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04-20-23, 09:05 AM | #301 |
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"#!$?;§*...!!!"
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04-20-23, 09:19 AM | #302 |
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Through failure we learn
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04-20-23, 09:20 AM | #303 |
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They rate it as a success indeed. Kirk however is not happy.
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04-20-23, 09:53 AM | #304 |
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Ha, jeez, expensive way to succeed.
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04-20-23, 11:41 AM | #305 |
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"Rapid unscheduled disassembly", I believe they've termed it.
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04-20-23, 04:09 PM | #306 |
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They delayed the destruction in order to collect the most data.
That's how rocket science works.
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04-20-23, 06:48 PM | #307 |
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I would not mind if next time they delay it until it is over the Kremlin.
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04-21-23, 05:38 AM | #308 |
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04-21-23, 06:34 AM | #309 |
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The two things they wanted to test was if it could take off (it did) and if it would damage the launch pad (it did). AFAIK, none of the craft was to be recovered in any case.
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04-21-23, 10:14 AM | #310 |
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Hmmm... everyone already knew that the pad would send out tons of high velocity concrete fragments in its current config. and damage the booster and engines, that was widely discussed a couple years ago. I guess not being a rocket scientist, I don't get conducting a test that you know will result in a premature failure. If the pad had been constructed properly, the first test flight might have made it to Hawaii, and they would have learned a lot more.
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04-21-23, 10:53 AM | #311 |
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Well, maybe Musk simply has too much money and wants to dump some.
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04-21-23, 12:05 PM | #312 |
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Sometimes, learning exactly how failures occur is what is needed to prevent them from happening when it reallty matters. If the data is good and plentyful, then that is very valuable.
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04-21-23, 02:09 PM | #313 |
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Indeed. I am a bit disappointed by how this launch is viewed. That the thing - the largest rocket ever built and launched by humanity - managed to get airborne is a worthy achievement alone. Falcon 9 crashed multiple times, before they got it right. The fact that Starship could lift off with 5 of the 36 boosters offline is a good thing. It was never meant to reach Hawaii, it was just the flight plan IF it would even lift off. All in all, they got what they asked; the Starship could lift off.
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04-23-23, 07:41 AM | #314 |
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Well, the Musk doctrine has been successful, people will cheer when a rocket goes 40km and blows up. Maybe he just wanted to get rid of the thing and it was cheaper to blow it up over the Gulf than to demo it in the yard?
I'm pretty surprised no one is raising hell about the detrimental impact this has on global warming and the environment. But to be fair, SpaceX does have a great track record of getting the Falcon 9 and Heavy working very well, so they know what they are doing.
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05-01-23, 03:36 PM | #315 |
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Progress is different.
https://think--again-org.translate.g..._x_tr_pto=wapp I am not certain to what degree I agree, but with quite some of his view I do agree for sure.
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