First details of starship's first orbital test flight!

[nativewolf]

Thanks for the post @HVM . Starship is an amazing endeavor, neat to see it unfold.

Years ago when I was a young man and the iron curtain was crumbling I spent almost a year in a forestry research center in Oitti, Finland as an exchange student, always nice to see another poster from Finland. Spent more than 25 years away from forestry sector doing consulting then decided that's all that really made me happy so I'm back in forestry, poorer, but happy again. We are happy customers of a Finnish company, Ponsse. SpaceX would never have been for me but I'm encouraged & inspired every time I see more updates.

 

[HVM]

Ehh your welcome, nativewolf. This is green car forum, and I try to keep my logging talk minimal, only boost how many saplings I have planted...
Andd talking about boosting, more info about Super Heavy Booster:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1399221133711446018

https://twitter.com/x/status/1399088815705399305

 

[Nikxice]

Incredible animation. Worth eight minutes of indulgence.

 

[scaesare]

Man, I needs me some new news/events/dates to digest and look forward to!

 

[HVM]

Too bad you just missed it:

 

[HVM]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1407489062907244544

 

[scaesare]

lol

 

[Cosmacelf]

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lol

Who is that a picture of?

 

[scaesare]

Who is that a picture of?

I dunno... just that it was noticed on that twitter thread...

 

[HVM]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1407969457411067905

 

[scaesare]

Elon is all about the pace...

 

[Cosmacelf]

They are moving so fast even Elon can’t keep up. “You guys built what last night?”

 

[HVM]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1409368907480113155

 

[HVM]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1411792913248489473

 

[HVM]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1411794332340740099

 

[scaesare]

Looks like he must be using metric tons... (@ 2205 lbs/ton)

 

[Electroman]

Can someone tell me what this whole contraption will rest on, on the launch pad? Sure not on the engines right? If so which part of the rocket will rest on the pad?

 

[rlpvl]

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Can someone tell me what this whole contraption will rest on, on the launch pad? Sure not on the engines right? If so which part of the rocket will rest on the pad?

Perhaps the pad will be a ring that engages the Starship between the inner and outer banks of engines.

 

[Watts_Up]

Perhaps the pad will be a ring that engages the Starship between the inner and outer banks of engines.

@Electroman There was a discussion on this subject at 1:19:16 "NSF Live: Discussing a historic week for Starship with Tim Dodd the Everyday Astronaut"

 

[HVM]

Can someone tell me what this whole contraption will rest on, on the launch pad? Sure not on the engines right? If so which part of the rocket will rest on the pad?

Launch ring mechanism contact directly on the short skirt and between engines:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1423704015376949261