Starship Flight 13 continues to move toward launch, but several major questions remain after SpaceX completed only a single-engine static fire test of Ship 40 before unexpectedly returning the vehicle
I'm pretty confident they'll be able to pull of Flight 13 in July. I'd go as far as to say that if it goes mostly well, we'll see two flights this summer.
Doubt we will see Flight 13 before August, really looks like they are being super extra careful with everything as they will want the boost back to be perfect so Flight 14 can be a catch
Yah boi looks slick! I vote for Max dawning the shades in every Starship Update Video Play! If you put them on for every intro, could be a nice callback to NCIS, lol!
Do the vacuum raptor 3’s have a different skirt now? I seem to remember them looking more like sea-level raptors but with a bigger bell. But now they look like they have a separate bell attachment.
Once both starbase and space coast giga bays are running (and not even at full tilt, just running), McGreggor is gonna need to be vastly scaled up to cope with the engine demand. Are there any signs of the raptor production sites being expanded in prep, and more test stands being built?
If they did 10 tests per week, thats still 1 month for enough validation runs for a single booster. To keep two gigabays fed in the distant future will need them doing at least 20 - 30 tests per week (and building at that rate too).
@2:38 the stand off pins holding the heat tiles on the nose cone have a gap between them...that could house a nomex sheath sort of like a tyvek house wrap?
Wow Caesar is getting much closer shots of static fires now. 🤣 Super cool SpaceX let him put a camera in the skirt. Kidding aside, love the work, and rock those shades.
Ship 40 completed its single-engine static fire... but then returned to the production site without performing the expected six-engine test.
🤔 What do you think happened?
• Engine swap?
• Additional inspections?
• Just a new Version 3 testing sequence?
Also, when do you think Flight 13 launches?
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If they did 10 tests per week, thats still 1 month for enough validation runs for a single booster. To keep two gigabays fed in the distant future will need them doing at least 20 - 30 tests per week (and building at that rate too).
🤔 What do you think happened?
• Engine swap?
• Additional inspections?
• Just a new Version 3 testing sequence?
Also, when do you think Flight 13 launches?