@mcrs987 @colleenliedtke Seems like they atleast tried to go for all 10. The other 2 probably fired but that can’t be confirmed rn
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@CowSlice Just saw @colleenliedtke 's pictures, at least 8 of em. No good views on E30 or E25 yet though. These eight have deposits over areas that would only be hot during operation
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It's funny how the mineral deposits from the deluge can actually be a good indicator of which engines fired. They're not using purified water so there will be material deposited over the hotter surfaces as the water vapor that contacts it evaporates quicker. You can see it especially striking over the lox supply to the fuel preburner where there's regen channels around it, clearly outlining mineral deposits on top of the engine thanks to the matte black coating making it especially obvious
Starship Gazer@StarshipGazer
A look at Booster 19's Raptor 3 engines while being removed from Starbase pad 2 today after completing static fire testing yesterday. 3/17/26
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@heartagramed @mcrs987 They’ve done many tests this exact length in mcgregor
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should be as close as can be determined as far as timing is concerned
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This mf tube has been standing in the MB1 transfer isle for over a day now
Blobifi@Blobifie
Booster 20's falcon 9 sized CH4 transfer tube has been moved into Megabay 1!! Next up is the Side mounted landing tank and then the aft section before B20's LOX tank is complete!
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@xdNiBoR @Robotbeat Starbase work culture is quite terrible for a premiere rocket factory. Stolen / misreported equipment and a general disregard for veteran workers. That’s why starbase has pretty rough turnover rate. I think it had generally been improving but more has to be done.
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@Robotbeat No matter the credibility, Starbase needs way more protection ASAP
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@r3a9an_k_ Biggest concern is probably fod. It’s going to accumulate pretty quickly if they go for zero touch reuse the atmosphere is surprisingly filthy lol
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They're clearly serious about turning a booster around in an hour 😜
Ceaser G@CeaserG33
Wow – SpaceX just loaded Booster 19's tanks in ONLY 30 minutes on the new Pad 2, then rolled straight into what appears to be a dress rehearsal for static fire. Fastest propellant ops yet? This thing is moving! @NASASpaceflight
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@KenKirtland17 Usually by making shit up that’s in no way accurate.
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CSI Starbase is maybe the most aptly named YouTube channel ever cuz how he figure this shit out bruh
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@ryan_9000YT Mostly sensors. Recall initial booster 7 tests where she had sensors all over the place.
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Call me crazy and a doomer but this shit is not making it through re-entry
Starship Gazer@StarshipGazer
A look at the Raptor 3 engines on Booster 19 while being lifted onto pad 2 today ahead of testing scheduled for tomorrow. 3/8/26
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Booster 19 has made its way to the launch site and is now poitioned between the chopsticks ahead of being lifted onto the pad!!
This marks the first time a block 3 booster has been to the launch site, and will be the first Booster to ever be lifted onto Pad-2!!
Blobifi@Blobifie
Booster 19 has left Megabay 1 featuring all 3 of its new gridfins & some ammount of engines and is now making its way down to the launch site for testing!!
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@Blobifie @Owen_JNO @ScottLikedSLS I skipped my history exam to watch flight 6. And then I dropped it
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Whoever voted for FLT-8 is just plain wrong because it was legit FLT-7 only more fun because we got to actually see the ship spinning around and we got to see a booster catch
antosh@antosh_1
what flight was more boring
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No offense Tim, but this isnt remotely official. EUS is funded directly by congress. Legally speaking, it is, as of the current moment, still very much alive, and continuing development.
NASA does not have the capacity to kill it.
About the only thing that the NASA admin can legally say is "we do not intend to use it" but the money still flows to it, and it still continues development, per the 2022 law that requires the administrator to continue its development. and unless that law changes, this will remain to be the case.
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Well, it’s official… @NASA has killed the EUS (upper stage of SLS-1B) and the mobile launch tower 2, both of which have faced serious problems, overruns and delays. This probably should have been done years ago, but better late than never. reddit.com/r/nasa/s/DnUeH…
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@AeroBigMike EUS is incredibly on track
Literally zero concern (other than some minor concern over BOLE reliability) about the manufacturing base being on time for each Artemis mission
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People get upset that NASA is so slow with EUS but they forget that the last inline upper stage they designed was the S-IVB, flying first in 1966 (AS-201).
Ever since the RS-25 has been running double duty as NASA’s upper stage.
David Willis@ThePrimalDino
Publicly available progress on the first exploration upper stage, to be used in ground testing here on earth. Here we can see the forward LH2 dome, the LH2 barrel, the aft LH2 skirt, the intertank, and the forward LOX dome. these are all old photos, and it is likely that the stage is much further along than we know. We may even see a finished, or nearly finished stage, sooner than we think!
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@elonmusk So do the soft landing on an island or desert. Dumping them in the ocean will go on record for all time as a horrific symbol of waste.
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Starship V3 SN1 headed for ground tests.
I am highly confident that the V3 design will achieve full reusability.
SpaceX@SpaceX
The first Starship V3 has left the build site to begin prelaunch testing
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@AeroBigMike To be safe you would need like 12-16 crew members trained as backups for each. I’m sure NASA as strained as it is for resources could handle this. However I still don’t think HLS will be ready by 2028 after seeing blue’s rather disappointing approach.
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I repeat what I said before.
They should announce TWO crews for Artemis 3.
Artemis 3A, which will land using Starship
Artemis 3B, which would land using Blue Moon
Then NASA is prepared & has a trained crew ready regardless of which vehicle is ready to fly first.
Eric Berger@SciGuySpace
There's also the little matter that you don't want to name a crew three or four years before they launch.
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@NoLimitGains SpaceX is over 50% of his networth and its fraction is only going to rise.
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Elon Musk doesn’t have $850 billion.
Not even close.
He’s cash poor (kind of lol)
Almost his entire net worth is tesla stock, numbers on a screen.
The ONLY way for him to turn those magical numbers into real, spendable money is to sell his shares.
And when he sells, someone has to buy.
That someone is almost always a retail investor, a regular person.
This is the mechanism: he dumps, they absorb.
He gets real dollars, they get an overvalued asset that was conjured from nothing.
Every time a billionaire CEO cashes out, they’re not pulling money from a vault.
They’re finding the next person willing to pay an inflated price for shares that were created out of thin air.
Elon isn’t the only one tho.
Bezos does it. Zuckerberg does it. Every CEO sitting on massive equity in an overvalued company does it.
Their wealth only becomes real when someone else agrees to buy it.
Elon Musk@elonmusk
Already have thousands of times over. My “net worth” is almost entirely due to my ownership stakes in Tesla and SpaceX. I have <0.1% that is cash. Tesla and SpaceX employees all receive stock/options and Tesla is >80% owned by retail investors and index/pension funds, so value increases apply >80% to them.
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@ScottLikedSLS @K3PLRLEAF I dunno man I think at best it might save like a year and a half.
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@CowSlice @K3PLRLEAF Its far more simple than the 10 launches for MK-2 or the nearing 20+ for Starship lol
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absolutely hate it. How is developing essentially a new lander+transfer stage gonna be "faster"???
Delta9250@deltaIV9250
Wow, some info on Blue’s lunar leapfrog plan
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@gordoX915 @Erdayastronaut @MCMarkyMarcYT @SpaceflightNow @FAANews It’s still a developmental vehicle as flights 7 and 8 quite clearly show.
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The @FAANews statement on newly allowed Starship-Super Heavy operations:
“The FAA has completed the environmental review process for the SpaceX proposal regarding updates to airspace closures for additional launch trajectories and Starship landings at the Boca Chica Launch Site in Texas. The FAA continues to evaluate SpaceX’s license modification request for the next Starship launch. SpaceX must satisfy all safety and other licensing requirements before the FAA makes a final licensing determination.”
Documents: faa.gov/space/stakehol…
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