31/2023 1:27:36 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 10/31/2023 5:31:12 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Chokey:


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Looks like a step forward and a step back.  FFS
Link Posted: 11/1/2023 8:06:04 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Hesperus:


Starship would be an ICBM with a heck of a throw weight. I think you could fit a Tzar Bomba in there.
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mirvs are likely far more destructive than a Tsar Bomba. Inverse square law on essentially a 2d surface, one thing I have theorized is actually starship just loaded up with autonomous IR seeking drones each with a grenade like payload or just some of the heat seeking cluster bomblets like we have on some of the cbus... it could but a heck of a lot of mirvs up too though.
Link Posted: 11/1/2023 8:14:25 PM EDT
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Someone has heard something.

No earlier than 6Nov23. I don’t think there has been anything published that projected a date yet.
Link Posted: 11/1/2023 8:48:25 PM EDT
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. Gov agencies fuck up everything they touch . I want to see launches , lots of launches if that’s what it takes to get this right .
Link Posted: 11/2/2023 5:36:28 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By RattleCanAR:
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Someone has heard something.

No earlier than 6Nov23. I don't think there has been anything published that projected a date yet.
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Yup.


Link Posted: 11/2/2023 5:47:05 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By 4q2:
. Gov agencies fuck up everything they touch . I want to see launches , lots of launches if that's what it takes to get this right .
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It must be so much more difficult to iterate when you aren't allowed to do the actual tests. And now they have to wait longer while the gov decides if 10 seconds of spraying potable water on a 100 yard swath of land adjacent to a launch site for the world's largest rocket is grounds for shutting down the program. It's something they have been doing anyway every time they test the deluge system. Not to mention fresh water from rain. It's asinine and laughable.
Link Posted: 11/2/2023 12:14:12 PM EDT
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Let the Starship funding flow...






Link Posted: 11/2/2023 12:23:03 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Zam18th:

It must be so much more difficult to iterate when you aren't allowed to do the actual tests. And now they have to wait longer while the gov decides if 10 seconds of spraying potable water on a 100 yard swath of land adjacent to a launch site for the world's largest rocket is grounds for shutting down the program. It's something they have been doing anyway every time they test the deluge system. Not to mention fresh water from rain. It's asinine and laughable.
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Originally Posted By Zam18th:
Originally Posted By 4q2:
. Gov agencies fuck up everything they touch . I want to see launches , lots of launches if that's what it takes to get this right .

It must be so much more difficult to iterate when you aren't allowed to do the actual tests. And now they have to wait longer while the gov decides if 10 seconds of spraying potable water on a 100 yard swath of land adjacent to a launch site for the world's largest rocket is grounds for shutting down the program. It's something they have been doing anyway every time they test the deluge system. Not to mention fresh water from rain. It's asinine and laughable.



Can you imagine what the world would be like if government actually tried to help (in that way that 8 year old kids are taught that government should work)....

"Mr. Musk, it appears that our system of forcing you to apply for a new permit before every launch is too inefficient. We're changing our policies so that we can issue you a blanket permit which is good for a 3 year period."
Link Posted: 11/2/2023 12:35:21 PM EDT
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Staylink is break even now at like 2 million subscribers... That's only gonna grow probably exponentially.
Link Posted: 11/2/2023 1:07:55 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Orion_Shall_Rise:
Starlink is break even now at like 2 million subscribers... That's only gonna grow probably exponentially.
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Subscribing to Starlink seems like the best way for the average joe to directly support Starship development.
Link Posted: 11/2/2023 1:53:05 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 11/2/2023 2:01:02 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By HeavyMetal:
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Well... Musk has explicitly linked Starlink revenue to funding Starship. Tesla just enriches Musk personally and lets him add $$ if absolutely needed; but the goal has always been funding Starship via Starlink.
Link Posted: 11/2/2023 2:17:09 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Orion_Shall_Rise:
Staylink is break even now at like 2 million subscribers... That's only gonna grow probably exponentially.
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i don't think that is how exponential growth works. but yeah that is a drop in the bucket compared to their eventual market.
Link Posted: 11/2/2023 2:52:26 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By kill-9:
Subscribing to Starlink seems like the best way for the average joe to directly support Starship development.
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Originally Posted By Orion_Shall_Rise:
Starlink is break even now at like 2 million subscribers... That's only gonna grow probably exponentially.
Subscribing to Starlink seems like the best way for the average joe to directly support Starship development.


Been subscribed for almost 2 years now
Link Posted: 11/3/2023 2:18:00 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Obo2:

i don't think that is how exponential growth works. but yeah that is a drop in the bucket compared to their eventual market.
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Originally Posted By Orion_Shall_Rise:
Staylink is break even now at like 2 million subscribers... That's only gonna grow probably exponentially.

i don't think that is how exponential growth works. but yeah that is a drop in the bucket compared to their eventual market.
As a telecom guy I can say that starlink definitely has a service capacity cap, at some point adding more customers will not be possible or will kill quality of service.  The main bottlenecks are going to be the terrestrial landing stations and peering agreements with other companies.  Iirc most telecoms companies have a retail customer over-subscription rate of 20:1. IE they sell the same network capacity to 20 customers.  So if the landing station can average 10Tb then the company could probably sell 200Tb of contracted customer traffic.

Why can they massively oversubscribe their customers like this?  Most retail customers and even a bunch of commercial customers do not use all their alloted bandwidth. So as long as you have enough network capacity for the occasional traffic spike you can oversell a lot.
Link Posted: 11/3/2023 3:57:54 PM EDT
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I'll start holding my breath when the FTS systems get installed and everything is at full stack.
Link Posted: 11/3/2023 4:11:42 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 11/3/2023 5:32:41 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Chokey:


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It hung on the pad because of engine outs.
Link Posted: 11/3/2023 5:59:49 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 11/3/2023 7:02:35 PM EDT
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I live about 200 miles north of boca chica.   I'm wondering what the furthest north you can be and still see the launch would be.

Given a 2 hour notice of launch, might I be able to jump in my car and drive south far enough to see at least a flame trail clear the horizon?
Link Posted: 11/3/2023 7:52:49 PM EDT
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[off-topic]ULA is for sale --per Marcus House[/off-topic]
Link Posted: 11/4/2023 9:38:00 AM EDT
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Astronaut Training and Starship - With Jared Isaacman and Tim Dodd- NSF Live
Link Posted: 11/6/2023 5:17:51 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 11/6/2023 5:42:28 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 11/7/2023 3:01:42 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 11/7/2023 11:13:01 PM EDT
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Until the fish cops give their go I'm not expecting anything.  Maybe SpaceX has a heads up on the report being finished.
Link Posted: 11/8/2023 11:39:20 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 11/8/2023 4:09:34 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By RattleCanAR:

It hung on the pad because of engine outs.
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no they intended to hold it for 6 seconds.
Link Posted: 11/8/2023 5:27:10 PM EDT
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NET 15th now

Link Posted: 11/8/2023 11:29:18 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Obo2:

no they intended to hold it for 6 seconds.
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There's a hold for 6 seconds during ignition of the 3 rings of engines. The first launch did "drift" off the pad before rising as it adjusted for the engine outages.
Link Posted: 11/9/2023 10:37:13 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 11/9/2023 10:48:32 AM EDT
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I think that was a rehearsal.
Link Posted: 11/9/2023 10:49:22 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Dagger41:
I think that was a rehearsal.
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they're up on the booster right now.

Link Posted: 11/9/2023 10:57:11 AM EDT
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Full Dress Rehearsal?
Link Posted: 11/9/2023 11:19:28 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 11/9/2023 12:05:01 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Chokey:


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This program produces so many iconic images.
Link Posted: 11/9/2023 12:28:54 PM EDT
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Are those surplus rocket boxes? That's cool....

"Yo dawg, I heard you like rockets, so here's some rocket boxes to put in your rocket".

Meanwhile, NASA would need to hire a new DEI coordinator to determine the gender and intersectional details for the individuals chosen to carry their $20 million custom parts....
Link Posted: 11/9/2023 12:49:10 PM EDT
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Do you think they carry the shaped charges facing away from themselves or not bother? Probably be dead either way if it happened to go off.
Link Posted: 11/9/2023 12:51:59 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By 4q2:
. Gov agencies fuck up everything they touch . I want to see launches , lots of launches if that’s what it takes to get this right .
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It's a huge problem.  SpaceX really needs to be launching routinely soon if they hope to even have a prayer of supporting the Artemis 3 mission.

I'm not sure we will take this serious until China sends some dudes to lap the moon.

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