https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/faa-approves-starship-ift-5-test- flight-tomorrow/
SpaceX is supposed to launch tomorrow morning at 7 AM Central Time. But
there is a catch. Or at least we hope the "chopsticks" will work and
there will be one.
On 2024-10-12 8:34 p.m., Alain Fournier wrote:
https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/faa-approves-starship-ift-5-test-
flight-tomorrow/
SpaceX is supposed to launch tomorrow morning at 7 AM Central Time.
But there is a catch. Or at least we hope the "chopsticks" will work
and there will be one.
Wow, what a catch that was!
https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/faa-approves-starship-ift-5-test-flight-tomorrow/
SpaceX is supposed to launch tomorrow morning at 7 AM Central Time. But
there is a catch. Or at least we hope the "chopsticks" will work and
there will be one.
Alain Fournier
.
On 13/10/2024 02:34 Alain Fournier <alain245@videotron.ca> wrote:
https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/faa-approves-starship-ift-5-test-flight-tomorrow/
SpaceX is supposed to launch tomorrow morning at 7 AM Central Time. But
there is a catch. Or at least we hope the "chopsticks" will work and
there will be one.
Alain Fournier
They reached some more milestones but they still aren't there yet.
The landing didn't seem to go entirely to plan and there was still some burn-through on the flap hinges.
Again: I predict NASA will verbally reprimand them to speed things up once they've had a successful flight.
Snidely suggested that ...
Alain Fournier in between]
On 2024-10-13 11:42 a.m., The Running Man wrote:
Again: I predict NASA will verbally reprimand them to speed things
up once
they've had a successful flight.
I don't think that's needed. SpaceX is showing signs of being eager
to meet the NASA milestones, which is part of why this launch had a
catch and there was a lot of noise about the FAA holdup.
Flight 6 has a launch license; same end points, additional objectives allowed. Do you think it will fly in December or January?
On Tuesday or thereabouts, Alain Fournier asked ...
On 2024-10-15 4:28 p.m., Snidely wrote:
Snidely suggested that ...
Alain Fournier in between]
On 2024-10-13 11:42 a.m., The Running Man wrote:
Again: I predict NASA will verbally reprimand them to speed things >>>>>> up once
they've had a successful flight.
I don't think that's needed. SpaceX is showing signs of being eager
to meet the NASA milestones, which is part of why this launch had a
catch and there was a lot of noise about the FAA holdup.
Flight 6 has a launch license; same end points, additional objectives
allowed. Do you think it will fly in December or January?
The analysis of IFT-5 will probably call for modifications to Starship
for IFT-6. It is hard to tell how much time those modifications will
take. SpaceX seems to have made modifications after IFT-4 quite fast,
so we know they can do it fast. But it's still hard to know how long
it will take to do modifications without knowing what those
modifications are. Nonetheless, I think December or January is a
plausible timeline.
Alain Fournier
I agree. I suspect that most of the changes will happen in connection
with the outer ring of RVac bells. Will this be a shielding change, additional CO2, or a procedural change? Will an entry burn happen after all? TBD, but it will probably be a quick change. We'll be well into
V2 of the ship before V2 boosters roll out; V1 boosters might get re-
used, but it needn't be rapid yet ... and swapping engines might mean a
mere couple weeks before 2nd liftoff.
On 2024-10-15 4:28 p.m., Snidely wrote:
Snidely suggested that ...
Alain Fournier in between]
On 2024-10-13 11:42 a.m., The Running Man wrote:
Again: I predict NASA will verbally reprimand them to speed things
up once
they've had a successful flight.
I don't think that's needed. SpaceX is showing signs of being eager
to meet the NASA milestones, which is part of why this launch had a
catch and there was a lot of noise about the FAA holdup.
Flight 6 has a launch license; same end points, additional objectives
allowed. Do you think it will fly in December or January?
The analysis of IFT-5 will probably call for modifications to Starship
for IFT-6. It is hard to tell how much time those modifications will
take. SpaceX seems to have made modifications after IFT-4 quite fast, so
we know they can do it fast. But it's still hard to know how long it
will take to do modifications without knowing what those modifications
are. Nonetheless, I think December or January is a plausible timeline.
Alain Fournier
.
Remember when The Running Man bragged outrageously? That was Wednesday:
<https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-upper-stage-chopstick-catch-elon-musk>
Elon now claims they will catch the Starship with the chopsticks too!!
This wasn't in any of their original plans, was it?
Oh, yes, it has been around since 2020 or so. V1 ships are uncatchable, because they have innies rather than outies, but we haven't seen a V2
fab'd far enough to know what changes are occurring there.
On 17/10/2024 09:10 Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> wrote:
Remember when The Running Man bragged outrageously? That was
Wednesday:
On 16/10/2024 02:08 Alain Fournier <alain245@videotron.ca> wrote:
On 2024-10-15 4:28 p.m., Snidely wrote:
Snidely suggested that ...
Alain Fournier in between]
On 2024-10-13 11:42 a.m., The Running Man wrote:
Again: I predict NASA will verbally reprimand them to speed things >>>>>>>> up once
they've had a successful flight.
I don't think that's needed. SpaceX is showing signs of being eager >>>>>> to meet the NASA milestones, which is part of why this launch had a >>>>>> catch and there was a lot of noise about the FAA holdup.
Flight 6 has a launch license; same end points, additional objectives >>>>> allowed. Do you think it will fly in December or January?
The analysis of IFT-5 will probably call for modifications to Starship >>>> for IFT-6. It is hard to tell how much time those modifications will
take. SpaceX seems to have made modifications after IFT-4 quite fast, so >>>> we know they can do it fast. But it's still hard to know how long it
will take to do modifications without knowing what those modifications >>>> are. Nonetheless, I think December or January is a plausible timeline. >>>>
Alain Fournier
.
<https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-upper-stage-chopstick-catch-elon-musk>
Elon now claims they will catch the Starship with the chopsticks too!! This >>> wasn't in any of their original plans, was it?
Oh, yes, it has been around since 2020 or so. V1 ships are
uncatchable, because they have innies rather than outies, but we
haven't seen a V2 fab'd far enough to know what changes are occurring
there.
So how's this gonna work on Mars? Or do they have a seperate model with landing
legs in their inventory too?
Remember when The Running Man bragged outrageously? That was
Wednesday:
On 16/10/2024 02:08 Alain Fournier <alain245@videotron.ca> wrote:
On 2024-10-15 4:28 p.m., Snidely wrote:
Snidely suggested that ...
Alain Fournier in between]
On 2024-10-13 11:42 a.m., The Running Man wrote:
Again: I predict NASA will verbally reprimand them to speed things >>>>>>> up once
they've had a successful flight.
I don't think that's needed. SpaceX is showing signs of being eager >>>>> to meet the NASA milestones, which is part of why this launch had a
catch and there was a lot of noise about the FAA holdup.
Flight 6 has a launch license; same end points, additional objectives
allowed. Do you think it will fly in December or January?
The analysis of IFT-5 will probably call for modifications to Starship
for IFT-6. It is hard to tell how much time those modifications will
take. SpaceX seems to have made modifications after IFT-4 quite fast, so >>> we know they can do it fast. But it's still hard to know how long it
will take to do modifications without knowing what those modifications
are. Nonetheless, I think December or January is a plausible timeline.
Alain Fournier
.
<https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-upper-stage-chopstick-catch-elon-musk>
Elon now claims they will catch the Starship with the chopsticks too!! This >> wasn't in any of their original plans, was it?
Oh, yes, it has been around since 2020 or so. V1 ships are
uncatchable, because they have innies rather than outies, but we
haven't seen a V2 fab'd far enough to know what changes are occurring
there.
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