welshbairn Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 (edited) On 30/11/2020 at 11:24, welshbairn said: Starship 15km hop planned for this week, weather permitting. Waiting for the wind to drop, possibly Wednesday from lunch time onwards, our time. Likely to be tomorrow (Thursday) Call that Friday. Road closures ordered for Saturday and Sunday as well, so likely one of these days anyway. Texas law says they can't close the beaches on the weekend, so launch either Friday or next week, Monday Tuesday probably. Edited December 7, 2020 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Scott Manley does an excellent video of the failure of the Arecibo Telescope. It has a video from a drone that was inspecting the cables as they failed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Top man Scott Manley, tells curious laymen what they want to know without being patronising or using incomprehensible jargon shortcuts for only those in the know. Best hope for Arecibo is probably Puerto Rico getting State status under the Biden Presidency, so they have to get moving. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 hour ago, dorlomin said: Scott Manley does an excellent video of the failure of the Arecibo Telescope. It has a video from a drone that was inspecting the cables as they failed. Over in less than thurdy seconds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Asteroid capsule located in Australian desert - BBC News 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 On 04/12/2020 at 20:26, Zen Archer Esq. said: Over in less than thurdy seconds. Sounds like limmys impression of Glasgow student types. Shame about the telescope, was used in goldeneye. Even features in the game, horrendous level with automated mini cannons and Sean bean. Im kind of missing the point here and it’s sad that it got into this state of disrepair. Years of neglect I’d imagine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Zen Archer Esq. said: Asteroid capsule located in Australian desert - BBC News Forgot about that, meant to watch the livestream. They've helpfully put out an edited version of how it all went down though. Edited December 6, 2020 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Its between Sagittarius and Capricorn. So low in the evening sky SSW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) Looks hopeful for12.5 km hop for SpaceX's Starship today. Should be pretty dramatic if they either manage the altitude and landing, or if they have to blow it up over the sea, or even if it just explodes when they light the engines. It's very experimental so any of these are possible. Take off planned for some time between 2pm and 11pm our time, I'd expect earlier rather than later if the weather holds up. Watch here: https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/index.html Edited December 8, 2020 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) Flap testing earlier. Looks like something out of Flash Gordon. Edited December 8, 2020 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) SpaceX livestream starts about 4pm. P.S. Might not be too long, starting to vent gases, oxygen I think. Now saying they have hydraulic issues, so it could be a bit longer.... Rumour now is 9 - 10pm. Same rumour sources now saying 10pm. Some gas expelling from the storage tanks apparently was a big clue that there's 40 minutes to go. Zero updates from SpaceX. NASA observation planes just took off from Houston. If it doesn't happen my sources are arseholes. 1020 latest estimate. 11pm is cut off time. Edited December 8, 2020 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 NASA's arrived, launch site is just south of South Padre Island. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) Looks like it's about to happen. Bear in mind that this rocket is fucking huge, hard to tell from the camera. Edited December 8, 2020 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) Looks like someone forgot to light the match. Aborted at T - 1.3 seconds. So it goes. Might try again tomorrow, who knows, it's experimental... Edited December 8, 2020 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 (edited) Another attempt soon after 10pm possibly. Edited December 9, 2020 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 (edited) Last attempt today 1040 ish. Has to have have landed again, exploded or crashed by 11pm latest. Edited December 9, 2020 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 It's the FINAL COUNTDOWN again.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Is it meant to do that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 No fire ball then 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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