Be careful which AI you befriend.I am always worried that in a WDR.. the computer goes rogue, and keeps going and the thing launches..
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Be careful which AI you befriend.I am always worried that in a WDR.. the computer goes rogue, and keeps going and the thing launches..
I would tend to doubt they'd do that before receiving the launch license. At a guess, it's just better across the board to have the Starship on the ground. I'm sure OSHA would prefer it.Interesting. Do they plan to install the FTS? We don’t know…
I’m skeptical the launch will be at night. SpaceX will want good visibility to monitor the vehicle. And that’s an NET date anyway.Thursday, March 14th, at (after doing some math for those of you who pretend you can change time itself, twice a year) 2:30am the live feed starts, my guess with a 3:14am target launch time. Cause... well... Elon logic.
An account I follow on X just "retweeted" this post from SpaceX that was allegedly made yesterday morning. I still don't currently see it when I go directly to SpaceX's X account, so I think many missed it as well. Hard to "miss" something that isn't viewable currently, but maybe I'm having a boomer moment at 40 right now. Or I'll blame X's poor execution of anything audio and video related for the time being.
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Thursday, March 14th, at (after doing some math for those of you who pretend you can change time itself, twice a year) 2:30am the live feed starts, my guess with a 3:14am target launch time. Cause... well... Elon logic.
This could also just be a placeholder as there is no official post on the SpaceX account yet. But it looks like I will have to start my planning to make my trip to see my first ever launch. Would be epic to make the first be a Starship launch, that's for sure.
I’m skeptical the launch will be at night. SpaceX will want good visibility to monitor the vehicle. And that’s an NET date anyway.
I would like to know details about what “controlled descent” and “controlled splashdown” mean but I suppose we won’t know that in advance.Among the milestones SpaceX will seek to complete during this test flight are:
- Nominal first-stage performance, followed by a controlled descent of the Super Heavy booster into the Gulf of Mexico
- Starship separation from the first stage using "hot staging," meaning engine ignition while the first stage is still firing its engines
- Starship reaching an orbital velocity and engine shutdown
- Early-stage testing of in-space refueling technology inside the propellant tanks of Starship
- Controlled splashdown of Starship near the Hawaiian islands after flying around two-thirds of the planet
Looks like belly smacker in the Indian Ocean about 65 minutes after lift-off.Eric Berger: The next Starship mission has a tentative launch date: March 14
I would like to know details about what “controlled descent” and “controlled splashdown” mean but I suppose we won’t know that in advance.
Will the booster attempt a soft water landing? Assuming it makes it that far, I would expect it to.
Will the ship attempt the final flip maneuver? Other sources are saying it will not. But since that was successfully demonstrated in the test hop flights (albeit at a tiny fraction of actual orbital reentry velocity) I still hope SpaceX goes for it.
Right, but I would like to know why SpaceX is not attempting a soft landing with the ship when they are with the booster? If the plan is to put the ship in the belly flop orientation during reentry then it will be in position for the flip maneuver.Looks like belly smacker in the Indian Ocean about 65 minutes after lift-off.
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