1. I'm thankful @SpaceX chose #BocaChica for the #Starship program. I'm thankful @LabPadre was allowed to set up cameras and livestream history in the making. A lot of us should be thankful we found those livestreams when the #StayAtHome orders started.
2. I think there are a lot of people out there who agree with this. I also think that a good portion of those people may have not made it through #COVID without #Spacex and #Labpadre. Whether #Starship makes it to Mars or not...its already saved a large number of human lives.
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
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*
#Starship addicts! Ever wondered how @SpaceX plans to deliver more than 1000 LOADS of cryo fluids to the Orbital Tank Farm?
Well, offloading 17 tankers simultaneously might speed things up! Check out this thread to see how it all works & preview some major changes to come!
1. Shown in the @RGVaerialphotos photo from above, there are (3) LOX, (2) LN2 tanks, and (2) CH4 tanks that need to be filled. There are (~12) stations/ports to offload LOX & (5) for CH4.
*LN2 is able to be offloaded at any of these ports which I will explain next.
2. Pretty common to see up to 3 tankers offloading these days at the OTF, as shown by @StarshipGazer .
Once complete, 17 offloading ports means you can have 34 trucks in rotation. Assuming a 90 minute offload time, there is an 11 tanker per hour capacity for the OTF currently.