The Astronomy Thread
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They intentionally messed with the heat shielding to test what happens if there is an issue during flight and reentry.
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Amazing they can have engines not fire and everything keeps flying. One heavy engine failed to fire on launch and then one failed to fire during landing burn and its still able to land correctly.
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Boeing Starliner spacecraft experiencing helium leaks ahead of docking at space station
Despite the discovery of helium leaks, the Boeing Starliner spacecraft that launched from Florida on Wednesday is expected to dock at the ISS on Thursday.
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Captain Suave
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My cousin wrote the failure case throttle control algorithms. He must have been sweating bullets.
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Tuco
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During the initial plasma phase it's remarkable to me that a ship can generate plasma without slowing down. The ship is descending as it exits orbit, so the energy of gravity is equivalent to the friction generating plasma and the air is so thin that even if there is a lot of bright plasma there's not much mass to collide with at ~90km. They said the ship is at peak heat at around 70km, where it's only decelerating at like, 20kmh/s or half a g from what they said.
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lol @ 38:47 in my vid when that busted ass flap lowers despite being melted to shit.
Watching the Starship get toasted to fuck for 10 minutes really illustrates the challenge. It's not just some momentary brake you need to survive through but 600+ seconds of hades where any failure lets a plasma jet stream punch a new butthole in your spaceship.
Seeing the booster gracefully touch down on the water like an expertly driven helicopter was great to see. I wonder when they'll land it in stage 0 and we can see some chopsticks.
Watching the Starship get toasted to fuck for 10 minutes really illustrates the challenge. It's not just some momentary brake you need to survive through but 600+ seconds of hades where any failure lets a plasma jet stream punch a new butthole in your spaceship.
Seeing the booster gracefully touch down on the water like an expertly driven helicopter was great to see. I wonder when they'll land it in stage 0 and we can see some chopsticks.
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Elon mentioned he wants to try booster recovery with the grabber thing next attempt
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Wow. I'd bet against that being attempted all the to the catch attempt. Destruction or damage of stage 0 could set them back. Maybe they'll "attempt" it with a likely abort like they did so many times with the falcon landing adjacent to the landing craft.