Starship test

Discussion in 'Science and Technology' started by mac, Feb 2, 2021.

  1. mac

    mac

    FYI......Spacex will test launch and hopefully land SN9 today. Live feed on YouTube.

    About an hour from now.
     
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  2. Bugenhagen

    Bugenhagen

    A few minutes from now.

     
  3. Bugenhagen

    Bugenhagen

    ANNNNNd boom.
     
  4. mac

    mac

    Oh well..
    He’s got plenty more in the works. Just needs a little tweaking.

    Flight window for Virgin Galactics next try opens Feb. 13.
     
  5. Overnight

    Overnight

    The fuck is wrong with parachutes coming out of it to land softly? Utter stupid!
     
  6. mac

    mac

    You saw parachutes?musta missed that.
     
  7. Mars Perseverance Rover lands Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at approximately 3:55 p.m. EST.
     
  8. mac

    mac

    :thumbsup::thumbsup:Looking forward to that also. And lets hope the helicopter works ok.

    We’re 1 for 1 landing rovers.
     
  9. Overnight

    Overnight

    What I mean is, what the fuck is wrong with just designing the thing so after it goes upright on the way down, deploy some parachutes so it lands softly. Instead of this reverse-thrust magic attempt to look like a sci-fi film of the Millennium Falcon, or any of a dozen other ships from sci-fi movies/shows.
     
  10. For accuracy ....... they need to be within a few feet for fast turn around for next flight. Looks like they want to re-launch at the same spot.
     
    #10     Feb 15, 2021