The Astronomy Thread
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Sanrith Descartes
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Furry
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Lightning go up, and strong winds can be very bad for launching things too.
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Captain Suave
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This! People have no idea what they are attempting to do at SpaceX. Or my MIL goes on about 'they don't need to spend all that money on space, there are problems in America that need fixing first (and irony of ironies, she's a Brit). I keep explaining to her that Elon (or NASA, etc.) doesn't take a big bag o' cash, pull a lever and a rocket pops out. There are hundreds if not thousands of good paying jobs that go into these rockets.
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Did they cite any specific reason why Starship isn't doable? Seems like the hardest parts they've tried, the engine design and landing, have been done and what has gone wrong have been re-entry challenges that, while difficult, aren't really specific to the unique designs of Starship vs the details of how and where to bolster the ship for re-entry.
Kiroy
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Just read they did a massive steep angle on re-entry which is why the wings/flaps got damaged. They purposely tried to punch through the atmosphere really quick to stress test starship. Must have meant they were pretty confident this time because I assume the data from the hovering/landing was more important. On the other hand I think they dude said they have like 7 more built and ready to rock (they retrofit improvements on the fly) so fuck it.