SpaceX Starship

[Vladd67]

Nothing wrong with that duck orange sauce wouldn't fix

 

[Astro Pen]

Rod Hull and Emu would make short work of him. And I'd pay to watch.

 

[Astro Pen]

That was really bad . A failure of separation is no small thing despite all the glued on smiles from the presenters.

 

[REBerg]

Goosebumps launch for me

 

[REBerg]

Not the Miles O'Brien I remember ​

 

[Harpo]

That was really bad . A failure of separation is no small thing despite all the glued on smiles from the presenters.

But it means they’ll make improvements. Fail better, as the saying goes.

And someday hundreds of such launches will be the start of something quite big

 

[Foxbat]

You've got to give them credit for having a sense of humour. Today's event was described by SpaceX as a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly'.

 

[Elckerlyc]

I remember the first flight of the Ariane-5 rocket that blew up on its first flight after 37 seconds. Costs 5bln dollar(?). Cause, wrong software loaded into the flight control system.

Anyway, I think this launch fared better than most people expected, including SpaceX self. It didn't explode on the launch tower, the tower did not melt, we saw lift-off and it had a flight of 2 mins, reaching a height of approx 38 km.
There were a few issues I think. It was slow on ascending, 2 or 3 engines failed. It didn't get fast and high enough after 2 mins flight. When it was supposed to make a 'flip' manoeuvre for stage separation, it began to spin or toll, maybe because the separation did not work. It took long before they activated the Flight Termination System (aka explosives). And yes, that's called a RUD.

 

[pogopossum]

I really want to do launch with you guys - and gals.

 

[Vladd67]

I remember the first flight of the Ariane-5 rocket that blew up on its first flight after 37 seconds. Costs 5bln dollar(?). Cause, wrong software loaded into the flight control system.

Anyway, I think this launch fared better than most people expected, including SpaceX self. It didn't explode on the launch tower, the tower did not melt, we saw lift-off and it had a flight of 2 mins, reaching a height of approx 38 km.
There were a few issues I think. It was slow on ascending, 2 or 3 engines failed. It didn't get fast and high enough after 2 mins flight. When it was supposed to make a 'flip' manoeuvre for stage separation, it began to spin or toll, maybe because the separation did not work. It took long before they activated the Flight Termination System (aka explosives). And yes, that's called a RUD.

Didn't Musk say that as far as he was concerned any launch that didn't destroy the launch pad would count as a success for this first launch?

 

[Elckerlyc]

Didn't Musk say that as far as he was concerned any launch that didn't destroy the launch pad would count as a success for this first launch?

He did. And it still standing.
Of course we'll have to wait for any damage report yet.

 

[Astro Pen]

Yes you could see failed engines on the dark filter zoom during the ascent

I couldn't help thinking about the ending of Koyaanisqatsi
As well as shedding a tear for the crew of Challenger

 

[Harpo]

Having failures is part of the long journey, here’s the numbers for NASA, all launches plus all failures, for each year. Note that there are never zero failures.

 

[Elckerlyc]

The 'tank-farm' at the launch-site show several dents that weren't there yesterday.

 

[Astro Pen]

The 'tank-farm' at the launch-site show several dents that weren't there yesterday.
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I may be wrong but I'm thinking the outside of the tanks are probably covered in thick but relatively soft layers of insulation material to keep the liquified gasses cold.

 

[Harpo]

I may be wrong but I'm thinking the outside of the tanks are probably covered in thick but relatively soft layers of insulation material to keep the liquified gasses cold.

Perlite insulation between the outer tanks and the inner tanks.

 

[Elckerlyc]

The launch-pad after...

 

[Harpo]

Elon Musk says they should be ready for another launch in 1-2 months

 

[Pyan]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/player/prod/img/video-thumbnail-bg.png

 

[paranoid marvin]

The fact that they are prepared to accept a number of $billion failed launches shows just how much money there is to be made in achieving commercial space flight.

It also shows just how far away we are from achieving it.

But the hardest thing is setting off down the path, and now that has been achieved it is only a matter of when, not if.