/sci/ - Science & Math

Static fire today!!!!!!

>>16113260
good man, but sincerely hope you didnt pursue a medfag career like that other guy if you actually like spaceflight to the point you did a thesis on it.
>>16113250
good news for you, Vast, the company thats making Haven-1 the space station, plans to do artificial gravity which you can help with. and they actually look to be the first commercial space station up and have a reasonable plan for the future

NEXT MONTH

>>16113263
Retard thread
1. Filter this thread
2. Make space for one good one
3. ????
4. Profit

>>16113265
Was hoping for late April damn

>>16113266
what. what does this even mean.

>>16113265
We are back

>>16113266
>>16113268
hey can i get /sfg/s opinion, this sounds like the B*rkun spambot right? the way its typed and how its not interacting with the replied to post at all? or am i just not seeing it

>>16113265
2^2 weeks

>>16113270
I'm not Barkon I just have an opinion that's against space faring especially with rockets. Is that ok? Ok did I break one of your retard-nerd rules? You came to the wrong forum if you expected a clean ride. Stop shilling your ideology here. There's special space forums you can perve your stupidity on and no-one smart would pester you. Well... I guess that's it. We're going to Mars(we need to) and we're going to use all of humanities focus to do it by forcing ourselves into their fun zones.

>>16113277
Yeah you broke a site rule. Opinions that gay and retarded go on >>>/lgbt/ or >>>/trash/.

>>16113265
I'm calling it now. Second week of May, on my birthday.

>>16113277
Yep its B*rkun automated response. Everyone get to reporting the two posts for namefagging &/or trolling.

So uh. When can we cheat the speed of light? Also I really want turbo fast speed so I can get to Pluto in less than 10 years.

>>16113295
Never. Speed of light is a limit not a suggestion, you cant go faster than it stop trying its retarded.

>>16113296
Yeah Einstein is probably right (unfortunately). How am I supposed to visit Pluto now?

>>16113295
I think Europe passed a law 100 years ago that banned faster than light travel

>>16113295
if the speed of light was 20000 times faster no one would be complaining. we only complain because our brains process time in a certain way, and because we have short lifespans

>>16113297
Same as the rest of us. Combustion engines with a paid Starship ticket.

>>16113298
Using all human focus to perform some lame trick that will probably fail and chop 30-50 of our time just for a fizzle and bang or a failed survival attempt, as you attempt to populate a much lesser habitat than the one we already have. We should spend more focus on sorting out the financial system. Stupid pervs.

>>16113296
>you cant go faster than it stop trying its retarded
It wouldnt matter if you could, the results would be one way no matter what, you would return to an Earth that evolved past humans.

Try? No, will by perception or actualizing, it shall be done.

>>16113086 #
Space companies are such a scam. Now I can't trade foreign shares from Russia and only trade Russian companies. But I closed Virgin Galactic on 23 February 2022 23:17 for 8$ a share and now it's 1.71$

>>16113304
>>16113305

I'm hoping and praying we can super increase escape speed from earth to get our vehicles out to the planets faster. I want satellites around ALL of the nine planets. At least that is my dream

>>16113310
Launch speed rather

>>16113295
put yourself in cryo sleep.

>>16113323
My poor brain can't handle that. I want to orbit Neptune and head to Pluto for a bit

>>16113308
virgin galactic is a tourism company not a space company
may as well have bought six flags or carnival cruise stock

>>16113308
Even RocketLab stock is stuck at the lowest it’s ever been

Im making this the next OP.

>>16113330
People 300 years from now will take spaceflight for granted. Perhaps they’ll envy us

>>16113333
>Perhaps they’ll envy us
I envy us now.

I remember before the internet, the change from planes to space ships doesnt seem that big of a difference to me.

>>16113336
I mean, "space email" is just delayed shitposting like how snail mail was delayed shitposting.

Which, if you have no other choice, you use, like in the military, but its still shitposting.

http://arctic.som.ou.edu/tburg/products/realtime/eclipse/
This is beyond fucked it boggles the mind. Clouds forcing me to drive from the west coast to Indianapolis

>>16113343
I’m gonna be in Indianapolis too

Look. Ate any of you guys chemical guys? Some make some super exotic chemical real fast and slap a tank on the back of a rocket. Let's get to the stars a bit faster eh?

>>16113347
on the bright side, glad i cancelled my flight to Austin, my fears were realized. but a 48 hour drive will be truly rough, including two 6 hour bats of sleep and margin. sleeping in a sedan. and then I gotta go back. God help me

>>16113355
Laser in low solar orbit + a gigantic solar sail can get you relativistic in a year

T-0:50:00 to Starlink

>>16113364
Man, do we even have anything besides models and projections on that? Have we sent any solar sails anywhere yet?

I'm not opposed to anything that gets us movin' faster. Aren't we still in theory land though?

>>16113371
There’s been a few solar sails sent up but none big enough for moving serious mass interplanetary - let alone interstellar. The laser would need to be the size of Texas and the sail the sail as wide as Earth. But it doesn’t break the laws of physics. Our best hope of seeing interstellar travel is having a copy of our consciousness being made as an AI and sent on a ship hundreds or thousands of years after you and I are gone

>>16113310
>>16113315
That's way easier, doable with fission reactors if you use water propellant and aero braking for the arrival stages and beamed laser + LH2 tugs for Earth departure.

>>16113355
TOXMAX concept is promising

>>16113373

I find the idea of consciousness transfer distasteful. I would rather break the rules of physics.

>>16113368
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1776174507612606782

T-0:05:00. SpaceX stream.

>>16113407
Where is that guy headed?

Earth-Earth-Jupiter-Uranus?

joyrides in the interstage when?

What is Musk thinking?

something about supply chain logistics probably

>>16113453
His thinking is probably disorganized and narrow. He's good at getting things done obviously. But I'm assuming he just obsesses over the same shit.

Umad.

>>16113028

>>16113463
Can you make a structure in outer space and then dangle a bridge down through the atmosphere that can be climbed?

>>16113461
To add to this, he doesn't think or act like most people. His thinking is probably chaotic often. Mine is for sure and I'm not even particularly bright or successful.

That was really my original point

>>16113466
I'm not a scientist, but I'm gonna say not a chance in hell with our current technology

>>16113466
Also the wind would get to any structure that gets high enough off the ground right?

damn this spacex video is kino

>>16113466
this is called a space elevator and you can read up on it if you want
https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/surfaceorbit.php#spaceelevator

>>16113286
hey thats when my birthday is too

>>16113265
May the 4th be with you! :D

>>16113464
Starship would pass the spaceplane test

>>16113487
>liftingbody
>wings
>tiles
how much you wanna bet starship v4 will add wheels and a runway? good odds

>>16113490
0%
its more likely that Musk becomes a Biden supporter and says he is a woman now

>>16113493
you should be careful, Howard Hughes ass motherfuker is capable of anything

Why do some people have this idea that reusable rockets can't be economically viable without some kind of arbitrarily ridiculously high launch rate and payload availability, and that the current demand for orbital launch isn't high enough to "justify" the existence of such rockets?

>>16113296
>Never. Speed of light is a limit not a suggestion, you cant go faster than it stop trying its retarded.
womp womp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scharnhorst_effect
>but its tiny!!!
if it bleeds we can kill it

>>16113310
>I want satellites around ALL of the nine planets.
You better be including the Moon and excluding Pluto here or we're going to have a problem

>Literally a sweatshop-tier green sweater with a square on it
>USD $75 + tax + tip + shipping
wtf????

>>16113543
pay up

>>16113308
Once Starship is operational SpaceX could do multi-orbit tourist flights for far less money due to much higher passenger capacity and more capable vehicle. Don't see how VG can compete with that.

Will they be doing this or its just a meme? Literally makes no sense, its impossible it can be reused without being tested after its first launch, and if the booster failed when its landing youre gonna fuck up the whole launch pad. Just put some fucking legs and make it simple

>>16113573
Mass autism

>>16113573
It's 100% real and it's a good idea.
>after the first launch
that doesn't matter. the booster will fly many times eventually

>>16113573
>if the booster failed when its landing youre gonna fuck up the whole launch pad
wrong. the launch is way harsher than anything an empty booster could inflict.

>>16113573
yes, that is mainly for rapid turnaround and for better mass
if you have the booster landing somewhere, you have to move it which takes time
I guess they could have done that at first and then try to do this later, but they would probably have to have done some design decisions which would make it less optimal for landing on the chopsticks right away and this system has been designed to be rapidly reusable from the start

the point is to go beyond F9 and not just make a bigger one

Holy shit

https://x.com/stoke_space/status/1776232040741974221?s=46&t=ySaWSLoZU6lwZ7u03-FcBQ

>>16113594
>develops FFSC engine in one (1) year
what did they mean by this?

>>16113593
*than, not and
mainly for rapid turnaround instead of better mass to orbit

a year ago

>>16113599
now

>>16113601
labeled map

>>16113599
>>16113601
very slow on the factory

>Today we launch our cutting edge Sierra Space Eclipse satellite bus line. This series represents a significant leap forward in satellite technology and is comprised of three distinct classes tailored to a wide range of missions.


https://www.sierraspace.com/newsroom/press-releases/sierra-space-unveils-the-revolutionary-eclipse-satellite-bus-line-introducing-velocity-horizon-and-titan/

>>16113603
simultaneously building starships is probably slowing it down, they build it in stages so not everything gets shut down

>>16113605
lol everybody has a satellite bus line now

>nasa is working on lunar time
>spacex isnt working on mars time
????????????????

>>16113594
Beter Becks ORSC engine ABSOLUTELY BTFO.
SHORT RKLB

>https://spacenews.com/thailand-joins-china-led-ilrs-moon-base-initiative/
we've been betrayed

>>16113543
Mars colony ain’t being built for free

>>16113595
Turns out, it really is that easy in rocketry.

launch site map

>>16113599
soul
>>16113601
soulless

>>16113617
launch site in march 2023

>>16113619
now

Pad clear for static fire now

livestreams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQsLZGg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8QLrVAOE1k

>>16113613
Nah, Thailand would have never played any role in US led moon base anyway. Thailand joining China means they will have a role to learn advanced science. Its a win for China (influence) and Thailand (chance for prestige/influence/scientific endeavour)

no overpressure notice? that isn't required for a static fire?

>static fire
no launch = i sleep

>>16113628
had to wait like 2 years between last starship test and IFT-1

>>16113594
He CAN'T keep getting away with it

https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1776237264785363182
https://www.ulalaunch.com/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ignition_the_vulcan_origin_story.pdf
wtf is this

>>16113634
>pony content outside of /mlp/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jwOlhxnUBI

>>16113634
Lots of meme potential.

>>16113634
>28 pages
lmao

what did Tory Bruno mean by this bronyposting?

>>16113640

>>16113640
>clop clop clop

>>16113634
why would Tony do this?
his drawing skills, while not good, are better than I expected

>>16113642

>>16113647

Oh, it's because his horse died? That's kind of sad.

>>16113634
Same energy.

SpaceX comic when?

>>16113650

>>16113652
the horse dying is a metaphor for the future of ULA

>>16113652

he signs his name with a drawing of a rocket that looks suspiciously like starship

>>16113647
>>16113650
>>16113654
>Blue horse

>>16113660
kryshorse
horstal

>>16113634
holy SOVL. did he draw it himself?

>>16113573
I reckon there's a 50/50 chance it ends up as stupid as that weird flip staging they tried to do with IFT-1.

why do they have an Italian guy making rockets in the first place?

>>16113519
>if it bleeds we can kill it
based, take out carnot efficiency while you're at it

I read the comic and I'm convinced ULA is attempting to pivot into the the comic book industry, where they're better positioned to compete with SpaceX.

>>16113637
I can't believe we made it into Tory's comic book

>>16113602

>private land

Do you think this guy want all of Musk's money?

>>16113666
rocketry is mostly plumbing

>>16113634
I'm embarrassed for Tory and I used to work for him

>>16113686
something unreasonable and caving in would then mean everybody else would start asking the same

>>16113723
>I used to work for him
Now I'm embarrassed for you

everyone go report the early stage nigger he made another /sfg/. and we havent even hit bump limit yet, proven impatient zoomer.

>>16113634
This is impressive work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rurhk1hadp8

>>16113304
>if the speed of light was 20000 times faster no one would be complaining.
you just made GPS 4 orders of magnitude more difficult. I'd like to file a complaint.

>>16113308
you gambled on tourists instead of mass surveillance. you got only yourself to blame

>>16113637
Someone should edit this so it says Mr. Musk and reply to Elon on X after every launch.

>>16113741
holy fuck im seething

>>16113752
If only the speed of light was just above a brisk walking pace imagine how much effort could have been saved not inventing faster modes of transportation.

Road closure for static fire just happened, stand by for updates.

>>16113768
No overpressure notice. Just spin PROOOOMING?

>>16113730
I'm debating applying to work at ULA, am I 'tarded? for reference I'm already in aerospace and ula sounds comfy and would put me closer to actually working on rockets

>>16113759
all this gloryhound faggots fault for riling up the dumbs

>>16113759
all this gloryhound faggots fault for riling up the dumbs

>>16113777
Him, Carl Sagan, Neil Tyson Chicken Nuggets, and Bill Nye are all the same pseudointellectuals who got lucky and became famous for it. I fucking hate all of them.

>>16113780
Reminder that you are an estrogenated redditor if you like any of these insects or Star Wars/Trek.

>>16113595
hydrologgs FRSC is 50 year old tech, the challenge was the OR loop

>>16113748
Thanks. I almost hadn't watched this today

Stop making this gey space faring thread. It stupid. Space is a nothing. Other planets are a non sense. What a waste of our time and focus. Kys fags.

>>16113787
for you

First photo from Russian satellite Resurs-P № 4
Houston, Texas

Satellite is used to explore natural resources, control environmental pollution, search for a mineral deposit, assess the state of the ice situation, monitor emergencies.

>>16113794
Dallas

>>16113795
>>16113794
these russian fucks should be intercepted with a missile every time they photograph our territory.

>>16113785
The Stoke first stage is methalox.
Their propulsion team is simply built different.

>>16113794
>>16113795
Cool images
>>16113797
Rude and mean

Whats going on with B11?

Also poster above me is stupid and his mother is fat.

https://spacenews.com/varda-space-industries-raises-90-million/

Varda raised $90 million

>>16113802
ok wow never mind that's insane

>>16113802
Stoke is a joke lmao

>>16113832
Shut up nigger YWNGTS and neither will BO

>>16113867
bo goes to space all the time. they just can't stay there

>>16113867
>>16113802

I would be into Stoke Space more if they made thier rocket bigger.

>>16113795
hey i used to live in that image

starship will defintiely not land on a non prepared landing site. waaaay too tall and has no ability to hover in lunar g.

>>16113867
Sorry dude, that company is deader than dead. It's a hail mary against Elon by pedo Bill Gates

>be born in irrelevant shithole euro country
>don't manage to get out
>don't manage to get into any of the ESA outreach programs for students
>become robotics researcher instead
>....
>now actually on track to lead the development of some tech that will actually go up the well
don't give up on your dreams, anons

>>16113956
So what. You'll be eating nuts for 1000 years perv.

>>16113959
didn't ask don't care

I'm only reposting this because it made the janny seethe hard enough to delete it last time
Earn your wage lmao

>>16113956
I've been here 32 years. I've profited so much and I get the chance to fight against pervs like yourselves for a reward. I couldn't imagine nuts for 1000 years, that would be an indecipherable amount of suffering.

>>16113956
You manage to get to me and do whatever limited stuff you can do, you can expect 20* that along the way. Plus anything you did to other things in your time here.

>>16113959
>>16113963
glad to see /sci/ is just as full of GPT spambots or schizos (impossible to tell which) as ever

>>16113962
Are you sure it's not because you're the early staging tranny and got banned?

>>16113973
Reported that shitter kek

raise taxes on hullo's plane so he stops making videos about it

>>16113832
Stoke needs to team up with someone to get a first stage faster.

>>16113992
No they're doing just fine.

>>16113991
cosigned

>>16113996
He needs to add pilot

>Flight 4 next month
How likely is this?
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1776144738971693245

>>16114000
see you in june

>>16114000
Unlikely except if both the ship attitude control issues and the booster engines not relighting both were really simple dumb valve or software problems.
All the mitigations happen after rollback from SF.

>>16114005
>>16114000
insider here, realistic NET July 6th. The problems are. MAJOR. to say the least. Elon wasnt present as a way to quietly scold the engineers who let it get this bad. Artemis 2030 is starting to seem unrealistic.

>>16114024
something other than bait for once you retarded faggot

>something thats not 100% positive about my favourite space toy company
>automatically bait

Andy Lapsa says it took them just over a year to go from deciding to building an FFSC engine to having one

https://x.com/andylapsa/status/1776241470149939442?s=46&t=ySaWSLoZU6lwZ7u03-FcBQ

>>16114036
>insider here
>automatically bait
yes faggot. if you can't tell niggerbait poster by now you're lobotomized

Insider here. Starship has already proven itself, so SpaceX is working on the next rocket, called the Gurren Laggen Poopen Scoopen Giga Nigga Carl Sagan. Also, Elon Musk is actually several small kobolds in a man sized suit. The froyo flavors today are aluminum oxide and vanilla raspberry.

>>16114037
Andy Lapsa is a GOD (and also a closet homosexual)

>>16114037
Tells you all you need to know about BO management that they squandered such talent.
Hope Jeff can turn it around

>>16113773
Honestly it was a good place to work when I was there. Pretty minimal overtime, nice people and decent pay.

>>16113996
>Scotsman
>Scotsmanly
>Scottmanley
>Scott Manley
am I tripping balls right now? duuude

>>16114057
meds and sproke

>>16114037
>ffsc

Is that the same as Raptor?

>>16114073
Yes. Raptor is the first FFSC that's been to orbit and likely survived halfway through reentry.

>>16114000
I think it's possible

>>16114076
>half
you are deluded. it didnt even begin to slow down.

>>16114000
>Krystal porn gets trips
/sfg/ is truly dead

The OTF is venting, prop load soon. WHOS READY FOR AN EARTH SHATTERING BRAP???

>>16114122
Not me

HELLO ANGRY FLORIDAMAN HERE (TITUSVILLE, SPACE COAST)
CAN ANYONE FUCKING EXPLAIN WHY AT LIKE 1:00 AM LAST NIGHT I WAS SUDDENLY AWOKEN BY A FUCKING LOUD EARTHQUAKE? IN FLORIDA?
OH RIGHT IT'S JUST THE FAGGOTS AT THE KSC LIGHTING OFF THEIR HUGE METAL DILDOS AS USUAL
Every. Fucking. Week. There. Is. Some. Launch. In. The. Middle. Of. The. Fucking. Night.
I am so fucking sick of this shit. Back when the shuttle program was going on, it was maybe every few months we'd get a launch and it would be cool because they would usually happen in the late afternoon or something. But after living here for over 20 years the novelty of launches has completely worn off and now it's just frustrating. I don't even pay attention to the launch schedule or go outside to watch anymore because it's just boring. I have seen hundreds. Oh a glowing line is going up into the sky and it's making a loud noise, whoop de fucking doo I don't care, let the snowbirds clog up US-1 with their 30 year old toyota shitboxes while they watch and go "ooh ahhh so cool". Seems like the past few years there have been a lot more launches and most of them late at night, and I wake up easily. I am going to send a STRONGLY WORDED LETTER to NASA because I can't fucking handle this shit anymore.
For some reason, last night's launch was unusually violent in the sense that I THOUGHT I WAS ABOUT TO DIE IN AN EARTHQUAKE. IT WOKE UP THE ENTIRE FUCKING NEIGHBORHOOD, MY DOGS WERE GOING APESHIT AND I WAS IN FEAR FOR MY LIFE. But nope it's just Elon "The Nigger" Musk and his metal dildos waking up the entire town again!!!
fuck you Elon "The Nigger" Musk and fuck all of you fanboy faggots for enabling and encouraging his behavior.

>>16114131
I may not actually be doing anything via:

Set the mind to go.

Looks like I have to do stuff manually. I'll be with you soon

>>16114132
first get rid of the ricer street racers with fartcans on their Hondas

>>16114132
kek. enjoy starship coming to ksc. they're building three pads for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ6Az4vySec

>>16114147
why no zenit?

>>16114151
it's gonna rattle you straight out of bed.
it's VERY much louder than the falcon 9s that go off every two days.

>>16114132
You don't even live in Florida, faggot.

>>16114164
Oh yes I do.
I'll post proof when I get off of work

>>16113265

Cut this low energy bullshit out and design a real rocket.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_C-5N

>>16114166
post your dick next to an alligator

>>16114177
>NERVA
that'll be 50 billion plus tip thank you

>>16114177
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_C-5N
cope

>>16114182

SkyshowTV released a really high quality 4k ground track of IFT-2. You can see fires around some of the engines as well as the individual explosive failures of the engines during boostback.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvHY6imbUBo

>>16114186
That was when Boeing was cool.

How big is your /sfg/ pdf solder? I have 500 files that I saved to read later.

>>16114195
many such cases

>>16114196
>format
Kys redditroon gtfo youre probably the same nigger that posts spongetroon in that awful format and early staged.

>>16114195
My /sfg/ folder is everything thrown in a entire unorganized pile.
This is the last new saved image, saved for shitpost purpose.

>>16114195
I don't save PDFs from sfg.
my krystal jpgs from trash folder on the other hand...

>>16114195
pdf not so much
got some memes tho

>>16113832
It's fucking over.

>>16114203
I smugly accept your immediate and painful suicide
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1508367467269136387

>>16113273
wrong
it's 2x2 weeks

New Chinese missile tracking ship, don't want those boosters dropping on Taiwan province or the Phillipines, right?

>>16114252
>don't want those boosters dropping on Taiwan province or the Phillipines, right
wrong

>>16113647

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1776355321419907444

Bruh why do fags act like looking at the eclipse is gonna make you go blind?
Did you never look directly at the sun as a kid? It's not even a little bit dangerous

>>16114293
it is dangerous because your eyes don't respond to it properly

>>16114300
So it's only dangerous during the eclipse?
I suppose it's the UV while the visible is not enough to make your pupils dilate sufficiently?

>>16114303
yes, exactly

>>16114303
>dilate
constrict

static fire happened

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ6Az4vySec
>Starship - what can we do with it?

>>16114285
She/it should work at nasa, she/npc would feel at home there.

>>16114285
You joke but there's a reason Arrokoth and Oumuamua have the names they do

And the "boys club" is true in space science, apparently there is a serious sexual harassment problem at conferences

>>16114334
>sexual harrassment
>serious problem
oh, this sounds legit unlike every other time in history

>>16114339
A lot of those events are international, and you don't need to look at the headlines to guess attitudes are even worse overseas.

>>16114314
Too much testing, not enough breaking.

>>16114348
tits or gtfo

>>16114334
why would you say "boys club is a bad thing" on the most infamous internet boys club?

>>16113594
Stoke has really impressed me these past few years. They are second only to SpaceX for coolest space launch company

Mars having liquid oceans is fake. surely it was too cold for all that in the alleged time when it was feasible because the sun was too dim. plus mars shows little signs of oceanic bodies beign present, if anything it shows signs of glaciers followed by a brief thaw period.

>>16114353

>>16114372
anyone hate the shuttle here?

Aren't rockets something agile rather than technical. Surely there are other techs than rockets suitable for the same purpose. If we could just think of them, maybe we'd get better at space faring.

-BK

>>16114404
One example would be something with a vessel attuned to it. The ship is corellate to the launcher. Another, a gear that allows a specific moves to a certain type of flying vehicle. Another is something that doesn't have a corellate vehicle, but uses a specific type of launch mechanism. I dunno. What could generate up-torque.

>>16114404
Black Kang?

>>16114410
Perhaps it is curved and sends the vehicle up at a slant.

>>16114412
Well. It's better than a risky, slow to produce safely, rocket. In my opinion, rockets are weapons. It's an abnormal use for anything other than payloads. Definitely not to be manned.

>>16114420
Exactly. Think of something new. And we'll have 100 things in space the same time we now do 1.

>>16114420
That's my only complaint, otherwise I'd treat space faring with more respect. It's too slow, it's too risky. It's based on balance of metal and engine, so it's more a constant tune than something technically apt.

>>16114425
Obviously we're meant to try space travel, and there'll be techs perfectly suited for that. Think.

>>16114404
>>16114410
>>16114413
>>16114420
>>16114423
>>16114425
Bot thread

>>16114427
We have planes taking off and reaching destinations every hour of every day. 30 years for a mission to just begin is wasting time.

Kys fags. You're not doing it properly.

>>16114427
ARE THOSE GUYS OKAY?

>>16114427
yeah they're as retarded as it's possible to be and I suspect it's some sort of bot thing

>wow it's retarded that no one has thought of making rockets launch at a higher cadence and make them regular and boring I'm so smart and you're all so dumb

>>16114420
>>16114412
actual bot LOL

>>16113634
>this art
>ack
>clop clop clop
dangerously blursed

>>16114427
>>16114447
bot

bot this bot that how about you niggers talk about spaceflight

>>16114192
Great footage, thanks for sharing Anon

>>16114478
that pic is in the atmosphere and thus does not constitute spaceflight

Elon musk is an idiot.

>>16114192
the engines shutting off and the separation look amazing

>>16114467
yeah sorry but responding to a post that just says Black Kang with "it's a better system then a rocket" and a whole paragraph is a pretty clear sign of a bot

I hate mechanics of materials so much bros. Its not like Im doing bad but holy shit I dont like it.

>>16114510
lol I cranked out a B-, don't worry anon
t. MS in mechE

>>16113794
>Toyota
what did Ivan mean by this?

>>16114516
Looks like I'm going down that path too. I get mostly As and Bs in college but I semi bombed this exam today but still aced the last one. Hoping final is easier, I just want to get out of this awful semester and start doing thermo, mech lab etc. I reallllyy want to build my own thing instead of make random bullshit or take tests that curveball you or dont give enough time. Finally getting in to my electives for aerospace, looks like IGMI pretty easily.

>>16113996
>didn't include Troon
one job, anon

>>16114530
HOUSE SIZED PRESSURE DIAMONDS = KINO

>>16114349
there will be breaking in two weeks

>>16114537
Shock diamonds*

/sfg/ kill

>>16114564
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1776412194424676740
>Standing down from tonight’s Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites due to unfavorable weather. Now targeting tomorrow, April 6

There's not that much going on right now

>>16113296
>If it was hopeless, their propaganda would be unnecessary.
>>16113304
>if the speed of light was 20000 times faster no one would be complaining.
I would.

>>16114575
>I would
Well you wouldn't be alive to complain, but I understand the sentiment

>>16114564
It's only natural, now that the weekend has begun. After all, /sfg/ is full of handsome and socially well-adjusted sirs.

>>16114570
there wouldn't be much going on even if starlink wasn't scrubbed, let's be honest.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1776413162444906841

>>16114530
>>16114537
You could spend a lifetime analyzing the dynamics at play and still would find this amazing. This is closer to science fiction that anything I thought I would see when I studied aerodynamic and rocket propulsion.

>>16114037
this is pretty cool, more fully reusable launch companies the merrier

Just shat my pants, HOWS THAT FOR SOCIALLY WELL ADJUSTED FAG??

>>16114132
its going to be multiple times a night soon, get used to it homo
and this time its going to be starships instead of falcon 9
you will not only hear it, you will feel it

>>16114581
There was supposed to be an exciting announcement from ULA but all we got was a shitty deviantart comic

Kino B11 photos

>>16113797
Calm down, McCarthy.

>>16114591

>>16114594

>>16114596
>>16114594
>>16114591
>>16114582
>muh sharty mars shuttle
fuck off lol

>>16114597
Smells like expendable rocket bitch in here

>>16114526
>Skyshow video of the SpaceX IFT-2 launch_1.webm
>IFT-2

>>16114600

Spacex launch was postpone due to the rest of the spaceflight industry being raped too much.

>>16114601
it is ift-2 they said ift-3 is gonna come soon.
estronaut must be seething. he doesn't have any NASA grade tracking telescopes

>>16114605

I thought xitter doesn't do 60ghz.

>>16114608
I guess based Elon Musk fixed it.

>>16114526
>>16114530
>>16114532

>>16114192
this is probably the best footage I've seen
why can't the big boys figure out how to record the rocket in such high quality when it's at altitude?

So its pretty obvious Starship advances one big step at a time by fixing what went wrong with the previous flight, what do you think IFT-4 will get right? I think that all engines will light on Booster return but maybe not the perfect landing they were hoping for. Attitude control on ship will be fixed but surviving reentry is still an issue. Payload door will be also fixed but they wont get the deorbit burn right with Ship since they got no data last time as they didnt attempt.

>>16114192
this is my new favorite launch footage of all time

>>16114634
yeah agree mostly, but I don't think its impossible they get through re-entry with the ship too
that is their goal for IFT-4

>>16114605
>me at home on the throne after eating a too spicy curry

>>16114634
I think IFT-4 will follow the exact same route/fail like IFT-2 or 3 lol

>>16114607
I wish USlaunchreport could also film. Their tracking is always amazing.

>>16114634
Deorbit burn succeeding is more likely than all 13 lighting up for booster landing imo

>>16114642
huh, IFT-2 and IFT-3 were completely different

>>16114642
Nonsensical post. There was a huge difference between ift-2 and 3

>>16114634
payload door is an easy fix in theory, you just need to vent the air out of the bay first. there was more than one thing going wrong with the booster landing and it's going to take more than one flight to solve.

>>16114591
>>16114594
>>16114596
>>16114605
looks exactly like when b10 did it. no longer novel, no longer kino

New commercial space station startup is dropping soon

>>16114655
desu most starship tests, and posts about them are just spam that should be dealt with lol,
wake me up when starship finally carries people

>>16114673
>inflatameme
i am SICK and TIRED of it!
I HATE ITTTTTT
I CANNOT STAND IT ANY LONGER

>>16114674
it's the most exciting spaceflight thing happening.
you're just a retarded contrarian / EDS sufferer.
we talk about electron and fucking arianespace here how is starship any less relevant

>>16114680
>we talk about electron and fucking arianespace here how is starship any less relevant
they dont launch constantly and fuck up the feed of cool stuff happening,
nobody cared about falcon 9 because it launches too much, same for starship
its annoying and reddit tier shit to talk about it so much lol

>>16114655
Consider dying

>>16114681
Obvious D&C glownigger shill trying to force Blue Origin and SLS tier launch rates as 'more exciting' just because theyre slower. WE DONT FALL FOR YOUR KIKE TRICKS HERE THIS IS THE FUTURE AND WE ARE HERE TO WATCH IT NOT YOUR INFERIOR NIGGER TIER ROCKETS THAT WILL LAUNCH 10x LESS FREQUENTLY AND 5x LESS PAYLOAD

>>16114673
the nice part about copying starlab's design is that you don't even need to make your own renders

>>16114681

>>16114681
Shut the fuck up you gaslighting jackass, people don't care about Falcon 9 because it happens multiple times a week and succeeds multiple times a week; they're basically routine. Starship is anything but. Stop trying to pretend that Starship isn't worth caring about in lieu of retarded as rockets whose engineering paradigm was obsoleted an actual fucking decade ago.

>>16113795
Nice pics but can't read license plates like US recon satellites are said to be capable of

>starship launches too much
at last I truly see...SLS-sama..I kneel

>>16114716
seethe, elon will never let you suck his cock

atlas is so fucking ugly who let them get away with building this shit?

>>16114734

>>16114734
the US taxpayers,
also seethe muskrat shill

>>16114741
>muskrat
how'd you figure that one? falon's no looker either with it's stupid high fineness ratio and oversized payload fairing

>>16114734
>atlas is so fucking ugly who let them get away with building this shit?

It's Atlas III but widened to better accommodate the RD-180 and to support variable counts of SRBs.

reminder to go to feedback and bitch about the /sci/ janny for leaving the troll thread up for 16 hours and counting. its your civic duty to make jannies even more miserable!

>>16114673
>inflatable jank

>>16114806
still the widest modules since skylab, it's a start

>>16114741
>>16114733
>>16114681
>>16114674
lol extreme EDS. why would anybody listen to you when you're that mind controlled by your seething emotions?

>>16114037
The Department of Defense is without a doubt drooling over SpaceX—even if it doesn’t always seem like it behind the veil of political theatrics.
FAA, biden admin, sierra group; hell, even if Trump hypothetically became anti-SpaceX… the company is too big to fail right now against any foe. DoD needs capability like this, and they know it now often comes in private industry (versus how it was in the ~1940s-1960s era–where everything was very ‘government-hands-on’ in order to expedite technology like nuclear bombs and fighter jets and rockets in order to beat the commies).

>>16114834
schizobabble

>>16114037
FIVE companies now making staged combustion rocket engines in the US.
>Aerojet Rocketdyne (RS25)
>SpaceX (Raptor)
>Blue Origin (BE-4, BE-7)
>Stoke (methalox FFSC)
>Launcher (kerolox ORSC]

>>16114855
Ok now do reusable, then do fully reusable. Jarvis doesnt count as its a total meme and NG hasnt even flown yet.

>>16114734
I like how the diameter changes so that it visually breaks it up. Also the fairing is a unique design.

>>16114860
The RS-25 has been reused after flight.

Can someone make an /sfg/ version of this for Blorigin with Jarvis or ULA with their LEO optimized meme.

>>16114860
>Jarvis doesnt count as its a total meme
It's almost endearing how blatant of a conceptual ripoff Jarvis is/was. I can practically see Jeff storming into a conference room, pulling up a picture of one of the early hop tests, pointing at it and screaming "JUST DO THAT! WHY CAN'T YOU FUCKING DO THAT? IT CANNOT BE THAT GOD DAMN HARD!"

>>16114871
The engines have finite lifetimes and the ones flown on Artemis I were destroyed when the core reentered the atmosphere.

>>16114673
yo dawg heard u like space so we put some space in your space

>>16114876
Theres shit in your mouth you shit dog.

>>16114874
"It's not that easy in rocketry" is a hard pill to swallow that everyone encounters at some point.

>>16114855
Also Rocket Lab Archimedes, and I believe both Ursa Major and Impulse are developing staged combustion engines (although not complete rockets).

>>16114734
It's cute in an ugly way. Unsurprisingly it's got the whole it's-1957-we-have-no-real-experience-with-rockets-yet look about it which is always kino.

>people unironically believe rogozin still has his dick

late may seems most likely

What if parachute fails?

IFT-5 will be 4 weeks after IFT-4, then a two week gap, then one week, then three days, then daily, screenshot this

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1776442596845592942

Hell on earth to EDS sufferers, Musk just can't stop winning

>>16114634
They'll probably fix the tumbling. Since it was the thing that went the most wrong during IFT-3, I'm not really sure what that will mean for the reentry. My hope is for a successful passage through the atmosphere and a scuffed oceaning.

>>16114634
I honestly think that surviving reentry won't be a problem, it seemed to be doing quite a good job for a while even though it was spinning uncontrollably. How good it will be at being reused is different matter entirely.

does the new FAA launch tax apply to everyone is just the big players like spacex and ula? should newfag startups with low launch numbers still have to pay the tax even though they're hurting for cash?

Was there any progress on new starships? Or are they not moving forward before being done with remaining ships?

>>16115005
By new you mean V2 or V3?

>>16114855
if you try explaining to frieren why falcon 9's so much cheaper than any alternative she'll just start having boomer flashbacks to losing payloads on the original atlas centaur with himmel and reach the quiet but unshakeable conclusion that ULA's the only launch company anyone could ever need

>>16113991
based
I was hoping that he would end up livestreaming himself having a fatal crash but this is also good.

>>16114285
As a bong it always amuses me when people think the Daily Mail or Sun are legitimate sources of news.

>>16115039
and it amazes the rest of the world that you produce and consume these rags

>>16114906
>What if parachute fails?
It would be very painful.

>>16115046
At least the Sun is effectively banned in one city, but yeah I really wish I didn't share this island with so many retards.

>>16115039
I always post it either when shitposting, or to win an argument in my favour

>>16115052
kek at least you're not one of the bongs who pretends every Englishman refuses to read them or take them seriously

>>16115052
the sun is banned? nuclearchads win again

>>16115031
whatever comes after remaining 3? ships.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY4DDG-GLvw
>SpaceX Booster 11 Static Fire - SOUND ON (Headphone Warning)

>>16115063
I don't remember seeing any full ships, but apparently there is some pathfinder hardware though

https://twitter.com/Ringwatchers/status/1775322589285539990

> This is a very interesting find. A pathfinder barrel, presumably for the next Ship revision, and it has quite a few noticeable changes.

>- Note that it being a shorter ring section doesn't necessarily mean the production build will, as this is a manufacturing pathfinder, though it could be the case. (The current payload bay section is 5 rings tall)
>- The dispenser cutout is on a ring seam, as opposed to a solid ring. This means it moved, probably lower, on the payload bay.
>- The access hatch is directly below the dispenser cutout, rather than being 2 rings below, on the forward dome section.
>- The dispenser cutout is rounded instead of angular, which better matches the more modern reinforcement on the Ships.
>- The tile pins are the standard size, rather than the tiny ones. The tiny ones will be on specific areas, as there have already been pathfinders showcasing this.
>- There is a rounded cutout to the right of the door, which matches the Chopstick lifting points on the nosecone. Could this maybe indicate it's moving lower?

>These are just some quick observations. Fun to see, to be sure.

production diagram from 1.5 weeks ago for good measure
for some reason I never tend to see these on the timeline, have to specifically go look them up every now and then

https://twitter.com/Ringwatchers/status/1773103241867227426

>Updates since last diagram:
>S28 & B10 conduct Starship Flight 3.

>S29 conducts a spin prime and 2 static fires.
>3 aft flaps are delivered, 2 of which are putatively for S32 and the extra would sequentially be for S36.

>BOOSTER 4 IS SCRAPPED.
>B14’s oxygen tank has the downcomer installed and the aft section stacked.
>B14’s methane tank is stacked to 9 rings in height.
>B14 forward tank #4 is staged outside of Mega Bay 1.

>>16115079

https://twitter.com/wapodavenport/status/1776404486824632404

May 4 is going to happen

>>16115083
>May the 4th

>>16115083
it would be very funny if it was the morning of the starliner launch

Anyone tracking how quickly these milestones are happening? Is the pace actually getting faster?

>>16115086
physically impossible. starliner will never launch

>>16115083
Can't wait.

>>16115089
would have been funny if you had labeled axes and didn’t spoil it in the image title

>>16115109
this

>>16115109
Idk I didn't make it, make a new one urself

>>16115061
>the sun is banned
Only in Liverpool

>>16115079
>>16115081
>Ship 28
>Indian Ocean
>Booster 10
>Gulf of Mexico
kek
I wonder if chang has found any intact raptors yet?

>>16114318

>>16115137
with helios as a kickstage for starship

The stoke team

>>16115154
31 people, 4 women one of which is indian, so 1 (?) minority?
lel

>>16115158
> 4 women
not gonna make it

>>16115161
Team relief squad is a useful function

>>16115182
what do you mean by that?

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1776594319341715933

>>16115183
If your engineers are in a perpetual state of post-nut clarity, innovations will come swiftly.

>>16115188
Elon can be like a broken record at times. But at least he has his eyes on the prize.

>>16115195
people like to whine about the twitter purchase but it and the constant politics posting is done for a purpose
things have to stay somewhat stable so a mars colony can even be started, not to mention start the process of making it self-sustaining
its going to be a lot of fucking launches for decades

>>16115206
he's done two good things with twitter
community notes
and destroying the seriousness with which people treated twitter

>>16115141
>less to GEO than FH
low energy, very low.

>>16115154
What does the dog do?

>>16115221
bites slackers

>>16115214
Didn't he nerf community notes because they kept correcting him?

>>16115229
nope

>>16115221
Poops on the Astra CEO's lawn.

>>16115229
Community notes requires continued concordance from "both sides" from users who have been deemed helpful in the past. In an attempt to prevent it becoming just become pure shitposting notes.

>>16115195
YOUR DAD IS LIKE A BROKEN RECORD ON MY COCK.