Wiki Super Heavy/Starship - General Development Discussion

[charliepmayer]

I suspect the lighter ones are engines that have not been fired, or are new nozzles on tested engines.

 

[EVCollies]

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WOW, a quick look at 1 O' Clock I see so much exposed plumbing. Will this survive a static fire?

 

[tmoz]

WOW, a quick look at 1 O' Clock I see so much exposed plumbing. Will this survive a static fire?

Will they static fire a subset of the raptors and rotate through groups before static firing the whole enchilada?

 

[qdeathstar]

Elon view:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1422607954101084161

That’s a pretty big rocket...

 

[Matias]

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Why are there different coloured nozzles?

 

[HVM]

Mind blowing.

Why the different colored nozzles? Testing different coatings?

Why are there different coloured nozzles?

Answer:

I suspect the lighter ones are engines that have not been fired, or are new nozzles on tested engines.

Those are new engines.

 

[ICUDoc]

Ok, so the rocket is massive- there are no words to describe it except to borrow from the Tesla vernacular :- Ludicrous.
But:
Let's just give some thought to that CRANE! What a monster!!??

 

[diplomat33]

WOW! Look how many Raptor engines! The fully stacked starship and booster will be a monster!

 

[HVM]

^

https://twitter.com/x/status/1423067332763688965

 

[808?]

S20 on the move.

 

[scaesare]

Answer:

Those are new engines.

Interesting that some would be fired, others not... suspect this may be an example of what Elon was talking about in the Everyday Astronaut Starbase interview where he talked about not wasting time with unit testing and push towards final test where possible,

 

[mongo]

Interesting that some would be fired, others not... suspect this may be an example of what Elon was talking about in the Everyday Astronaut Starbase interview where he talked about not wasting time with unit testing and push towards final test where possible,

It may also be the bells are fresh, but the motor core was tested.

 

[808?]

The tiling work is interesting.

 

[tmoz]

Ok, so the rocket is massive- there are no words to describe it except to borrow from the Tesla vernacular :- Ludicrous.
But:
Let's just give some thought to that CRANE! What a monster!!??

It's more than Ludicrous, it's, it's, why it's Plaid!

 

[tmoz]

So is SN20 going to be stacked on B4 and the whole thing launched?
Will they static fire SN20's raptors before stacking?

 

[mongo]

So is SN20 going to be stacked on B4 and the whole thing launched?
Will they static fire SN20's raptors before stacking?

Probably: Stack to test fit, then unstack, pull engines, pressure/ cyro/ load test, install engines, finish plumbing, finish tiles, static fire booster, static fire Starship, restack, launch.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1423300344080072708

 

[HVM]

+

• Send the untested engines to McGregor for test fires.
• Finish the ship TPS.

 

[diplomat33]

Stacking today if all goes well!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1423353739394514949

 

[scaesare]

Booster already on the stand, crane rigging attached to Starship getting ready to lift:

 

[diplomat33]

Booster already on the stand, crane rigging attached to Starship getting ready to lift:
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