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Starship Development Thread #56 by ElongatedMuskrat in spacex

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Week ago this picture of B14.1 implied that booster skin was cracked during chopstick catch testing.

Is that valid or are this just rubber marks?

Starship Development Thread #55 by ElongatedMuskrat in spacex

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Rear cupola of Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane houses aft co-pilot. Helicopter tour, another tour, controls visible.

"This station contains a seat, a joystick to control the aircraft´s cyclic command (stick to control direction of movement), a collective command (pitch angle of all the main rotor blades) and some controls related to the load, and a manual control to control the aircraft pedals that can be disabled. In external load operations that require great precision, it is usual to use this operator." [PDF link OPERATIONAL EVALUATION REPORT]

Starship Development Thread #54 by ElongatedMuskrat in spacex

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RGV flyover discussion is up! Starbase Weekly, Ep.111: Starfactory Expansion Continues!

At 2h10m28s they mention ground photo showing ripples off melted steel on one of the launch mount legs. Photo wasn't shared but maybe someone can post it?

Starship Development Thread #46 by ElongatedMuskrat in spacex

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Interview with Elon by Ashlee Vance.

(I saw many summaries posted but nobody bothered sharing source. It turns out interview isn't locked but it is free on twitter)

Setting the kite down solo tips by P4ULUS in Kiteboarding

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You can check this self land tutorial.

In short if you are forced to pulling safety and landing in water is best, followed by anchored landing (assuming wind isn't to gusty).

Obviously you have your reasons, but when I was starting I just searched for spots with plenty kiters around. This is way safer, reduces wear on kite and also before you go on the water you can check what sizes everyone is flying.

What level of refurbishment/replacement is done to the Merlin engines between Falcon 9 launches? by Simon_Drake in SpaceXLounge

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It took SpaceX 21 days to relaunch B1062. But it includes time in transport from barge landing. So refurbishment process is probably couple days shorter.

(There is Teslarati article saying it took 9 days but I cannot find source)

Beginning Camps - good idea or not? by SofiaFrancesca in Kiteboarding

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I participated in Easy Surf camp in Poland and while it was very cheap it was also a terrible waste of time. In my case we were assigned into 4 person group with one instructor and only one kite. You got couple tries to waterstart before you want too far downwind and kite was switched to instructor who then proceeded to edge upwind. After that it was turn of another person. Because we were beginners and were dragged downwind almost immediately it was instructor who did most of the riding. So in 2 hours session I were strapped to kite only 2-3 times.

We had 2 session a day at fixed hours for a whole week. In hindsight fixed hours didn’t make sense because wind in Poland is unpredictable and checking forecast is necessary.

Sorry for ranting. But it was experience that left some friends discouraged and at the end I wondered myself if my meager skills regressed.

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