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Dec 17

So there's a real fun mystery around Superheavy's upgraded gridfins for Block 2 and 3. Possibly even a new shape.

A quick thread compiling our theories and the evidence for them 🧵

Earlier today the FAA published a PDF regarding Starship's environmental review progress. in this PDF, we get the highest available resolution render that we have gotten so far of the new Starship vehicle.
() faa.gov/media/88746

Heavy speculation warning ahead of course. This is just observing essentially pixel soup but hey it lines up to everything else we've seen

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@mcrs987

Nov 2

SpaceX's first true Human Landing System prototype.
A structure shrouded in mystery that has been sitting at Starbase for over a year.

Today, that shroud is lifted. This is the interior of the prototype, featuring things such as crew bunks, life support, control panels, ect. 🧵

First off I shall proceed with the fact that none of this is final. This is a PROTOTYPE to demonstrate the basic functionality of a few HLS systems. The equivalent of a sub-scale mockup.
All equipment is subject to be in different locations on the actual flight vehicle.

First, let's start with the basics. A HUGE thank you to Tom (@The2x4 ) for coming together and illustrating what he saw within the prototype when he toured Starbase not too long ago. Thanks to this insight, we can now visualize what's within the prototype.

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@mcrs987

Oct 19

Internet drama. We're all familiar with it. Highly petty claims and such. So let's just get straight into the point, addressing each and every one of these claims (thread below)

I don't like petty drama. You, the viewer, probably don't either. So let's not get in this situation again in the first place.

As a little bit of background context before proceeding;

Way back in the beginning of this year we and a few others had started the @IntegrationGame project. Was & still is pretty niche and got a little bit into production and a working build of the game before it was abandoned.

MOST of these discussions occurred in a small private server. Gratefully, this means there are multiple witnesses to these discussions, and we all hold eachother accountable. If I were to lie or modify any of the following conversations it could be re-verified by any of these people in the server, if they would like to reveal themselves. Some messages from other unrelated discussions in said server in-between portions of conversation were removed for readability's sake (as there is often a timezone gap between our conversations)

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@mcrs987

Sep 17

In a very odd turn of events, the vessel Hos Ridgewind does indeed appear to be attempting to recover portions of Booster 11.

Hos Ridgewind is at the splashdown point of B11 and has been for the past four days. 🧵

The vessel left Port Isabel weeks ago. During that departure they seemed to be stationary about 15km offshore. Seemingly a training exercise of what is currently occurring. During that exercise, divers were on the manifest

After that possible exercise, the vessel headed south to the Mexican port of Altamira. It stayed there for a few days and headed back north again.

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@mcrs987

Jul 6

Bunking? Debunking? What would you call this? I dunno, but this image is real, and here's a thread as to why;

Right so obviously there has been a TON of discussion on this image, when it is, if it's even real, where it's from, ect. Here's all the details I've noticed; 🧵

A quick little note here, as both a 3D artist and a photographer, I think my opinion here is pretty credible, I'm well versed in literally just how light works and interacts with things, how one could edit a photo, how things that may not be immediately obvious to others get missed. It's a slightly complex interaction but there's certain telltale signatures and attention to detail on super small things that make it impossible or near impossible to fabricate entirely, or to fabricate in a believable manner.

But I do ask that you do NOT take anything in here as absolute fact. This is my take on this and I HIGHLY advise looking at the evidence yourself.

Starting off by how it's taken; If we look at the bottom right you can see a square frame. Also, the image is very clearly warped in perspective. Very much looks like it's a photo taken of a monitor with the video playing on said monitor

A little context on what these cameras are. They are 360° cameras, two lenses, two sensors, 180° apart. On an unmanned buoy near the landing site. So there's going to be some weird distortions anyway.
(photos by @CosmicalChief & Mike Ryan on LinkedIn respectively)

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@mcrs987

Jun 5

Starship Flight Four;
Hotstaging adapter separation

A brief thread as to why this decision was made, and the implications for Starship Block 2 🧵

Starting off with a HUGE thank you to @Echo_333333 for contributing his Superheavy model for the interstage separation scene, He's an incredibly talented hard-surface modeler, Go follow him to see more of his work.

During Flight 3, the Hotstage ring adapter was ripped loose in-flight. This could have been caused by a number of reasons, from mechanical failure to aerodynamic stress, and what have you. There is as of posting no official confirmation however.

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