Source is SpaceX on X. There’s a video there as well.
themorah on
I really hope there are no more issues before launch, it feels like forever since the last starship flight. I’m especially looking forward to this next one with the new launch mount, new booster and ship versions, and raptor 3
UtterTravesty on
Will they be doing the same suborbital launch as the last several flights, or will they be going for the once-around upperstage catch attempt?
msears101 on
I am super excited. I know there are lots of people who do not like Elon, but there is a HUGE team as SpaceX and they are the ones getting it done and what they are doing is monumental, and huge step forward. I encourage people to love Space more than they hate Elon.
Ill-Ad3311 on
So much new in there , would love for it not to blow up.
SpaceBoJangles on
Its giving Saturn V launch.
I dig it.
counterfitster on
Well, good thing this didn’t have a Tianglong-3 type test where static fire suddenly became not so static.
Pun_In_Ten_Did on
Prepping for an expedition 33….engine, you might day.
fidelcastroruz on
Oh ok so they built a proper launch structure and flame trench? The boomers were right I guess.
codingclosure on
Wonder if this “service” would be profitable with the full burden of externalities.
pyroaop on
Meanwhile Artemis just took 4 people around the moon and back with no explosions at all
ganuerant on
Very exciting. Seems they may go orbital the flight after this one.
Enough-Astronomer-65 on
It feels so weird to have an actual flame deflector
Decronym on
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
|Jargon|Definition|
|——-|———|—|
|[iron waffle](/r/Space/comments/1smpqfx/stub/ogg6fy5 “Last usage”)|Compact “waffle-iron” aerodynamic control surface, acts as a wing without needing to be as large; also, “grid fin”|
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Source is SpaceX on X. There’s a video there as well.
I really hope there are no more issues before launch, it feels like forever since the last starship flight. I’m especially looking forward to this next one with the new launch mount, new booster and ship versions, and raptor 3
Will they be doing the same suborbital launch as the last several flights, or will they be going for the once-around upperstage catch attempt?
I am super excited. I know there are lots of people who do not like Elon, but there is a HUGE team as SpaceX and they are the ones getting it done and what they are doing is monumental, and huge step forward. I encourage people to love Space more than they hate Elon.
So much new in there , would love for it not to blow up.
Its giving Saturn V launch.
I dig it.
Well, good thing this didn’t have a Tianglong-3 type test where static fire suddenly became not so static.
Prepping for an expedition 33….engine, you might day.
Oh ok so they built a proper launch structure and flame trench? The boomers were right I guess.
Wonder if this “service” would be profitable with the full burden of externalities.
Meanwhile Artemis just took 4 people around the moon and back with no explosions at all
Very exciting. Seems they may go orbital the flight after this one.
It feels so weird to have an actual flame deflector
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters|
|——-|———|—|
|[FCC](/r/Space/comments/1smpqfx/stub/ogg2yd0 “Last usage”)|Federal Communications Commission|
| |(Iron/steel) [Face-Centered Cubic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropes_of_iron) crystalline structure|
|[RUD](/r/Space/comments/1smpqfx/stub/oggr21j “Last usage”)|Rapid Unplanned Disassembly|
| |Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly|
| |Rapid Unintended Disassembly|
|Jargon|Definition|
|——-|———|—|
|[iron waffle](/r/Space/comments/1smpqfx/stub/ogg6fy5 “Last usage”)|Compact “waffle-iron” aerodynamic control surface, acts as a wing without needing to be as large; also, “grid fin”|
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