elgreco Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 SPACEX STARSHIP (Below paragraph is taken from SpaceX_Starship_Wikipedia) Starship is a fully reusable two-stage launch vehicle in development by SpaceX, consisting of a first stage booster named Super Heavy and a second stage spacecraft named Starship. Starship is expected to be the tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket in the world, capable of producing 72 meganewtons of thrust at lift-off—more than twice that of a Saturn V (Apollo Program) rocket. Starship is capable of launching 100 metric tons to low Earth orbit as well as higher Earth orbits, the Moon, or Mars; the latter three would necessitate transferring propellant in orbit. To accommodate Starship's features, a non-traditional launch pad would be used, including a launch tower that can lift and recover both stages. Both stages will be constructed out of stainless steel and use the Raptor engines, which burn liquid oxygen and methane for propulsion. A Starship-like launch vehicle was first envisioned by SpaceX in 2005. After many changes to the vehicle design, SpaceX started developing Starship at its South Texas launch site, also known as the Boca Chica launch site. Mk1, the first full-scale Starship prototype, was unveiled on 29 September 2019. The first successful hop by any prototypes was performed by Starhopper on 25 July 2019 and SN15 on 5 May 2021 performed the first successful high-altitude flight and landing. As of September 2021, the next complete Starship prototypes—SN20 (Ship 20) together with Super Heavy booster BN4 (Booster 4)—are planned for Starship's first orbital flight.[3][a] Starship is projected to be used in upcoming and envisioned space missions, such as the dearMoon project, NASA's Artemis program, and SpaceX's Mars program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer jack Posted October 1, 2021 Developer Share Posted October 1, 2021 spacex are changing the space game and i cant wait for their next launch Quote SHERIFF KENNETH J. LAROSA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgreco Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 4 hours ago, jack said: spacex are changing the space game and i cant wait for their next launch By far the best space private company I don't think Virgin Galactic or Blue Origin can match what SpaceX is doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GachoRule Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 I heard about the new heatsink rockets that their building it is quite sick to get updated with all this stuff. This stuffs interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgreco Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 8 hours ago, GachoRule said: I heard about the new heatsink rockets that their building it is quite sick to get updated with all this stuff. This stuffs interesting. SpaceX's Starship project started applying hexagon heat shields. Looks like a rocket made straight from a space movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zion_ Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Hate to break it to ya but NASA and space is a scam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spades Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Space is the scariest thing to think about next to the Ocean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zachh Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Been following everything space very carefully for a while now, especially Starship, been a huge space enthusiast since I was a child, hoping to work in the space industry after I graduate. But Starship is going to be something really amazing, beautiful spacecraft and the way it moves just looks unbelievable.. has a lot of challenges it has to face but the hype is real, just realized this is up to 80 million views now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georeferenced Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 (edited) I think that SpaceX's Starlink Satellite constellation is (by far) the most interesting satellite constellation that corelates with telecommunication services. Since most Telecommunications Satellites are Geostationary (They stay in one place as the earth rotates 360° in a solar day), Starlinks are LEO, or Low Earth Orbit. Although most Satellite Engineers would find this impractical, I think the close-knit constellation is really something to applaud over. I dream of a day where they make an entire ring and geostationary orbit is no longer a nuisance due to 100% signal coverage! Edited December 24, 2021 by Georeferenced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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