Utopia Talk / Politics / Starship 9 - 5/27 @ 7:30pm ET

murder Member	Mon May 26 18:27:31 It's launching from Texas, over the Gulf of Mexico, and between Florida and Cuba on it's way to failure. Is this the one I finally catch? Wish me luck! :o) -
murder Member	Tue May 27 18:01:05 ^ :o) T-30 minutes and counting
murder Member	Tue May 27 18:09:45 T-20 minutes and counting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfZrdDf-roE
murder Member	Tue May 27 18:20:05 T-10 minutes and counting -
murder Member	Tue May 27 18:25:03 T-5 minutes and counting -
murder Member	Tue May 27 18:29:16 T-1 minute and counting -
murder Member	Tue May 27 18:32:26 And a hold at T-40 seconds ... for a stupid crypto ad.
Sam Adams Member	Tue May 27 18:34:42 Lots of stupid holds
Sam Adams Member	Tue May 27 18:38:30 I love how you can see the sound. Jesus christ that has crazy power.
murder Member	Tue May 27 18:39:38 For anyone wondering why I didn't post liftoff, it's because they ran the crypto ad on a loop through liftoff on the official SpaceX channel because Elon Musk is a con man.
Pillz breaker of wtb	Tue May 27 18:40:37 He's gotta pay for the rockets somehow
Sam Adams Member	Tue May 27 18:43:58 Orbiter coming on its previous failure point. Booster failed its return tests.
Sam Adams Member	Tue May 27 18:46:35 Orbiter is in orbit. Love those HD cameras.
murder Member	Tue May 27 18:53:26 "He's gotta pay for the rockets somehow" I guess honestly was out of the question. -
Sam Adams Member	Tue May 27 19:08:32 Control lost orbiter not coming home safe.
murder Member	Tue May 27 19:42:43 Failure for every part of the mission. But at least Elon conned a bunch of morons like me into watching a stupid crypto commercial.
Pillz breaker of wtb	Tue May 27 19:49:00 God forbid you watch anything but Trump bashing on CNN
murder Member	Tue May 27 19:54:01 I was bitching at Elon but apparently he had nothing to do with the youtube channel. It was just an imposter SpaceX account. It was apparently a crypto scam unrelated to SpaceX or Elon.
Rugian Member	Tue May 27 20:53:31 What coin were they selling?
TheChildren Member	Tue May 27 23:50:18 so is anotha failure then? but hey dunt worries, they land at mars in 2026. so says da white paper! all haill da white paper!
Sam Adams Member	Wed May 28 00:18:14 "Failure for every part of the mission." No. They got to orbit.
murder Member	Wed May 28 05:20:26 "What coin were they selling?" In retrospect they weren't selling anything in particular. It was pimping crypto in general and trying to convince people to send crypto. Apparently it was something along the lines of "send us a bitcoin and we'll send you two back" type of scam. I was too busy being annoyed to pay much attention. :o) -
murder Member	Wed May 28 05:21:14 "No. They got to orbit." They got to space. They weren't even trying for orbit.
murder Member	Wed May 28 07:28:06 The good news is that SpaceX's next attempt to crash Starship (10) on my bald head should be only 3 to 4 weeks away. :o) -
jergul large member	Wed May 28 09:17:10 Funny how Sammy is not blaming Woke for these failures. Factually, blaming White Anglo Saxon Professionals covers it every time.
TheChildren Member	Wed May 28 09:38:24 so is anotha failure then, ok got it. mars 2026 !!! whoooohooooo lalaloompa oompians rejoice!
williamthebastard Member	Wed May 28 10:16:44 If Nasa had blown up half as many rockets as Elon, every rightwinger in the world would be screaming about how inefficient the govt is
Sam Adams Member	Wed May 28 11:25:01 "Funny how Sammy is not blaming Woke for these failures." Its an experimental megarocket thats gone through minimal lab testing to save money. Its ok to blow up some of them. Thats indeed the plan. NASA has still spent more money on its 1 SLS flight than all these blown up starships combined. Simply a different method of development. NASA is slow and expensive to try to get it right on flight 1. Spacex is fast and cheap and doesnt mind some fireworks. Which is a lot more entertaining.
williamthebastard Member	Thu May 29 08:56:21 Felix Baumgartner base jumped from half the height this rocket reached before blowing up
obaminated Member	Thu May 29 10:08:02 Fagfish doesn't understand the difference between nasa and spacex. Yes fagfish, if nasa was wasting my money on perceived failures I'd be pissed. But if Elon wants to spend private money on it? Why would I get mad?
Sam Adams Member	Thu May 29 10:30:42 "Felix Baumgartner base jumped from half the height this rocket reached" No.
williamthebastard Member	Thu May 29 10:53:48 He base jumped with nothing but a parachute from more than 1/4th of the height Elons rocket reached before exploding for the 9th time Felix's base jump: 127,852 feet Elons failure: 475,200 feet
williamthebastard Member	Thu May 29 11:01:57 Both were in the stratosphere
Pillz breaker of wtb	Thu May 29 11:06:41 Roflmao
williamthebastard Member	Thu May 29 11:20:10 * with nothing but a parachute and a pressure suit
Sam Adams Member	Thu May 29 11:39:20 Baumgartner jumped from about 20 miles up. This orbiter reached about 200 miles at its apogee. He was in the stratosphere but this rocket easily cleared the stratosphere on its way up and perhaps spent the very end of its burn-up phase on the top of the stratosphere on the way down(most of the re-entry heat and damage occurs in the next layer up, the mesosphere).
williamthebastard Member	Thu May 29 11:46:54 I read 475,200 feet, but now it seems to be impossible to find a single article that mentions how high it got, which is rather irritating. One would think thats one of the things every single article would mention
TheChildren Member	Thu May 29 12:15:32 so , anotha failure lol
Sam Adams Member	Thu May 29 15:44:45 "One would think thats one of the things every single article would mention" Ya journalists are bad and spacex turned off the telemetry for the "cruise" phase with engines cut off. The exact math is also not easy. Last i saw(at orbiter engine cutoff) it was going 15000 mph at about 120 miles in altitude. Assuming it was on a slightly parabolic slightly suborbital trajectory i assume it gained a little altitude further. So 200 miles is my estimate... its in the right ballpark but i dont know the precise peak. It was obviously at least 120 miles and i doubt it went over 400.
williamthebastard Member	Thu May 29 16:22:44 Only recorded height for Starship I can find was 93 miles in 2023
williamthebastard Member	Thu May 29 16:26:38 It only reached 24 miles in April ´23
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