How can the OLM be rapid reused, when the alignment pins have to be installed and removed all the time? Will they eventually make the retractable inside the OLM? For rapid reused.
It would be wise to assume that all of it, table, towers chopstick etc are WIP's and that they will continue to evolve as they continue to develop the system. Don't think of it as rocket development but the entire SYSTEM is being developed right from the welding jigs to the recovery vessels.
I have heard that Boca Chica and StarBase area is a NO Drone zone. It also is protected from low level over flights by any aircraft from Ground Level to 10,000 feet in altitude by a No Fly Zone
Not sure, the first steel they ever started experimenting with I believe came from Finland (might have just been availability), then I heard SeAH in Korea would be supplying them, that was a few years ago though.
I hadn't been taking much notice of how much Boca Chica Village had been changing so checked it out on Google Maps. It is pretty impressive! I had assumed that most of the workers commuted a good distance but now looks like they actually live real close!
Yes the answer is both. The high speed pumps are great but the accumulators allow for immediate action but only for the first few seconds for instant motion then it’s the pump that does the work
Their using that outer cladding on the parking garage is to break up the sun rays so the employees cars don’t get up to crazy temperatures inside them, so they don’t get sun damaged and super hot inside them
Why is Elon making ridiculous claims about un-crewed Starships landing on Mar in 2 years. We'll be lucky to reach the moon with Starship by then. Starship clearly needs proper landing legs for the moon and Mars. Catching the boosters is fine, but screw catching the ships. Time for a F-ing reality check as Starships aren't going beyond earth orbit without proper landing legs. So that should be a priority. However we haven't seen anything related to landing legs since SN15. That's insane.
Someone mentioned data center…not gonna happen…wouldn’t put it Brownsville either…too much risk…not enough power…that portion is gonna be R&D for sure…my 2 cents…
I would think that the white cladding on the backside of the office is temporary and will be replaced by glass in order to create epic views into the action happening in the Star Factory
B11 likely suffered a fractured down-comer, when it hit the water thus mixing gasses causing inevitable high energy event. Point is, a successful IFT can be defined as any that does not destroy data. Scooping evidence from the deep is such a valuable learning opportunity - fabulous.
Fractured? It wouldnt break but bend and it wouldnt bend unless the main structure was failing. IFT-1 showed how ridiculously strong the vehicle is so i dont think there would be any main body failure during that splash down. Seems to me the most likely and planned sequence was touchdown then fts being commanded. This will instantly safe the vehicle and have the engine area sink directly where it touched down making it easy to locate.
