SpaceX Tuesday...

[littlebasher]

MartG said:

82nd successful F9 landing, 9th for this booster

That's nuts

They landed it inch perfect onto the barge.

Inch perfect, when moments ago it was at an altitude of 100+ KM and travelling at 7000kmh

[anonymous-user]

Beati Dogu said:

It couldn’t have been a more central landing as well.

If they are this accurate with that, catching starship boosters in the launch tower might not be so unbelievable.

R.e. weather at boca chica, it’s cleared right up now - very sunny.

[Beati Dogu]

Third flight of the fairings as well, which itself is quite impressive.

[annodomini2]

Eric Mc said:

F20CN16 said:

Another scrub on a cloudy day. I don't want to reopen old wounds in this thread, but it is looking more likely to me that they don't want to launch on days with bad visiblity

Edited by F20CN16 on Tuesday 4th May 16:54

I wonder why!

Reports of high winds

[rxe]

F20CN16 said:

If they are this accurate with that, catching starship boosters in the launch tower might not be so unbelievable.

R.e. weather at boca chica, it’s cleared right up now - very sunny.

The problem with the launch tower is not that it isn’t possible - it is, as they have demonstrated. It’s that 1 in (say) 30 will be a few feet out, and rather than just saying “ho-hum, we’ve lost a booster”, they will have to rebuild the launch tower, because I assume a big booster will make quite a mess if it blows up.

Launch cadence says “land it on the pad a refuel it”, but the practical aspects of landing a flying bomb suggest that you should land it somewhere else...

[Dog Star]

Anyone notice that as the Falcon 9 left the pad she said "May the force/fourth be with us".

Nice touch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=895&v=xpl_JnG7...

[anonymous-user]

Looking okayish for a launch of SN15 today. Village now cleared and the flaps are unchained.

[MartG]

Yup, looking good so far

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPNvB5ComFw

[MiniMan64]

F20CN16 said:

Looking okayish for a launch of SN15 today. Village now cleared and the flaps are unchained.

8pm ish?

[anonymous-user]

MiniMan64 said:

8pm ish?

Almost no chance at all of that happening if you're talking about BST? The way it's going I think it's more like 10pm BST.

[annodomini2]

F20CN16 said:

MiniMan64 said:

8pm ish?

Almost no chance at all of that happening if you're talking about BST? The way it's going I think it's more like 10pm BST.

They haven't cleared the pad yet, I'd say between 11pm and 12, if it happens

[anonymous-user]

annodomini2 said:

F20CN16 said:

MiniMan64 said:

8pm ish?

Almost no chance at all of that happening if you're talking about BST? The way it's going I think it's more like 10pm BST.

They haven't cleared the pad yet, I'd say between 11pm and 12, if it happens

Yeah “almost” wasn’t required was it. I should have said no chance. Gonna be a late one!

[annodomini2]

F20CN16 said:

Yeah “almost” wasn’t required was it. I should have said no chance. Gonna be a late one!

Wind speed still too high atm

[hidetheelephants]

Dog Star said:

Eric Mc said:

... because it was making use of existing technology - which, in theory, would keep costs down.

I've never looked - but I wonder what that SLS core stage has cost so far

A recent Newsweek article put it at $20bn so far with another 7 to go.

[Leithen]

Pad’s clear...

[paolow]

Just saw this - good luck SpaceX!

[MartG]

People heading back to the pad

[anonymous-user]

Late night ahead I think. It aint over

[MiniMan64]

MartG said:

People heading back to the pad

Boo.

[MartG]

Still 4.5hrs in the launch window