| ▲ | SpaceX's Starship launching to orbit for first time ever today(space.com) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 52 points by geox 2 hours ago | 7 comments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | prodigycorp 18 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stream starts in about 1hr. Payload is 26 starlink v3 satellites. Launch window is 8:15 AM to 9:30 AM eastern time. Superheavy will land 7min after launch. Starship lands 9hrs post launch. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | motionlessveloc 15 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ship will also have to be outfitted with a life-support system ahead of crewed missions, which could be coming relatively soon. For example, NASA picked Ship to the be the first crewed lunar lander for its Artemis program, which aims to land people on the moon for the first time in 2028 on the Artemis IV mission. Don't worry, there is absolutely no chance this will happen in 2028. There are many detailed takedowns of why the "Human Landing System" schedule is preposterous, but here's HN's idlewords: https://mceglowski.substack.com/p/how-should-we-think-about-... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | holt62 23 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
What an incredible feat of engineering, even if it doesn't make orbit. Just getting that much mass off the pad is mind-boggling. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | 317070 an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Does someone know where to watch the official livestream? The internet is so swarmed with all the recasters I cannot find the official stream anymore... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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