- Thread starter JD Jones
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Who's watching Starship this morning?
Space is interesting. My education was in the sciences, but to be perfectly honest, I see little benefit in using any further taxpayer dollars for space exploration or especially colonizing Mars. If Elon is using his own personal resources it is, in that case, fun to watch.
When I was a kid, I had friends who were into model rockets that we built as kits and sent up into the air successfully. I got our high school science award, A Bausch and Lomb award that had a scholarship to go through pre-med and become a doctor but switched to being an electronic design engineer, which was a far better outcome for me than being a doctor would ever have been.
As kids we built Estes rockets and moved on to our own designs with custom made rocket engines and fuels that we tested. We found out how hard even that was to get a successful lift off without a bang that sounded like a stick of dynamite going off.
Elon has many government contracts, has Starlink, Tesla etc. They all help him fund going to Mars,
I do not think any US funds are directly spent on his Mars mission, just the profits he might take from other government funded projects his
various companies are involved in.
That's clearly a heart warming memory. Thank you for clarifying.
Flawless executionToday is go. 5 minutes from now. (19:00)
8 minutes from takeoff to landing of the booster. Flawless indeed.
Off to rescue the two astronauts on the space station.
10 minutes, second stage separation. Flawless as well.
Off to rescue the two astronauts on the space station.
10 minutes, second stage separation. Flawless as well.
The amount of space in the capsule is impressive. The instrumentation is 3 monitors. Straight out of StarTrek
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I'm driving the starshipIncredible views/amazing technology Playing in space live.
3.2 million watching at the moment.
Another Starlink launch coming up in a few minutes
And splashdown of the stranded astronauts coming up in an hour or so.
Edit: From takeoff to return booster landing: 8:20 minutes. Insane.
And splashdown of the stranded astronauts coming up in an hour or so.
Edit: From takeoff to return booster landing: 8:20 minutes. Insane.
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2 astronauts returning home in approx. 10 minutes live view: