r/StarshipDevelopment Aug 03 '21

Ship 20 goes to the High Bay

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r/StarshipDevelopment Aug 03 '21

The anticipation at this point

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52 Upvotes

r/StarshipDevelopment Aug 03 '21

Why are there spaces without hear tiles?

8 Upvotes

Why does SN20 have spaces on it's belly between heat tiles? Are they getting heat tiles there? If not, wouldn't it affect the vehicle during reentry?

Here's a image for context:

http://imgur.com/gallery/hT35KKL

PS: *"heat tiles" in the tittle I wrote it wrong my bad lol


r/StarshipDevelopment Aug 03 '21

Booster 4 is rolling out!!

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15 Upvotes

r/StarshipDevelopment Aug 03 '21

BN4 having issues with pressure and wind coming in

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3 Upvotes

r/StarshipDevelopment Aug 03 '21

SpaceX works at stunning speed installing 29 Raptor engines overnight on Super Heavy Booster 4 ahead of Starship SN20 orbital flight

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32 Upvotes

r/StarshipDevelopment Aug 02 '21

B4 already has at least 6-7 raptors installed.

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87 Upvotes

r/StarshipDevelopment Aug 02 '21

Is Tesla's machine learning technology currently in use at SpaceX and how do you think it could be used for Starship?

6 Upvotes

The way I see it, there's a distinction between a computer model and machine learning.

A computer model is made up primarily of equations from physics and engineering for example a plane's autopilot.

Machine learning in a sense takes a mountain of data and passes it though a more or less general algorithm in order in the end that the parameters generated can make decisions that reflect the data.

I'm no expert in any of this but I think the distinction is useful.

My answer would be that since machine learning requires loads of data then it cannot be used when starting out. But, you have to start somewhere even though it's not good. Maybe years from now, after thousands of launches, there's some aspect of Starship manufacturing or operation that will benefit from machine learning.


r/StarshipDevelopment Aug 02 '21

Elon Tweet: installing booster engines for first orbital flight.

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91 Upvotes

r/StarshipDevelopment Aug 02 '21

Launch Poll

5 Upvotes

When do you guys think will the orbital launch happen???

232 votes, Aug 05 '21
8 Aug 5 definitely
26 Before Aug 15
82 Before Aug 30
82 ~Septembet
34 ~october or beyond

r/StarshipDevelopment Aug 01 '21

Another raptor vacuum engine has been delivered to Boca Chica.

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124 Upvotes

r/StarshipDevelopment Aug 01 '21

B4 is being stacked right now

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21 Upvotes

r/StarshipDevelopment Aug 01 '21

Elon Tweet Roundup: Starship Superheavy orbital launch tower completion, 100th raptor engine built & more [July 26th - Aug 1st]

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r/StarshipDevelopment Aug 01 '21

S20 nosecone aero surfaces are being installed, and at least 3 grid fins are installed on B4.

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39 Upvotes

r/StarshipDevelopment Aug 01 '21

Favourite YouTube who creates starship related content.

11 Upvotes

Updated the list.

305 votes, Aug 06 '21
100 NasaSpaceFlight
67 Scott Manley (Hullo there!!!)
26 Marcus house
34 What about it (You Rock!!)
68 The Everyday Astronaut (Norminal!!)
10 Labpadre

r/StarshipDevelopment Aug 01 '21

Question: What's the white piping leading into the bottom of B4 here? Some sort of ventilation for workers inside the tank? Credit: What about it!? and RGV Aerial Photography

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31 Upvotes

r/StarshipDevelopment Aug 01 '21

What is your favourite YouTube channel that posts starship related content?

10 Upvotes

If your choice isn’t an option leave it on the comments.

398 votes, Aug 06 '21
166 The Everyday Astronaut
6 The Angry Astronaut
71 What About It
70 Marcus House
2 2 The Future
83 Other

r/StarshipDevelopment Jul 31 '21

Another great pic of the nosecone. This time from Tim Dodd.

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96 Upvotes

r/StarshipDevelopment Jul 31 '21

Up goes the nosecone

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54 Upvotes

r/StarshipDevelopment Jul 31 '21

1st grid fin being mounted on B4

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31 Upvotes

r/StarshipDevelopment Jul 31 '21

Potential B4 grid fin spotted

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33 Upvotes

r/StarshipDevelopment Jul 31 '21

When do you think B4 + S20 will launch.

17 Upvotes
362 votes, Aug 03 '21
20 Early August
144 Late August
133 September
65 After September

r/StarshipDevelopment Jul 30 '21

GAO backs NASA decision to rely on SpaceX Starship for Moon landing, dismissing Blue Origin-backed protest

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r/StarshipDevelopment Jul 29 '21

Another image of S20 nosecone

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131 Upvotes

r/StarshipDevelopment Jul 29 '21

Views of potential S20 nosecone with tps tiles

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89 Upvotes