So what do you think is going to happen today with SpaceX Starship Flight 13?
(Liftoff scheduled for 6:45 eastern. Polling closes at 6:15)
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SpaceX is going the try to launch their problem plagued really big spaceship again today at 6:45 eastern time.
How to watch and more on this attempt below...
Another Starship Flight 13 Livestream by fanboy Everyday Astronaut
While we wait for this launch attempt listening to all of these space farmers counting their chickens... here is a good piece from Angry Astronaut asking the important question: What if this spacecraft never works?
@rvstaveren @mastodonmigration
This [emphasis added]:
> … by going for full-scale testing, he could not only hide the inherent flaws of Starship long enough for the cash to be handed over to him but also put NASA in a position of the sunk cost fallacy. NASA has given SpaceX so much money, and their plans rely so heavily on Starship that they can’t walk away; they might as well keep shoving money at the beast. *This is why Starship, in my opinion, is just one massive con*.
Thanks for sharing this article. It is quite interesting to consider the points the author is making within the context of the Flight 12 and Flight 13 results. Questions it raises:
- Are the Raptor 3s more fragile? Is this why landing the booster is failing?
- How much weight was actually lifted? How high?
- How fast was it going vs. how fast will it need to slow down from in LEO? Higher orbits?
