Maybe after the booster starts growing stalactites…In the feed I was watching, a few people asked if SpaceX washed it because it looked cleaner than expected. They said "no, it just rained and washed some of the soot off"
I wonder if the soot adds any measurable amount of drag.
I think they take it to jiffy washBooster after 9th flight gets really dirty. I wonder what it'll look like after 100 landings?
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I was gonna say something.Just saw a video of a passenger airliner that crashed.
It was caused by the maintenance crew forgetting to remove tape they had placed over the sensor ports to keep out the water when they were washing it.
Instruments gave false and conflicting information during the flight. Crew had no visual reference since they were flying just past midnight and over water.
So maybe not washing is not such a bad thing?
That's what I say when taking my monthly shower.....
Just kidding!
That was a 757. Tape over the static ports. So...no reliable airspeed indication and probably not very good altitude either.. It was one of only two that were lost in all the years the 757 had been in service before 9/11/2001.Just saw a video of a passenger airliner that crashed.
It was caused by the maintenance crew forgetting to remove tape they had placed over the sensor ports to keep out the water when they were washing it.
Instruments gave false and conflicting information during the flight. Crew had no visual reference since they were flying just past midnight and over water.
So maybe not washing is not such a bad thing?
That's what I say when taking my monthly shower.....
Just kidding!
IIRC they had run out of the regular bright orange tape they were supposed to use and used silver tape instead. The night flight meant the pilots didn't see it over the ports during the walkaround.Just saw a video of a passenger airliner that crashed.
It was caused by the maintenance crew forgetting to remove tape they had placed over the sensor ports to keep out the water when they were washing it.
Instruments gave false and conflicting information during the flight. Crew had no visual reference since they were flying just past midnight and over water.
That's a detail that I hadn't heard. That would be bad, considering, if I remember right, it was an American Airlines flight...and American's livery included lots of polished aluminum in those days, so silver tape would really be hard to spot in less than full sunlight. Wow.IIRC they had run out of the regular bright orange tape they were supposed to use and used silver tape instead. The night flight meant the pilots didn't see it over the ports during the walkaround.
That was that booster's eighth flight, not ninth, but all of them were within the last year. We can't say that for many of our rockets....
So you put tape over your orifices when taking a shower?Just saw a video of a passenger airliner that crashed.
It was caused by the maintenance crew forgetting to remove tape they had placed over the sensor ports to keep out the water when they were washing it.
So maybe not washing is not such a bad thing?
That's what I say when taking my monthly shower.....
Just kidding!
No need, they're watertight.So you put tape over your orifices when taking a shower?
No need, they're watertight.
How about you?
Starship super heavy booster rollout live.
The lift off the transporter and onto the test stand coming soon.
Of course, if you showered with a high velocity pressure washer, some kind of orifice protection might be advisable...No need, they're watertight.
How about you?
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