News SpaceX heavy-lift vehicles: Launch Thread

[XCV330]

Starship may be go for launch next week, FAA permitting.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Starship may be go for launch next week, FAA permitting.

Sounds exciting

 

[publiusr]

It's on:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/04/starship-ready-for-historic-flight/
The licence is valid for five years

Mission graphic
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtuceXMaQAY_3yM?format=jpg&name=large

STARSHIP REPORT
https://parabolicarc.com/2023/04/13/new-report-examines-spacex-starships-revolutionary-potential/

“Secret Projects Forum” poster says there was an "accident" at the tower though. Stay tuned:
https://twitter.com/CSI_Starbase/status/1647215514186334208?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1647215514186334208|twgr^69203b082434f42869c1c777f45f578e953730e4|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https://up-ship.com/blog/

Ugh
https://nasawatch.com/commercialization/second-spacex-starship-launch-attempt-today/

 

[XCV330]

Damn, I think I am on the road at that time. this is going to be something memorable, whether it gets to space or not.

 

[publiusr]

Gut instinct is Wednesday-Thur just to get the elevator fixed.
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1647429205947211778?cxt=HHwWhICz0cyI7NwtAAAA

Strength of Materials—4/20 explained why

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[XCV330]

They've got decent weather most of the week before Saturday. NOTAM posted for Monday: https://starbasestatus.com/tfrs/

 

[publiusr]

8:00 AM Central for T-0

Oh, and…Apollo 13 turns 50 today, too.

That is all…

Oops
https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-launch-debris-terrifying
https://www.space.com/dead-nasa-satellite-rhessi-crashes-to-earth

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Thoughts on the failure
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=58722.msg2481714#msg2481714

 

[Paul Weaver]

That is a hell of a lot of engines

 

[Relayer1]

Bugger.

 

[XCV330]

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maybe later

 

[XCV330]

well that was interesting.

 

[Captain pl1ngpl0ng]

WTF.......

 

[Captain pl1ngpl0ng]

it exploded

 

[XCV330]

After staging failed.

 

[Bea Jonas]

Well, that sucked. Now figure out what went wrong and try again.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

Looks like six first stage engines gradually failed followed by failure of the pyrotechnic charges to achieve stage separation. If there had been a crew on board, that latter failure would have been fatal. It's an expensive way to test all up, but I assume the telemetry will help them iron out the issues.

 

[XCV330]

Its the first time one has flown so its hard to tell what if all the engines were supposed to operate at start (though it's an odd pattern if they left a few intentionally off, especially the roll motors in the center) but you can definitely see one flame out along the way. The end looked like something out of one of my Kerbal games.

 

[Airmandan]

that was a big damn rocket.

 

[Paul Weaver]

That was literally like playing KSP, the cartwheeling, the forgetting to press space or screwing your staging up. All it needed was a little green man in the corner of the screen.

 

[Crazyewok]

That was literally like playing KSP, the cartwheeling, the forgetting to press space or screwing your staging up. All it needed was a little green man in the corner of the screen.

You will not go into space today.