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Wait until Starlink and Starship are operational. To quote another member, "Elon is one Persian cat away from being a supervillian".SpaceX Could Top Lockheed, Boeing As Most Valuable Aerospace/Defense Firm
SpaceX's valuation could exceed the market caps of the top aerospace and defense stocks, according to Wall Street, even overtaking Lockheed and Boeing.www.investors.com
The nose cone is looking great! It’s still using cold gas thrusters for now right? Any updates on the hot gas RCS? On what version might we see those get installed?
Cold gas for now, hot later
There will be a 360 deg glass Star Bar (name tbd) at top of high bay
Paint sure hides a lot.And by simply painting a discarded nose-cone white, SpaceX takes the lead over the SLS effort. Film at Eleven.
Wonder what you'd need to have windows that big.
100 successful flights:Last Starling launch was a celebration for SpaceX
It's the 100th launch since Falcon 1 on march 24, 2006 !
For moment they flow 5 Falcon 1, 95 Falcon 9 (and 3 as Falcon Heavy)
with 56 successful landings and 2 failure.
Not bad
The Sentinel 6-Michael Freilich launch scheduled for Nov. 10 has been delayed until the end of the month. It's not clear if this will have implications for the Crew-1 mission currently scheduled for November 14.
Curious if there's been any sub scale little RC planes or anything tested to make sure that control scheme actually works!?
We’ve tested a sub-scale version in a wind tunnel with active aero closing the loop for stability, so it will probably work at scale, but reality tends to bite you on the ass
Hey @elonmusk will SpaceX livestream the 15km hop. The excitement for this flight is unlike anything ive ever seen. Understandably its a test, but it would be a great way to help get more people excited about the program! More people have seen the 150m hop than the ITS animation!
Sure, although it might be quite a short livestream! Lot can go wrong, but we’ll provide video, warts & all. You will see every frame that we do.
Simplicity has its virtues: the Merlin is not the plumber's nightmare of other engines in its class; a simple gas generator cycle, pintle injector, hypergolic start, etc. makes for a plug'n play engine package indeed. They make these things like popcorn.Doesn't changing the engine on a refurbished booster add an extra layer of risk?
It's not like those things are yet sort of plug'n play.
As opposed to leaving it as-is? Or should they just throw the whole booster in the dumpster anytime something goes out of spec?Doesn't changing the engine on a refurbished booster add an extra layer of risk?
It's not like those things are yet sort of plug'n play.
Interesting that Starman has survived that long out in space and is now made its closest approach with Mars, any idea as to when Starman will next approach the Earth?