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.

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.

My take on @SpaceX's "Starship 2" vehicle upgrades.

A full analysis of the SpaceX graphics, the rights, the wrongs, and improvisations it took to come to this point. 🧵👇

If you have any questions feel free to ask, I will be responding to as many of you as possible, as always. This is SpaceX's official representation of the upgraded vehicle. You'll notice many factors as part of the vehicle, more notably the hotstaging ring design, forward flaps, engine shielding, and gridfins, among other things.

Starship heat tiles under a microscope. A thread 🧵
(Massive thank you to @RGVaerialphotos for handing these tile fragments out to team members!)
1/6👇 @RGVaerialphotos @SpaceX @ColeWZY @DJEsmeraldMusic Starting off on the ceramic black side. Not much notable on the smoother surfaces. However, on some eroded dimples in the surface, we can see an opening into the tile. 2/6

A few people have asked how the water deluge plates with manifolds will be installed under the OLM. Here’s a quick thread with an explanation
(1/5) @RGVaerialphotos @ColeWZY @DJEsmeraldMusic @FelixSchlang @SpaceX @CaptinD2sr2 2 of the 3 manifolds have rolled out to the Launch site this morning, while the large center plate was installed yesterday. These will be installed in the coming days.
(Photo via @LabPadre )
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Starship Hotstaging
A THREAD
Compiled by @mcrs987, inspired by @JoshLoweSpace
This thread shows my current theory on how Starship will hostage, using existing hardware we can see.
This was announced yesterday, so the majority of this is speculation
(1/24) @JoshLoweSpace @SpaceX @MiniGCyt @DJEsmeraldMusic @RGVaerialphotos @FelixSchlang @MarcusHouse @Ringwatchers So let’s start off by completely ignoring this ring. This ring is what a lot of people think is for hot staging. I think contrary, for 3 main reasons. (Image via @tdsn19)
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