The Incredible SpaceX Starship and a New Golden Age in Space

Well, with 31 of 33 engines firing they got about 16 million pounds thrust. More than double the Saturn V's 7.5 million. Progress!

CEO Elon Musk tweeted that 31 of 33 Raptor engines fired during the test; the team shut down one engine prior to the test and one shut down itself. That said, Musk said that’s “still enough engines to reach orbit.”
 
jvett77 said:
Does anyone have a replay of the test? Put the link up.
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I watched it on your link in post 54, they might have video of it.
 
The first combined Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy booster are currently scheduled to launch from SpaceX's Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas no earlier than Monday April 17, at 8 a.m. EDT. This will be SpaceX's first nearly orbital Starship launch on a Super Heavy booster to prove the viability of the company's next-generation launch system, which is designed to eventually be fully reusable. The Super Heavy first stage is powered by 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines. A recent test in February successfully fired 31 of its engines.

After the booster shuts down and separates from Starship, it will restart several of its engines to bring it back toward Texas, splashing down 20 miles off the coast in the Gulf of Mexico about eight minutes after launch. The entire flight will take around 90 minutes starting at Starbase, flying east over the Gulf of Mexico, and splashing down near Hawaii.

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Conflicting reports on the SpaceX launch today. Bloomberg Live say launch is on for 9:20 AM. One on-line report says the SpaceX launch has been rescheduled for 04/19/2023. :headscratch:
 
Try to imagine the Starship loaded with 100 people heading out to Mars.
 
Still, a major step forward. Full rocket and engines got off the pad, cleared the tower, and rose for a few minutes. Guess they'll need more work on the software, or maybe a piece of hardware got stuck.
 
That thing was spinning all over the place before they blew it up.
 
jvett77 said:
Still, a major step forward. Full rocket and engines got off the pad, cleared the tower, and rose for a few minutes. Guess they'll need more work on the software, or maybe a piece of hardware got stuck.
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How was this a major step forward. We already know how to launch rockets. This one failed. They need to solve the problem of why.
 
huskers1217 said:
Wonder if it blew up or if they self destructed it
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I was thinking they must have a "self destruct" protocol that was tested.

Raging success if so because it got "destructed"! hahaha
 
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