At about 14:15 Swiss time (14 April 2023), they’re going to start the countdown for the launch of SpaceX’s Starship.
Elon Musk gives it about a 50% chance of success.
Here’s the stream of the launch:
Had no idea this was going on.
So, it’s the test of big rocket. Two main features are:
(i) payload slightly larger than Saturn V, the one that took people to the Moon.
(ii) reusable.
A comparison between Saturn V and Starship here. The text looks like a poorly written one by AI, so I’m sure it’s not fact-checked. Anyway it provides some context and it’s a good starting point for further reading.
Does SpaceX launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, or?
When our son was 2 1/2 years old, we went to Florida to visit family and took him to the NASA world headquarters there (which was pretty cool). We have a cute photo of him sitting inside a realistic replica of the lunar space module, fiddling with all the buttons.
Ah, that’s what happened to the Mars Orbiter.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-…288-story.html
Yup, and from the historical Pad 39 too.
22 mins to launch. I go out to have my coffee in the sun and come back to watch
Just turned off the Autobahn to the watch.
And it’s supposed to launch from somewhere in Texas.
Minimum of 48 hours to unload and reload the propellant.
Scrubbed
So it will not happen today. Only a wet dress rehearsal.
Looks like they had a technical issue. At least it didn't end with a crash. :-)
So does that mean we are going to have a cold summer?