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Originally Posted By RiverSwine45: I must have been watching the wrong dang channel. Had NSF on the big tv. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By RiverSwine45: Originally Posted By Dagger41: Originally Posted By RiverSwine45: I so badly want to see the coarse and altitude tracking for this. Crazy it stayed together. The telemetry display was 'interesting' I must have been watching the wrong dang channel. Had NSF on the big tv. SpaceX had the angle and several other things on the bottom of the screen... it all disappeared when shit started going sideways. |
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“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a 10mm at your side, kid.”
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Originally Posted By trapsh00ter99: 6 out Rewatching it looks like 2 blew on the pad at take off View Quote they said during the cast (if I heard it correctly) 3 were out but they were cycling through the engines. didn't say why. I would assume cycling the engines balances the fuel load? Tank pressures? heat? |
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"the science" /duh si-ens/ noun: progressive postmodern religious dogma not based in tested hypothesis or facts used to advance an authoritative political ideology
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Originally Posted By Fulcrum-5: Mission basically succeeded the second it cleared the launch complex, so SpaceX now has a mountain of data to improve and iterate the next design update. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Fulcrum-5: Originally Posted By Jack_Rackham: I'm so confused. Why cheering? Mission basically succeeded the second it cleared the launch complex, so SpaceX now has a mountain of data to improve and iterate the next design update. That and they were probably ordered to cheer as long as nobody died. |
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Originally Posted By Dagger41: It started losing engines in a very short order and you could see them eating themselves on the way up. They have a lot of work to do to sort that out. View Quote Yes, I hope the things they learned don't teach them that they have made major design errors, but smaller issues that can be resolved. |
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They promised excitement.
Promise delivered |
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Clearing the tower was the measure of success. It did it and made it through MaxQ (where increasing air resistance from acceleration produces the maximum pressure on the rocket as the atmosphere thins rapidly from that point on)
Several engines failed, but it still had plenty to continue. Main engine shut off before separation should have occurred but seemed to have some sort of issue... as some engines seemed to still be firing. Separation should have occurred but seems to have failed. Booster started trying to flip backwards to boost back for its "landing" but with Starship still attached the whole thing began spinning. Eventually the Flight Termination System was triggered. Boom! |
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"Never attribute to malice that which can be ascribed to sheer stupidity." LTC (CENTCOM)
"Round is a shape, right? I have the body of a god...Just happens to be Buddah! Az_Redneck |
Is the launch tower leaning a little or is that the perspective of this feed I'm watching (NSF)?
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“Always love your country — but never trust your government!" - Robert Novak
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"Never attribute to malice that which can be ascribed to sheer stupidity." LTC (CENTCOM)
"Round is a shape, right? I have the body of a god...Just happens to be Buddah! Az_Redneck |
That was one of the most awesome things I’ve ever seen!
Those clamps are stronk! What a privilege it is to witness an actual achievement that isn’t a clown world shit show. |
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What is this brief mortal existence if not the pursuit of legacy? |
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Altitude looks to have peaked at 39km and they 420'd it at 30km
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"the science" /duh si-ens/ noun: progressive postmodern religious dogma not based in tested hypothesis or facts used to advance an authoritative political ideology
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In for a post launch concrete survey. Im guessing that some of those debris we saw was concrete from under where the thing sat on the pad running up the engines before it moved.
Im surprised how long it sat there before the clamps released. |
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" Laziness is an essential part of all walks of engineering."
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The WB-57 should have gotten some great video, I hope it gets released to the public.
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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Mission control audio if you're interested. Launch occurs shortly after 1:59:
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“Always love your country — but never trust your government!" - Robert Novak
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Originally Posted By TinLeg: Holy cow. That was electrifying. Will say though - it didn’t sound right. It wasn’t “smooth”. If it was a gasoline engine I’d say it was missing on one or more cylinders - is best way o can describe it. View Quote Well it was only running on 30 of the 33 cylinders so maybe? |
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NSF van got fucked up with debris.
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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Originally Posted By Chokey: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuKX5zvXsAAF0nq?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuKYBk2WAAAiq3z?format=jpg&name=large View Quote Should the yellow flames have been there or is that from things burning that are not supposed to be? |
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“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a 10mm at your side, kid.”
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Originally Posted By Chokey: this was a cool shot https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuKWNJoaMAEvCvD?format=png&name=900x900 View Quote |
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You must play the game. You can't win. You can't break even. You can't quit the game.
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Originally Posted By dmnoid77: Couldn't tell if it was ice from the booster or bits from the OLP but there was definitely stuff flying around near the pad. View Quote Yep. Some pretty big debris were flying really high. I foresee some pretty substantial changes to exhaust redirecting on the pad |
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Originally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Yeah that's not how this works. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Originally Posted By Shadyman: Ok, who’s is going to get fired? Some engineers fucked up royally. Yeah that's not how this works. Would be neat to work at a place where everyone is so excited and personally invested in the success But then I have heard that Elon demands a lot of time at work. Weekends included. So probably a good bit of burnout |
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Originally Posted By AJE: Should the yellow flames have been there or is that from things burning that are not supposed to be? View Quote Do remember that the engines on this booster were early production Raptors and the ones coming off the line now are better. |
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"Never attribute to malice that which can be ascribed to sheer stupidity." LTC (CENTCOM)
"Round is a shape, right? I have the body of a god...Just happens to be Buddah! Az_Redneck |
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Originally Posted By Master_of_Orion: That's from engines experiencing "issues" What issues precisely we don't know. They shouldn't happen during a completely nominal flight. Do remember that the engines on this booster were early production Raptors and the ones coming off the line now are better. View Quote Earlier ones yes but were they raptor ones or the 2nd gen,? |
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That was awesome.
Where did the parts land? |
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GD- "It's kind of like wading through through slimy lake bed with your feet to find clams below the surface".
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EP429: Today's lesson - Don't provoke ARFCOM. People will see your butthole.
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Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 20, 2023 |
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Originally Posted By Master_of_Orion: That's from engines experiencing "issues" What issues precisely we don't know. They shouldn't happen during a completely nominal flight. Do remember that the engines on this booster were early production Raptors and the ones coming off the line now are better. View Quote In the first picture in post #15 above (Chokey's post) is the reddish flame a possible sign of an abnormal combustion? |
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The world needs more people like Elon. Dreamers who get shit done.
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Remorse is for the dead
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Originally Posted By cgrant26: Yep. Some pretty big debris were flying really high. I foresee some pretty substantial changes to exhaust redirecting on the pad View Quote Some of the booster engine skirting was blown off before it cleared the tower from the looks of it. I bet that pad is a fucking mess. |
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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"Never attribute to malice that which can be ascribed to sheer stupidity." LTC (CENTCOM)
"Round is a shape, right? I have the body of a god...Just happens to be Buddah! Az_Redneck |
Originally Posted By Sailboat: Pictures or source? Where is everyone getting their info besides SpaceX? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Sailboat: Originally Posted By Dagger41: NSF van got fucked up with debris. NSF showed it on their feed for just a sec. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Dagger41: Some of the booster engine skirting was blown off before it cleared the tower from the looks of it. I bet that pad is a fucking mess. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Dagger41: Originally Posted By cgrant26: Yep. Some pretty big debris were flying really high. I foresee some pretty substantial changes to exhaust redirecting on the pad Some of the booster engine skirting was blown off before it cleared the tower from the looks of it. I bet that pad is a fucking mess. I remember thinking back when it was just a render that it looked like a lousy design. |
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Originally Posted By Sailboat: Pictures or source? Where is everyone getting their info besides SpaceX? View Quote Full Replay: SpaceX Launches Starship Flight Test WATCH LIVE?? - Starship Orbital Test Flight From Starbase, Texas - COMMENTARY Watch SpaceX launch Starship, the biggest rocket ever, LIVE |
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Originally Posted By fox2008: You can see the debris pretty good in this video
View Quote Damn, that camera is shaking like crazy for the sound waves. |
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I read where they were going to hold it on the launch mount for up to 8 seconds after engine ignition for some reason. I guess to make sure enough engines were running to get it off the pad. They definitely torched the crap outta the pad!!! LOLOLOL!!!
I can't wait to see the stage 0 damage assessment. -ZA |
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