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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2175 on: April 17, 2023, 09:19:48 AM »
Frozen pressure valve according to Elon

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2176 on: April 17, 2023, 09:24:27 AM »
Next attempt in "48 hours or so"

[looks at calendar]  I see what they did there. :laugh:
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2177 on: April 17, 2023, 09:44:30 AM »
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Learned a lot today, now offloading propellant, retrying in a few days …
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2178 on: April 17, 2023, 09:45:14 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2179 on: April 17, 2023, 09:46:12 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2180 on: April 17, 2023, 10:37:06 AM »
4/20.  Hah!
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2181 on: April 17, 2023, 10:59:40 AM »
Space is Valves are hard.  --Boeing, probably
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2182 on: April 17, 2023, 02:16:35 PM »
Damn valves.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2183 on: April 17, 2023, 02:23:19 PM »
They should get it fixed soon.  I understand the repair is an open and close case.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2184 on: April 17, 2023, 02:31:59 PM »
Quote from: dogmush on April 17, 2023, 02:23:19 PM
They should get it fixed soon.  I understand the repair is an open and close case.
That makes sense with a valve issue.   =)
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2185 on: April 17, 2023, 06:47:57 PM »
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Teams are working towards Thursday, April 20 for the first flight test of a fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket → http://spacex.com/launches/missi
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2186 on: April 17, 2023, 06:48:25 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2187 on: April 17, 2023, 06:54:08 PM »
I predicted this back on page 85  :rofl:
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2188 on: April 17, 2023, 09:07:26 PM »
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I predicted this back on page 85  :rofl:

Yeah, Elon can say what he wants, but it was always going to be 4/20.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2189 on: April 18, 2023, 08:31:24 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2190 on: April 18, 2023, 12:28:18 PM »
Mysterious blue swirl lights up the night sky over Alaska and mesmerises onlookers - but what caused the strange sight?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11984579/Mysterious-blue-swirl-lights-night-sky-Alaska-caused-strange-sight.html

"what caused the strange sight?"
SpaceX apparently

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2191 on: April 18, 2023, 01:53:28 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2192 on: April 18, 2023, 06:02:57 PM »
4-20 is out
Aiming for the 21st now

Edit: Reversed, 4-20 is back on the menu

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A TFR for a Starship launch attempt on April 20 has been restored.

Wait for an official update from SpaceX at this point.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2193 on: April 18, 2023, 06:32:10 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2194 on: April 18, 2023, 06:42:34 PM »
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https://twitter.com/wapodavenport/status/1648108362196824067

That's a lotta trucks!  I thought SpaceX was eventually going to pipe in methane and create their own LOX on site.  Did those plans get changed?
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2195 on: April 18, 2023, 06:59:43 PM »
A big enough liquid oxygen plant would probably take a couple years to order and build.  I imagine they would need some assurances that the FedGov wouldn't shut them down.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2196 on: April 18, 2023, 07:02:52 PM »
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That's a lotta trucks!  I thought SpaceX was eventually going to pipe in methane and create their own LOX on site.  Did those plans get changed?

Still planned from what I'm heard.
IIRC someone on NSF said it takes 120 tankers to fully fuel SS
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2197 on: April 19, 2023, 06:54:50 AM »
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The team is working around the clock on many issues. Maybe 4/20, maybe not.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2198 on: April 19, 2023, 08:17:47 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2199 on: April 19, 2023, 11:33:36 AM »
Space is easy

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SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, April 19 at 10:31 a.m. ET (14:31 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 second-generation Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. If needed, there is an additional launch opportunity the same day at 11:28 a.m. ET (15:28 UTC). Backup opportunities are also available Thursday, April 20 at 8:23 a.m. ET (12:23 UTC), 9:14 a.m. ET (13:14 UTC), 10:04 a.m. ET (14:04 UTC), and 10:55 a.m. ET (14:55 UTC).

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