AverageVoyager

HLS - Low Earth Orbit

@Whateverface381 Invincible?

Im watching the 3 eps tomorrow

ITS OUT ITS OUT

@EvonMush2700 In that case I hope your psychic

Counter sources are saying B19 will roll out to sf with 33 engines. . . . . . . . . . . . . Source: My mind 😏

@deltaIV9250 We’re probably getting expandable and reusable numbers mixed up.

It is kind of weird how starship V1’s payload changed so much lol. In 2024 Elon said the IFt-3 stack could do 40-50 tons to orbit. Then in 2025 SpaceX says V1 could only do 15 tons. But independent studies in 2026 say that V1 could do ~50 tons. What’s happening here lol

@ToughSf People are so creative.

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@Catgineering @ThePrimalDino @roverengineer Because it didn’t matter where they landed, water is the safest since it’s far away from people. They will eventually move to recovery.

@AverageV0yager @ThePrimalDino @roverengineer Then why land it on water?

Number of orbital flights since this video: Starliner: 3 Starship: 0

@Catgineering @ThePrimalDino @roverengineer When impacting the water yes

@AverageV0yager @ThePrimalDino @roverengineer So, they can't prevent it from exploding, is what you're saying.

@Catgineering @ThePrimalDino @roverengineer They can’t change the design because it’s a matter of tank thickness, it’s an aerospace vehicle there is no room to spare on weight and thus they cant do anything about it.

@AverageV0yager @ThePrimalDino @roverengineer That's not "high speed" unless you're comparing DSL to Dial-up. If the same thing happened to the booster, shouldn't they have figured out how to not explode? I can understand testing functionality of an incomplete product to speed up design corrections, but...

@Catgineering @ThePrimalDino @roverengineer I mean when it tips over, the speed it gains is what ruptures it. And the reason they are planning it to “fail” is because they are testing it out before they move forward and make progress, the exact same thing happened to the booster where it started doing water landings first.

@AverageV0yager @ThePrimalDino @roverengineer It didn't hit the water at high speeds. It slowed to a potential landing speed, then tipped over onto the water as a "landing". The temperature difference of the rocket hitting the water would be what you're thinking about. Why plan it to fail instead of planning to succeed?

@Catgineering @ThePrimalDino @roverengineer That’s what’s happens when a 50 meter tall 4mm thin tank hits water at high speeds yes. The fact that it happens every single time on both the booster and ship is why it’s expected. They aren’t celebrating the expected explosion it’s the landing.

@AverageV0yager @ThePrimalDino @roverengineer Watch SpaceX streams from launching Starships last year when they explode upon hitting the water.

@Catgineering @ThePrimalDino @roverengineer What specific instance are you referring to?

@AverageV0yager @ThePrimalDino @roverengineer I understood their excitement until they cheered hardest for it exploding. I work in the space industry, and outside of SpaceX, we don't get excited for things failing, even if expected.

@Catgineering @ThePrimalDino @roverengineer They celebrate progress not failure, I don’t blame you for thinking so because that’s what people outside of the space community see and therefore repeat to others.

@ThePrimalDino @roverengineer Don't forget, SpaceX gets excited when their shit blows up, like they had a victorious learning session.

Every time I see a post about B19 it gives me PTSD.

Working on it.

Three-Point-Symmetry is Beautiful.

This will be the biggest project i've ever done.

Last update both in a couple days and for a couple days. Of course much more to be done.

Wasn't sure if this was worth posting because the animation is bad but I did it anything.

Waiting for an animation to render feels like I’m watching the last black hole evaporate 😭

@ScottLikedSLS What was this even about?

Half of spitter is filled with children with about 7 braincells total or are just reposting and replying to gooner level shit, grow tf up

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