[HN Gopher] Upcoming test: SpaceX Starship high-altitude flight ___________________________________________________________________ Upcoming test: SpaceX Starship high-altitude flight Author : modeless Score : 58 points Date : 2020-12-07 22:08 UTC (51 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (www.spacex.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.spacex.com) | ClosedPistachio wrote: | If you're looking for the date/time: | | > As early as Tuesday, December 8 [...] the schedule is dynamic | and likely to change | | YouTube live stream link: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf83yzzme2I | zaroth wrote: | I've been following testing progress on /r/spacex and it's a lot | of fun having such a detailed view into the whole operation as | these Starship prototypes are built and iterated upon out in the | open. | | Elon has said chance of a soft landing is less than 50%, so I | would expect a very eventful livestream. Personally I'm hoping to | see re-light and some sort of flip, with limited damage to ground | support equipment. IMO a soft landing is too much to even hope | for. | | The engine re-light is non-trivial because they will be fed from | a separate header tank at the tip of the nosecone at that point. | | It would not be surprising if this didn't actually happen | tomorrow, there's a million things which could lead to further | delays. If it happens at all this month it would be thrilling. | beamatronic wrote: | Fail fast and often! | alangibson wrote: | I'm betting on a spectacular crash, but they did nail Falcon | Heavy on the first go. | mabbo wrote: | For those who aren't following this religiously like I am, here's | the Tl;Dw: | | SpaceX's falcon 9 is pretty big, but Starship is massively | larger. It's also made cheaply out of steel in a huge garage in | rural Texas. The engines are the most advanced ever made | (arguably). Tomorrow, SpaceX is going to try to fly the prototype | 12.5km up, then have it freefall, falling sideways. At the last | moment, it will reorient itself and land on a landing pad. | | Or, it will explode stupendously. | | It's going to be awesome either way. | valuearb wrote: | It's a Heinlesque story. | alangibson wrote: | The world's most sophisticated engines on a vessel that started | out as a water tower. I can't get enough of Starship. | alangibson wrote: | Youtuber Everyday Astronaut is on South Padre this week getting | ready to live stream the festivities. I recommend all good space | nerds have it on on the background tomorrow. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-12-07 23:00 UTC)