Elon Musk has posted progress that the SpaceX team has made on the Orbital version of the Starship. Pictures are of a 9-meter dome rotation and the tSarship airframe behind windbreak.
The windbreak is to prevent the Starship from being blown over like the Starhopper blew over early in 2019.
Just left Starship Texas build site. Very proud of progress SpaceX team has made! Pics are of 9m dome rotation & Starship airframe behind windbreak. pic.twitter.com/1cmOzkPlkn
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 5, 2019
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Yeah, you don’t want it to blow over … again.
Fences work better with enuf holes to prevent vortex from coming over and down, with a slower protective layer thru the fence.
That would be very Perry-rhodanesque.
NASA has already almost reached lightspeed. That’s why they look so slow.
That’s the windbreak (I guess).
Elon can put that on his calendar for April 1st.
Literally Laughing out loud. That would be an excellent stunt.
Better get someone on that right away.
Is young Ben Franklin still wasting his time with politics or can he be available?
start fabbing a 20 to 25m diameter ring segment, just to see the reactions…
They are doing this extremely fast, it has taken NASA 10 years and they only have it on paper! SpaceX has the resources, initiative, and demand to make quality rockets for many purposes! Truly amazing.
Lightening and a rocket full of fuel… an explosive combo…
What’s with the Tesla cage… is he afraid of being struck by lightening?
I wonder if that windbreak is actually complete as shown. SpaceX sim game is top notch. Might do just enough.