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2023-04-20 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Starship - 'rapid unscheduled disassembly'
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Posted by Bobby 2023-04-20 10:25|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 The 5 Raptor engines flaming out seemed to have an immediate effect. Launch control was excited to see they still had a launch pad.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-04-20 12:57||   2023-04-20 12:57|| Front Page Top

#2 There's dashcam video of pieces of concrete blowing off, so they have some launchpad left.
Posted by ed in texas 2023-04-20 13:31||   2023-04-20 13:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Well they had stated that just getting off the launch pad and clearing the tower was a success and every thing else was gravy.

Either way they got some nice data from the flight to improve future builds.
Posted by DarthVader 2023-04-20 14:11||   2023-04-20 14:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Gotta love Elon the Alien. If you're gonna blow $h#t up, do it big!
Posted by Mercutio 2023-04-20 14:22||   2023-04-20 14:22|| Front Page Top

#5 If the same thing had happened to Artemis I there would have been a unanimous call from the usual suspects for the program to be cancelled.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-04-20 14:45||   2023-04-20 14:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Kinda makes Tesla batteries self-igniting at highway speed look like a minor problem.
Posted by jpal 2023-04-20 15:43||   2023-04-20 15:43|| Front Page Top

#7 17 million pouds of thrust, and the Saturn 5 only delivery 6m. You have to wonder what the G forces are like.
Posted by ed in texas 2023-04-20 17:13||   2023-04-20 17:13|| Front Page Top

#8 It's a lot heavier, so it accelerates more slowly. So the Gs probably are not all that much more.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-04-20 17:14||   2023-04-20 17:14|| Front Page Top

#9 Here's the link address that shows the debris arriving at the launch
https://twitter.com/LabPadre/status/1649068688853671940
Posted by ed in texas 2023-04-20 18:01||   2023-04-20 18:01|| Front Page Top

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