I thought for sure the camera was toast when it went all purple, it looks like the lense was essentially gone and we are just seeing the raw output of the CCD but then the flap moved and there was a few frames where you could actually see the flap and the damage but it’s still actuating!
Amazing engineering.
There is essentially no better data that this regarding what the error tolerance is on the flaps. Should help create lots if reliability in future versions
These are prototype rockets. They iterate so fast the they already have new designs that make this one obsolete. It’s purpose was to gather data on the various things including heat tile performance so they know what to upgrade next.
The next one that flies will also be obsolete with a newer one already partially completed.
The Apollo compairaon above is even more ridiculous when you consider that starship made it to orbit and could’ve deployed a payload. The part that ‘failed’ was the soft landing and even that didn’t fail. Only reuse failed.
Every Saturn v that was launched is currently sitting at the bottom of the ocean.
Taking shots at starship for failing even though Saturn v didn’t even attempt the same mission parameters makes no sense.
Starship will have likely had 100+ missions before putting a human on it. Would you rather fly on something that’s proven itself 100 times or something that is flying for the first time?
I think the biggest thing you’re not taking into account is the amount hardware they have compared to anyone else.
Of course Apollo would be shut down if they were loosing Saturn Vs left and right. Each of those is 1.2 billion in 2019 dollars and they launched 13 of them I’m total. They are way to valuable.
The total estimate cost to date for the entire starship program is 5 billion and they have built around 30 starships. They already have another one ready to go now, only reason to not launch right away is because it needs upgrades based on the data they just collected.
You’re also assuming that with more time and analysis they could predict things they have just discovered from a real launch. No man made object of this size has ever made a controlled entry back to earth. Not by a long shot.
Closest is space shuttle which had lots of issues that couldn’t be fixed because each launch was so expensive it had to carry real payload (and people) and changes to human flight hardware is near impossible.
The main thing that’s different here is that the cost of a launch is way less than the cost of a year of lab testing and still not knowing the answer because it’s never been done before. That’s the hardest paradigm shift to accept and is true only of SpaceX and no one else right now until they go full force into reusable rockets.
Is this better than using wildcard certificates?
I have local only SSL via a wildcard *.local.domain.com
Instructions here:
It is added to steam. I launch it from steam while in game mode.
How well does something like this work as an alternative to an Nvidia shield for TV streaming. If I got a cheap Intel box minipc and installed this can I just run jellyfin etc at 4k with dolby vision, dolby Atmos, HVEC, etc?
How well does something like this work as an alternative to an Nvidia shield for TV streaming. If I got a cheap Intel box minipc and installed this can I just run jellyfin etc at 4k with dolby vision, dolby Atmos, HVEC, etc?
Thanks for this list!