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Starship is stacked and ready to make its second launch attempt (arstechnica.com)
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"Asked for an update on the progress of this regulatory approval, an FAA spokesman said Wednesday morning that additional information may be provided soon."

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

betting time! Will it be able to:

  1. pass the launch tower?
  2. get through MaxQ? <-- the high score so far
  3. Properly separate stages? (hot staging this time!)
  4. get to orbital velocity?
  5. complete its partial orbit?
  6. survive re-entry forces?
  7. hit the specified "landing" zone? 7b. Will the booster hit its landing zone?

wildcard: will the self destruct work properly this time?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I'm a simple man, I just want hot staging

[–] clothes 4 points 1 year ago

I think it'll reach separation (3), but too many engines will have shutdown to reach orbital velocity(4). Self destruct will be beautiful and immediate this time.