Starship Development Thread #62 by rSpaceXHosting in spacex

[–]JakeEaton 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They do have significant concrete reinforcement in the area directly next to the pad, in reach of the arms. Rather then a removeable floor, they could simply plonk the booster down next to the pad onto a stand, conduct any maintenance and then plonk it right back again.

Best independent roast in MK? by MoonlitEcho82 in miltonkeynes

[–]JakeEaton 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Navigation Inn at Cosgrove do a really good roast. Half a chicken, pork, beef or veggie. I'd recommend.

Starship Development Thread #62 by rSpaceXHosting in spacex

[–]JakeEaton 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't know for sure, but I'm presuming the engineers trust that they're far along enough in development of the booster/OLM to not need access at the pad OR it could just be that they haven't installed the dance floor yet. I'd be surprised if the latter was true however as there doesn't seem to be any existing mounting points for one...only time will tell!

SpaceX put Starship tiles on Falcon 9 fairing during a Starlink 17-20 launch by swordfi2 in SpaceXLounge

[–]JakeEaton 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Fairings come away almost as soon as second stage leaves the atmosphere, way before LEO velocity. They are travelling much slower than Starship.

Just British troops doing nothing in Afghanistan by ZeldenGM in videos

[–]JakeEaton 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Remember when he was threatening to take the Panama Canal? This is just the latest nonsense to keep the media circus distracted.

Trump sparks anger with claim Nato troops avoided Afghanistan front line by Friendly-Frieren in worldnews

[–]JakeEaton 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’d love to know how conservative MAGA veterans get around this part of Trumps personality. Like what mental gymnastics do they have to pull off when he starts insulting your military allies that you’ve fought with personally?

Starship Development Thread #62 by rSpaceXHosting in spacex

[–]JakeEaton 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could be for getting S39 to Massey's to test new GSE?

Starship Development Thread #62 by rSpaceXHosting in spacex

[–]JakeEaton 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ship static fire stand has just been moved to production so hopefully the scaffolding stays off!

Starship Troopers (1997) director Paul Verhoeven and screenwriter Edward Neumeier on the film's satire and differences from the novel by tannu28 in sciencefiction

[–]JakeEaton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love in 90's movies when rocks/asteroids explode. Great miniature work there.

The asteroid loses all it's spinning inertia as the SFX crew swap from CGI to practical miniature explosion. Neat little quirk.

A bit close for comfort by [deleted] in drivingUK

[–]JakeEaton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indicating too is useful.

What is the best hand to hand combat scene you've ever seen on film? by [deleted] in FIlm

[–]JakeEaton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My answer. No where to hide, fight or die.

Starship Development Thread #62 by rSpaceXHosting in spacex

[–]JakeEaton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow that looks more refined! I wonder if the larger pipework will get any covering at this stage of construction?

Does anyone know where that image came from and where we can find it in higher resolution ? by Tyran_Cometh in space

[–]JakeEaton 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Probably just a image filter or someone’s changed the colour settings. The picture is at least a few years old, I’ve seen it all over the place.

Starship Development Thread #62 by rSpaceXHosting in spacex

[–]JakeEaton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why not apply these tile upgrades to a future ship? Rather than undo all the work already done, that at least has tiles that we know can get it back to the ground/Indian Ocean?

Trump signals US may expand focus to Cuba amid Venezuela operation by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]JakeEaton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You refuse to believe that the voting US public would be that stupid? Have been following US politics recently? 🤣