** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

[robfosters]

Problems cropping up now

 

[Trig]

Watching this one..

My money is on a system error that ignites the wrong set of engines and the top section destroys the bottom section as it fires its engines and the whole thing leaves a big crater in the ground...

 

[visibleman]

Problems cropping up now

Yup, supposedly a pressurisation issue; i wouldn't be surprised if they scrub it due to that...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1647949399002161159

 

[FBi7]

Scrubbed. Now a wet dress rehearsal with the clock stopping at T -10 seconds.

 

[robfosters]

Will they go again tomorrow?

 

[steve45]

Cant say I'm surprised, thats just the way with test flights. Disappointing nonetheless. Oh well... Sounds like a reattempt to launch in a few days.

 

[FBi7]

They said that it's a minimum of 48 hours before they can try again. Hopefully the weather plays ball.

 

[steve45]

I'm expecting 20th will be the next attempt. 4/20 and all... You know how Elon is with those things

 

[Colonel_Klinck]

Booo! Oh well back to work, see you all back here on Wednesday.

 

[Trig]

Meh, 48h at least then apparently.

 

[visibleman]

They said that it's a minimum of 48 hours before they can try again. Hopefully the weather plays ball.

Be interesting to see when the next attempt is as there's plenty of talk of the weather, mostly upper wind shear, supposedly getting worse during the week

 

[JRS]

I'm expecting 20th will be the next attempt. 4/20 and all... You know how Elon is with those things

I was surprised when that wasn't the first attempt date tbh.

 

[Chuk_Chuk]

Well I need to go into the office later on in the week and I have training during the launch window.

I might suggest we have a tactical break and have everyone watch the launch.

 

[Flibster]

Well surprise....

SpaceX is targeting as soon as Thursday, April 20 for the first flight test of a fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Starbase in Texas. The 62 minute launch window opens at 8:28 a.m. CT and closes at 9:30 a.m. CT.

Livestream scheduled for 20/04/2023, 13:45

 

[VaderDSL]

Well surprise....



Livestream scheduled for 20/04/2023, 13:45

Definitely be scrubbed again. I have that day off work.

 

[Vulcan]

Take two:

Starship Flight Test

Starship gave us quite a show during today’s first flight test of a fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Starbase in Texas. At 8:33 a.m. CT...

www.youtube.com

 

[steve45]

I'm in work and this afternoon will be working in area where I cant use a mobile so I'll likely miss this. will have to catch up when I finish.

 

[VaderDSL]

I'm in work and this afternoon will be working in area where I cant use a mobile so I'll likely miss this. will have to catch up when I finish.

It'll probably get a weather scrub after all this. Winds might end up being too strong, but we'll see.

 

[Hodders]

Weather looking pretty windy and hazy! But I guess the sun isn't up yet...

 

[ic1male]

How come the YouTube subtitles are appearing before the commentator has even spoke the words? It's a virtual reality show!