I have just read somewhere that the FAA will release their report/approval on 31st May. Looks like Starship not flying this month 
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SpaceX Falcon 9 historic landing thread (1st landing attempt & most recent missions)
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DAMNIT!
When 'we' are late in our plans to go to the moon, I will/am blaming the (excuse my French) FAA. Hope it's not a report.
When 'we' are late in our plans to go to the moon, I will/am blaming the (excuse my French) FAA. Hope it's not a report.
Working late tonight, this may be one of those rare early morning launches I watch. On the other hand, working late risks my missing the Ariane 5 launch of JUICE in the morning.
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Out of V-berg this trip.
Weather is marginal. Let's see if it gets off the ground today.
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Nope. Scrubbed.
Back again tomorrow...
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Next Spaceflight is still showing it on the 17th.I have just read somewhere that the FAA will release their report/approval on 31st May. Looks like Starship not flying this month
Go Space-X, hope to live long enough to see them do a trip to walk on the moon
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I read one article yesterday (struggling to find it now) that stated what OverTheTop saw, but nothing whatsoever to confirm it elsewhere. May have just been clickbait garbage.
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Looks like Spacex got the green light for a launch Monday...
arstechnica.com
Green light go: SpaceX receives a launch license from the FAA for Starship
"So far they’ve done what they need to do with regard to environmental impact."
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Yep!
abcnews.go.com
FAA gives OK for SpaceX's Starship test flight from Texas
SpaceX has cleared the final hurdle for launching its new giant Starship from Texas as early as next week on a first test flight
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Why the shorter nozzle on the mvac?
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Agreed! I was really surprised by this. I figured F9 was set in stone by now.
Also the booster changed up the return burns; this time the re-entry burn was 1 engine & the landing burn was 3 engines. The commentator said this was due to/enabled by the nozzle change on the second stage...?
technology is rapidly developing while we ignore the basic needs of humans.
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Sadly, that's always been the case of humanity. I think it's up to us as individuals to show as much care and compassion to other individuals as we can.
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Technology is for solving problems. In other words: to satisfy needs.
Example: reusable rockets allowing wireless internet to be affordable for humans in remote areas.
I'd be happy to further discuss this but don't want to hijack this thread.
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I'm intersted in why they did this too. Shorter nozzle on the MVac engine should be less efficient (although a bit lighter). The single engine entry burn with the 3 engine landing burn looked like a very smooth landing, but I didn't hear why they changed it up.
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There was an explanation of the shorter vacuum nozzle extension during the webcast. Basically it's a choice they will be making when they don't need the performance of the full nozzle they've been flying. These are still getting thrown away after one use, so I can see just saving cost/materials when you can. In yesterday's "deep space update" from Scott Manley, that was his speculation as well.
Since this one was an RTLS launch, clearly they had some excess performance.
Also mentioned in that webcast was that the return of the first stage was done a little differently in that the entry burn was single engine and the landing burn was three engines. It was hard to tell from the video but the return and landing looked normal. This was the tenth flight of that first stage.
Since this one was an RTLS launch, clearly they had some excess performance.
Also mentioned in that webcast was that the return of the first stage was done a little differently in that the entry burn was single engine and the landing burn was three engines. It was hard to tell from the video but the return and landing looked normal. This was the tenth flight of that first stage.
Charlie Garcia has some comments on the (surprisingly large) potential cost savings of the shorter nozzle, as well as a good overview of radiatively cooled nozzles in general:
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Thanks for that. I hadn’t encountered him before, but seeing what he is into, perhaps I should have.
Another spiral over Alaska from SpaceX 2nd stage de-orbiting
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Odd spiral appears amid northern lights in Alaska night sky
Northern light enthusiasts got a surprise mixed in with the green bands of light dancing in the Alaska skies: A light baby blue spiral resembling a galaxy appeared amid the aurora for a few minutes.
Or a portal to another dimension?Another spiral over Alaska from SpaceX 2nd stage de-orbiting
Odd spiral appears amid northern lights in Alaska night sky
Northern light enthusiasts got a surprise mixed in with the green bands of light dancing in the Alaska skies: A light baby blue spiral resembling a galaxy appeared amid the aurora for a few minutes.
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First stage landed on drone ship ok. Did anyone notice the fireball under engines after landing? Did not look normal.
Yes, I thought I saw a green flash like a TEA-TEB ignition.
SpaceX Dragon debris lights up sky in bright fireball over western US during reentry (video)
The fireworks were harmless, but dramatic.
www.space.com
First I've heard/seen of Dragon's "Trunk" burning up at reentry. I would think it'd burn up before it gets close enough to be seen on the ground? I guess it has some pretty good mass.
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