Mark Cline

@daisyldixon Just use Save As every couple hours instead of Save and increase the number in the filename.

@daisyldixon Okay no more amateur hour. When you're working on ImportantThing.docx and it will take more than an hour, you save it immediately as ImportantThing01.docx and then 02 then 03. It's often good to have history, old ideas you removed along the way, and lots of backups.

crying and throwing up, my Mac just seemingly deleted my draft paper which had all my thoughts in that I’ve been working on for weeks. This is the error message. I went to ‘save’ it and Word just said the file was missing. The file is not in my trash. Please someone help me recover it 😭

@AUTOM80N @JoeTegtmeyer @niccruzpatane Dan said on the cast that they'd run the numbers for an rvac out scenario. As to the insertion, he said "we're in space." He did not seem to think all was lost as far as the mission but he was not optimistic about trajectory at all.

Interesting, this change in starship approach with 5 instead of 6 engines, was it automatic or were there literally engineers flying the thing with manual controls? Can imagine this is will be a really life fallback strategy, maybe also with 3 or 4 engines. Worst case scenario, is there a backup chute or a way for people to jump out (with a chute) at low ish altitude if necessary?

I thought I'd try to illustrate how Starship 39 made up for a less than optimal sub-orbital insertion and lower-than-planned perigee by using aerodynamics during re-entry to extend its downrange flight profile and make an on-target landing in the Indian Ocean. The ship used a combination of Angle-of Attack (AOA) changes, the flaps and body of the ship as lifting surfaces to manage the total drag forces to "fly" a longer distance, all while managing plasma heating & velocity decreases to prepare for the landing burn. @SpaceX had to do this because of the loss of the one RVAC at about the 3:03 mark just after hot staging, resulting in the remaining 5 engines to compensate and burn longer. Impressive example of the Avionics, Navigation & Control used with Starship! Check out this short video clip with illustrations & information along the way! I hope you find this informative!