Starship test

[mac]

FYI......Spacex will test launch and hopefully land SN9 today. Live feed on YouTube.

About an hour from now.

 

[Bugenhagen]

A few minutes from now.

 

[Bugenhagen]

ANNNNNd boom.

 

[mac]

Oh well..
He’s got plenty more in the works. Just needs a little tweaking.

Flight window for Virgin Galactics next try opens Feb. 13.

 

[Overnight]

A few minutes from now.

The fuck is wrong with parachutes coming out of it to land softly? Utter stupid!

 

[mac]

You saw parachutes?musta missed that.

 

[OptionsOptionsOptions]

Mars Perseverance Rover lands Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at approximately 3:55 p.m. EST.

 

[mac]

Looking forward to that also. And lets hope the helicopter works ok.

We’re 1 for 1 landing rovers.

 

[Overnight]

You saw parachutes?musta missed that.

What I mean is, what the fuck is wrong with just designing the thing so after it goes upright on the way down, deploy some parachutes so it lands softly. Instead of this reverse-thrust magic attempt to look like a sci-fi film of the Millennium Falcon, or any of a dozen other ships from sci-fi movies/shows.

 

[OptionsOptionsOptions]

What I mean is, what the fuck is wrong with just designing the thing so after it goes upright on the way down, deploy some parachutes so it lands softly. Instead of this reverse-thrust magic attempt to look like a sci-fi film of the Millennium Falcon, or any of a dozen other ships from sci-fi movies/shows.

For accuracy ....... they need to be within a few feet for fast turn around for next flight. Looks like they want to re-launch at the same spot.