Space Exploration

[VOLALUM]

I'm over on Judson. You gonna watch the diamond VOLS anywhere this weekend?

Heading to the panhandle to spend some time with the family next week. Definitely need to get together for some football in the fall.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Congrats to Boeing and ULA on Starliner Launch. I believe the US now becomes the only nation in history to have two operational crew vehicles at the same time.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Starship IFT-4 scheduled for liftoff in 11 hours

 

[SlipKidVol]

SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

www.spacex.com

 

[OrangeTsar]

Wow wow wow. I think that Starship mission might be the most incredible one hour of video in the history of Space Travel since the moon landing

 

[SlipKidVol]

this is the coolest **** I've ever seen in my 59 years

 

[twoffo]

 

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[OrangeTsar]

this is the coolest **** I've ever seen in my 59 years

Yet another entry in the list of times someone told Elon “that will never work” and he proves them wrong.
Once that flap began to melt and disintegrate, every aerospace engineer on the planet would have said the ship only had seconds to live.
The bottom hinge even vaporized for crying out loud

 

[Matt2496]

Thank goodness.

 

[OrangeTsar]

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[CagleMtnVol]

 

[CagleMtnVol]

 

[CagleMtnVol]

 

[CagleMtnVol]

 

[OrangeTsar]

Anxious to see Starship flight 5. I know the heat tile replacement is taking extra time

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Anxious to see Starship flight 5. I know the heat tile replacement is taking extra time

Grabbing the booster with the claw is going to be a sight to behold.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Grabbing the booster with the claw is going to be a sight to behold.

I still don’t think they try it on Flight 5 no matter what Elon says. Way too much risk to attempt based on a single successful landing burn. And even that one had one Raptor explode. If they damage the OLM or the tower they could be grounded for months or maybe even a year