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Power with Control
Excitement guaranteed. This one incorporates the 17 mitigating things NASA identified following flight 2.
1. Stage 1, Super Heavy, still landling in a hover over the ocean in the Gulf as if it were approaching the catch tower at Boca.
2. Stage 2, Starship, not splashing down off Hawaii anymore, coming in over the Indian Ocean. Once Starship is in an "orbit capable" altitude and speed, they will shut down the engines, open and close the "Pez Dispenser bay door that in service will spit out Starlinks like its namesake dispensed tiny candy. They will also use internal tanks to demonstrate in orbit fuel transfer that will be required to fulfil the Lunar missions contract where they send up a number of Starships with nothing but extra LOX and methane to fuel the lunar landing variant when it launches. Lastly will come an in space relight of the Raptor engines, followed by shutdown and reentry.
SpaceX gives this mission a 70%-80% chance of full success. As of right now, they have five more ships close to completion, and four more Super Heavies so even if this ones doesnt make it all the way, it should get closer and more missions are only months away. They have asked permission to launch nine missions like this this year. .
Oh, and this will ony be showing a little while, but the live cam is zoomed in on the guys installing the FTS. NEver saw a manlift with an anemometer. Lookk at that thing go....
1. Stage 1, Super Heavy, still landling in a hover over the ocean in the Gulf as if it were approaching the catch tower at Boca.
2. Stage 2, Starship, not splashing down off Hawaii anymore, coming in over the Indian Ocean. Once Starship is in an "orbit capable" altitude and speed, they will shut down the engines, open and close the "Pez Dispenser bay door that in service will spit out Starlinks like its namesake dispensed tiny candy. They will also use internal tanks to demonstrate in orbit fuel transfer that will be required to fulfil the Lunar missions contract where they send up a number of Starships with nothing but extra LOX and methane to fuel the lunar landing variant when it launches. Lastly will come an in space relight of the Raptor engines, followed by shutdown and reentry.
SpaceX gives this mission a 70%-80% chance of full success. As of right now, they have five more ships close to completion, and four more Super Heavies so even if this ones doesnt make it all the way, it should get closer and more missions are only months away. They have asked permission to launch nine missions like this this year. .
Oh, and this will ony be showing a little while, but the live cam is zoomed in on the guys installing the FTS. NEver saw a manlift with an anemometer. Lookk at that thing go....
