https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission ... p-flight-4
Steve
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odysseus2000 wrote:Will be live streamed exclusively on X:
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/179834886 ... DCpgdbFBxg
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A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX.
odysseus2000 wrote:Launch window opens today at 7 am central time which is I believe 1 pm UK time:
https://x.com/spacex/status/17980995824 ... DCpgdbFBxg
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stevensfo wrote:odysseus2000 wrote:Launch window opens today at 7 am central time which is I believe 1 pm UK time:
https://x.com/spacex/status/17980995824 ... DCpgdbFBxg
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Just in case, other places to watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQsLZGg
https://gizmodo.com/watch-spacex-starsh ... 1851521195
Steve
stevensfo wrote:The aim this time is to get the ship and rocket safely back down in one piece.
mc2fool wrote:stevensfo wrote:The aim this time is to get the ship and rocket safely back down in one piece.
Safely back for a "soft splashdown" in the Mexican Gulf and Indian Ocean ... only to be left to sink ...
Tedx wrote:Back in the good old days of Apollo, all that you would get back is a teeny charred/burnt up 3 man re-entry capsule, so I guess we can let him have that one.
mc2fool wrote:Tedx wrote:Back in the good old days of Apollo, all that you would get back is a teeny charred/burnt up 3 man re-entry capsule, so I guess we can let him have that one.
Yeah, but that was 50 years ago and landing boosters is old hat now ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyO-h59RO5g
stevensfo wrote:
In addition, unlike the Americans, the Russians managed to land their capsules back on land.
stevensfo wrote:Maybe they should investigate the possibilities of using simple but strong parachutes on the nose section of Starship to assist in both slowing it down, and, more importantly (from what I saw) keeping it the right way up during the last minute of descent?
Steve
odysseus2000 wrote:Wow!
How fabulous! The images from Starlink of the rocket flap & how it was burned away were extraordinary & yet despite damage, the rocket seemed to have its engine burn & ‘land’ Perhaps next time they can try a landing in g on the ground.
Feel very privileged to be alive & see this extraordinary achievement.
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