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SpaceX "Starhopper" test flight
SpaceX completed a test flight of its "Starhopper" prototype rocket Tuesday evening in Boca Chica, Texas, which lifted off to about 500ft, moved sideways, and made a bullseye landing on a nearby pad -- all powered by a single Raptor engine.
Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, should next give an update presentation on his Moon and Mars-bound "Starship" rocket (the BFR) sometime in the middle of September. Teslarati article (with video) "Watch SpaceX’s Starhopper hover 500ft above the ground in final test flight" https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-sta...ht-second-try/ Cheers! -- TFM
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I was watching the live feed on Monday when the launch got aborted with less than a second on the countdown. Did not see the live launch Tuesday but did see the video. Nice flight for a water tower/grain silo.
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I recently watched the movie where David Bowie plays Elon Musk.
Rip Torn co-starred in the same movie. It made almost no sense and was extremely confusing. But it also had a brief appearance by Jim Lovell playing himself. |
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lol@SCEtoAUX's, "water tower/grain silo" (it is an uncanny resemblance)...
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The test models (also the large Starship prptptypes that are being assembled at the moment) are actually made by a company that normally builds water towers.
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And now waiting for a paper model.... ;-)
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Zach's PaperSat Designs has a free Starhopper model for download, but the "real thing" has been without its top because a storm blew it off months ago.
The model is #14 right now on this page: Other models Thank you Zach!
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I can guaranty that neither Elon Musk or David Bowie will be in it. Rumor is however, that Ivanka Trump will play Candy Clark.
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Perhaps this video, and YouTube channel will be of interest to those who aren't already aware of it;
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JohnGay, that movie was the 1976 SF film, "The Man Who Fell to Earth", with David Bowie as an alien who amasses a fortune patenting his civilization's technology in order to build a spaceship and carry water back to his parched planet. This begs the question why such a supposedly advanced culture needs to transport H2O all the way from Earth when hydrogen and oxygen should be relatively easier to extract closer to home. The same reason why I laughed at the alien invasion in "V".
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