SpaceX
Today, SpaceX just completed the 150m altitude hop of it's Starhopper! The Starhopper is a prototype of the Starship that SpaceX plans on sending to the moon and Mars.
The Starhopper is driven by a Raptor rocket engine, the most advanced rocket engine ever designed. It is uses liquid methane and
liquid oxygen for fuel. Check out the pretty blue shock diamonds in the exhaust.
This is the end of the road for the Starhopper. :( It's being retired and replaced by the Starship mk1 and Starship mk2 each being built in Boca Chica Tx and Florida.
Next up on the agenda are suborbital flights of the two Starships in early 2020.
RIP Ingenuity. The Mars helicopter flew it's last flight. After 72 flights, it had a hard landing and broke a rotor blade.
:(
Intuitive Machines lunar landing in about 1 hour!!! 5:24pm CST The control room is modeled after the Star Trek Enterprise Bridge.
https://www.intuitivemachines.com/im-1
The landing will also be covered by CNN.
Sounds like rip...
:(
Hmm, possible signs of life!!! Maybe fell over?
Oh baby!
Really cool stuff.
Did they re-establish communications? I had to leave the live feed before they confirmed.
Pi Day!
Third starship launch in less that 48 hours!!!! If weather cooperates... And at this point it isn't looking that great.
Oh and check out this Japanese rocket launch earlier today:
Oops.
This that helicopter really that close?
Looks like the launch is a GO! (We'll see if weather will cooperate)
110 minute window opens at 7am CDT.
What I really want to know is what does filthy think about Elon Musk.
I guess we'll find out when that Whore posts up the interview
Elon called someone a pedo and he's a demanding boss.
Launch links:
EJ's twitch stream (he'll include SpaceX stream and NSF stream):
https://www.twitch.tv/ej_sa
NSF stream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxCYzix...
Everyday Astronaut's youtube channel also has good coverage
Current countdown targeting a FOGGY 7:30 CDT liftoff.
New T-0 of 825am CDT... In about 15 minutes!
Beautiful!
lol SpaceX music
Boost back worked!!!!! Relight and soft booster landing - not so much
Ship is still in flight! Payload door is open!
15 min recap of the launch from EJ for the short attention spanned among us.
Oh, look! Something shiny!
To me, it seemed like they never really got control over Starship orientation after engine cutoff.
It was rolling throughout reentry.
those plasma shots were amazing... thank god Quartz was used in the Apollo program.
Nice Scott Manley summary
go elon.
