Space Exploration

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Are people still doing Storm Area 51? This should be quite a scene.

Here ya go..........ask these two dolts about what happens to ya when you go out & find Area 51 >>>>>

Dutch nationals hunting for Area 51 jailed for 3 days for trespassing

 

[Orangeburst]

Here ya go..........ask these two dolts about what happens to ya when you go out & find Area 51 >>>>>

Dutch nationals hunting for Area 51 jailed for 3 days for trespassing

I want to see dumbass carnage.

 

[Orangeburst]

Bump...Any arrests at Storm Area 51?
Think I saw Loother run by?

 

[zeppelin128]

Bump...Any arrests at Storm Area 51?
Think I saw Loother run by?
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This gif will never get old. He's doing the Naruto run lmao.

 

[Orangeburst]

This gif will never get old. He's doing the Naruto run lmao.

This is an oldie gif? Or the run is an oldie? I did that as a little kid flying like an airplane.

 

[zeppelin128]

This is an oldie gif? Or the run is an oldie? I did that as a little kid flying like an airplane.

No it is a new gif, and a damn good one. The guy running is doing the Naruto run. It is an anime thing.

 

[LouderVol]

No it is a new gif, and a damn good one. The guy running is doing the Naruto run. It is an anime thing.

Part of the joke about the raid on area 51 was that they were going to have people do that run past the guards. Because as you can see, sticking your arms behind you makes you super fast....

For those that dont know.

 

[LouderVol]

And 2 people were detained. Less than 100 showed up.

 

[MontyPython]

Sat outside drinking last night... talking to girlfriend and staring at the stars here in Cape Cod. We are not alone in this universe. Glad to be alive. GBO beat stupid FL.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Sat outside drinking last night... talking to girlfriend and staring at the stars here in Cape Cod. We are not alone in this universe. Glad to be alive. GBO beat stupid FL.

Gave you a like... except for the we're not alone thingy.

 

[twoffo]

The LabPadre channel on YouTube has a live stream of the SpaceX Starship construction at Boca Chica. Given that Elon Musk will be giving his Starship update there next Saturday (9/28) there should be a good bit of activity over the next few days, including stacking the three sections.

 

[MontyPython]

Astronaut takes stunning picture of her best friend launching into space



Apparently, her friend is sperm.

Astronaut takes stunning picture of her best friend launching into space

 

[twoffo]

The stacking has commenced:

 

[Hunerwadel]

The stacking has commenced:

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I don't know what to make of that. Part of me wants to say "are you kidding me" and another part just says "wow". I'd love to take a peek under the hood.
Click on the link below and scroll down for an in depth look under the skin of the Saturn 5.

Immense Saturn V Rocket Explained - Relatively Interesting

 

[Orangeburst]

I don't know what to make of that. Part of me wants to say "are you kidding me" and another part just says "wow". I'd love to take a peek under the hood.
Click on the link below and scroll down for an in depth look inside the Saturn 5.

Immense Saturn V Rocket Explained - Relatively Interesting

Why does this thing look like an erected show piece at an AFB gate? You don't just assemble a flyable rocket like that with cranes from United Rentals?

 

[Hunerwadel]

Why does this thing look like an erected show piece at an AFB gate? You don't just assemble a flyable rocket like that with cranes from United Rentals?

That's kind of what I thought. Thus the "are you kidding me" comment. It looks almost like an empty shell. It should be chock full of gigantic fuel tanks, braces, struts, springs, baffles, wiring, conduit, insulation, gaskets, heaters, coolers, electric motors, batteries and thousands of other things I cannot imagine.

 

[Orangeburst]

That's kind of what I thought. Thus the "are you kidding me" comment. It looks almost like an empty shell. It should be chock full of gigantic fuel tanks, braces, struts, springs, baffles, wiring, conduit, insulation and thousands of other things I cannot imagine.

Looks fat and short,,,kinda like a big V2. I would be curious to know if it is solid or liquid fueled. Where is the gas cap to fill er up? Must be that hole..lol

 

[Hunerwadel]

Looks fat and short,,,kinda like a big V2. I would be curious to know if it is solid or liquid fueled. Where is the gas cap to fill er up? Must be that hole..lol

I don't know much about rocket fuel I just know you light the fuse and run like hell.

 

[twoffo]

I don't know what to make of that. Part of me wants to say "are you kidding me" and another part just says "wow". I'd love to take a peek under the hood.

Elon Musk Tweets Starship Updates, Images of 3 Raptor Engines

 

[Hunerwadel]

Elon Musk Tweets Starship Updates, Images of 3 Raptor Engines

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I wonder if that's a photo of the third stage engines. According to the article at launch it will have 41 engines.

The Falcon Heavy launches with 27 engines on the first stage.

The Saturn 5 launched with just five massive engines on stage 1.

 

[Orangeburst]

I wonder if that's a photo of the third stage engines. According to the article at launch it will have 41 engines.

The Falcon Heavy launches with 27 engines on the first stage. View attachment 227975

The Saturn 5 launched with just five massive engines on stage 1.

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I always wondered why they just could not update the Saturn V and motors.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

The stacking has commenced:

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Does that dude up high in the bucket have a parachute on......just in case he happens to fall out?

 

[twoffo]

I wonder if that's a photo of the third stage engines. According to the article at launch it will have 41 engines.

It doesn’t have a third stage. What we see here is effectively the second stage, but only on Earth. It is meant to be able to take off from the Moon and from Mars without a first stage.

This is the first test vehicle (Starship Mk1), and it will only have 3 engines. It may only fly to 22km in its testing that is supposed to start in a month or so. The production version (and maybe later test versions) is supposed to have 6 engines. The first stage which currently is being called The Super Heavy will have around 31 engines.

Starship Mk2 is under construction in Florida currently, and seems to be getting close to completion as well. Not sure what, if any, the difference is with Mk1.

These Raptor engines are more powerful than the Merlin’s used by Falcon 9/Falcon Heavy. They are not as powerful as the Saturn V engines.

All this info is subject to revision Saturday night when Musk gives his Starship update. It will be live streamed. He can be an agonizing speaker to watch (he is not smooth) but they are usually fascinating.

 

[twoffo]

Does that dude up high in the bucket have a parachute on......just in case he happens to fall out?

A man that worked with my Dad at a sign company way too many years ago was asked if he felt more in danger with the new bucket truck they had acquired, since it could lift him higher in the air. He said no, and that it was safer because he had more time to think of what to do if he fell out.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

A man that worked with my Dad at a sign company way too many years ago was asked if he felt more in danger with the new bucket truck they had acquired, since it could lift him higher in the air. He said no, and that it was safer because he had more time to think of what to do if he fell out.

I'd bet he hopes to Jesus that a very strong wind doesn't just come up right out of the blue.
Being that high up on a jenny boom makes my balls tingle pretty good and my butt draw up close to my neck.