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ericcumbee
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
I'm not an expert on automotive or any type of design for that matter. But I have an appreciation for cars and especially racing cars. I can look at Ferraris of every era and even though the design language has changed. I can tell you that is a Ferrari. There is a common thread that runs through all of those cars that makes them a Ferrari. I just don't see that with the Luce. It looks like they threw a couple "Ferrari" styling cues on it, but that is it.
ericcumbee
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
I have a hard time saying that its stalled. For one we don't really have the hard data to quantify the V3s vs V2s actual performance. On their first flight we lost one on the booster and one on the ship. I don't know that the boostback burn problems are related to the engine themselves given that they had multiple failures and a premature cutoff. That feels like thats a problem upstream of the Raptor.
ericcumbee
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
V2 they were bring them up in groups. V3 they start them all up at once.
ericcumbee
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
the scammers steal channels, rename them and run those until google shuts them down. which they typically do but its swatting flies.
ericcumbee
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
they Typically put out a hype video before each flight at least the last several.
ericcumbee
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
the real question is what is our probability of Launch Commit Criteria Violation at T-0. i've seen them be no go at t-10 with a 10% chance of go and watched it lift off on time.
ericcumbee
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
No Kimi You will not have the drink.
ericcumbee
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
Pit stops aren't Ferrari's problem. its race Strategy.
ericcumbee
·3 miesiące temu·discuss
There are easier cheaper ways of destroying a satellite than sending a space shuttle. We would have only sent a space shuttle to capture it for intelligence purposes.
ericcumbee
·3 miesiące temu·discuss
The D5 has flight heritage to use the industry term.
ericcumbee
·6 miesięcy temu·discuss
An SQL Query walks into a bar and sees two table....he says "Mind if I join you?"
ericcumbee
·8 miesięcy temu·discuss
I believe that a larger fairing and vertical integration capability for Falcon is in the works as a result of the last round of the National Security Launch Contracts that SpaceX won.
ericcumbee
·9 miesięcy temu·discuss
hard to believe its been 25 years. I remember watching CSPAN at my grandmothers on a friday night watching the live coverage of STS-88 Mating the Russian Zarya Module to the US Unity node.
ericcumbee
·9 miesięcy temu·discuss
I'm pretty NASA signed the deal knowing full well that they were taking a big risk. The chances of Starship HLS being a Long Poll item for Artemis III were high. They chose Starship HLS knowing that it had a long and risky critical path.

And In fairness to NASA....and I may not have all of these details correct, but they didnt have many choices. the NASA Reauthorization Act required them to select two different landers for HLS, but the budget only funded one and under funded them at that. Starship was all that they could afford. Congress has since gone back and funded a second one.
ericcumbee
·9 miesięcy temu·discuss
Or just more people being exposed to the blue marble effect the better.
ericcumbee
·9 miesięcy temu·discuss
that goes way back to the early days of spacex. its a jab at ULA that was getting their engines from Russia. and at Russia itself because Musk felt screwed when he tried to buy a couple ICBMS for his original mars idea.
ericcumbee
·9 miesięcy temu·discuss
the people that hate musk are going to find something wrong with it "The Ship blew up on landing" and the musk lovers will do the opposite when things actually go wrong.
ericcumbee
·9 miesięcy temu·discuss
Not an Aerospace Engineer by any measure but I would say that one was pretty much by the numbers.
ericcumbee
·9 miesięcy temu·discuss
Last Flight for Block 1 Booster, Block 2 Ship and Pad A in its current Configuration.
ericcumbee
·10 miesięcy temu·discuss
Hold for wap-spotter