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Finally! Ive been waiting for this thing to show up for 2 months. Searched high and low in @RGVaerialphotos photos 8 weeks straight hoping I would see signs of it before anyone else.
If you are confused at what this is or want to learn more about it check out the thread below
If you are confused at what this is or want to learn more about it check out the thread below
Before we start:
I had a feeling this would happen. It sucks to have to skip ahead in the Orbital Launch Mount series cuz its going to be impossible to keep the whole thing in one thread now. Might have to come up with a better way of organizing this stuff.
One more thing!
I had a feeling this would happen. It sucks to have to skip ahead in the Orbital Launch Mount series cuz its going to be impossible to keep the whole thing in one thread now. Might have to come up with a better way of organizing this stuff.
One more thing!
Should I post this entire explanation at one time? Or would yal rather see them as I finish each page?
I'll let yal decide while I grab some food. @RGVaerialphotos unexpected post forced me to skip lunch for this.
*FYI The first option will probably contain more errors*
I'll let yal decide while I grab some food. @RGVaerialphotos unexpected post forced me to skip lunch for this.
*FYI The first option will probably contain more errors*
.@elonmusk wants to use @SpaceX's megarocket, Starship, which was designed to take humans to Mars, for terrestrial passenger delivery.
The Starship travels at 17,500 mph. It's an order of magnitude faster than the supersonic jet Concorde.
Think about what this actually means:
Bangkok → Dubai in twenty-seven minutes.
London → New York in twenty-nine minutes.
Sydney → Singapore in thirty-one minutes.
Think about what this actually means:
Bangkok → Dubai in twenty-seven minutes.
London → New York in twenty-nine minutes.
Sydney → Singapore in thirty-one minutes.
So how real is the Starship?
As @elonmusk explained this past June, "There will be many test flights before commercial passengers are carried. First Earth to Earth test flights might be in 2 or 3 years."
As @elonmusk explained this past June, "There will be many test flights before commercial passengers are carried. First Earth to Earth test flights might be in 2 or 3 years."
This is the rescheduled launch attempt after the last-second abort yesterday:
And it's off!
SpaceX is about to do a high-altitude test flight of its Starship prototype, in about two minutes theverge.com/2020/12/8/2216… spacex.com/vehicles/stars…
Or... not. Abort. Alas.
