[ExI] musk catches one

[Brent Allsop]

Yea, the catch was the best thing I've seen. but I've always been way more
concerned about the starship, which is still a LONG way from even working,
even while having to replace most all the tiles after every launch.  I'm
not seeing any evidence they are going to be able to catch a starship and
turn around and immediately launch it, for quite some time.
Even with the ablative layer underneath(must be replaced), and brand new
very robust tiles on IFT 5, you could still see things burning through the
hinges of those elonorons, and severe damage in other places.  The starship
is still a one and done piece of machine, it seems to me.

@spike, you know a lot more about this kind of thing, please convince me
I'm wrong about this.







On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 10:36 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
> Of *Darin Sunley via extropy-chat
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> >>>>…The lesson of SpaceX, more than anything else, is that real-time
> high-powered computers can make systems controls do almost anything.  Darin
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> >>>…Darin, I am hetero to the core, but oooh, that is some sexy talk
> there, me lad… spike
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> >>…My bride and I have been watching that booster catch.  We both got so
> turned on, we needed to pause the video.  spike
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> >…For those who get stoked by this sorta thing, there is some EXCELLENT
> control system porn on the interwebs today.  …spike
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> I was talking to a former colleague and longtime friend yesterday about
> that SpaceX booster catch.  He too has been completely absorbed watching
> that and the related control system porn, a genre of time-waster spawned by
> that sexy act of catching a tail-first descending booster.
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> He made an interesting observation, or prediction: within a decade, NASA
> and other countries which build rocket boosters will all build something
> that looks like what Elon just demonstrated is possible.  Rocket scientists
> everywhere will use that as proof that it can be done, but argue that they
> cannot rely on SpaceX, because there is a threat the US government will
> shut down Elon Musk for taking sides against them politically.  Result:
> every country will develop a system that looks similar to Elon’s Starship.
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