Starship SN24 + Super Heavy Booster Launch

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[Scuba steve]

On 20/04/2023 at 20:33, Scuba steve said:

Luckily I blew up 20  miles up and not on the launchpad would have  been one of the largest chemical explosions ever recorded certainly equaling a small nuke 

Lol just noticed typo just to let you know I didn’t blow up

[Scuba steve]

On 21/04/2023 at 17:54, Dreckly said:

It will buff out

 

Launch pad base 2 m thick slab of reinforced concrete the cross beam was probably 80m3 of concrete2.5 ton m3 completely gone

[LeeKay/]

On 21/04/2023 at 18:36, LeeKay/ said:

Note the left leg on the pad.

No way that it would be hollow with a stairwell there. Thin walls and stairs?  CGI HOAX

 

On 21/04/2023 at 17:54, Dreckly said:

It will buff out

 

Sorry ill take back outsanding upon what this beast can do!

Edited April 28, 2023 by LeeKay/

[LeeKay/]

FAA has grounded starship, for now - Give credit to musk, and in my words tho 'it did work to a degree'

The aftermath is pretty rough, but they working on it, right now on the cams.

If its broken - it will be made better.

 

Edited April 28, 2023 by LeeKay/
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[LeeKay/]

The  ship, the ship! and the audio - looks LIKE Starship - in way or another, better view maybe, when Elon gets to Mars

who wants to live for ever ?

 

Edited April 28, 2023 by LeeKay/
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[Gray-Wolf]

Does anyone know the impact of dumping so much methane into the strat?

It's pretty 'dry' up there so it'll not break down as quickly as it does down here in the Trop?

[swebby]

20 hours ago, Gray-Wolf said:

Does anyone know the impact of dumping so much methane into the strat?

It's pretty 'dry' up there so it'll not break down as quickly as it does down here in the Trop?

Most would have been burnt during the launch and then I assume a lot of what was remaining combusted with the explosion so while there would be some, it would hopefully be quite limited.  The explosion happened a good time after the planned for and failed stage separation, and it is not clear if the booster main engines even performed a shut down, so the booster section shoul have been near empty. Then a question of how much of the Starship vehicles fuel survived. 

It does at least use a methane propellant system which is more environmentally friendly than some other fuels, but no rocket launch is ever going to be a healthy thing for the atmosphere.