space – Page 2 – Toby Weston

SpaceX has done it!
I just watched the launch, live, well live for me, like watching a missed football game on the VCR… “Don’t tell me who wins!”

Here it is if you have not seen it yet:

SN10 got a clean launch and stuck a solid landing!
(Judges have to be harsh here, the landing was a little heavy and the dismount a bit listy, I can only give a 4.5)

This is a breakthrough achievement! Future of mankind stuff right here!!

By the way ‘StarShip‘, the rocket’s name, has always bothered me. I mean ‘SpaceShip‘ yes, StarShip… really? A ship that sails to the stars? Bad science niggles me like, bad, puntuation; and spelling riles others (doing my best here!). But it seems that:

“A lightened Starship upper stage, refilled in space, unburdened by fins, heatshield and landing engines could achieve 8km/s deltaV. This might be just enough to boost out of Low Earth Orbit and achieve solar escape velocity of 42km/s… it just wouldn’t get anywhere soon.”

Is #StarShip a Star-ship?
I always find @elonmusk to be brutally truthful, and a rabid SciFi nut (a good thing!)
Would he name something that wasn’t?
Question to @DJSnM @nyrath @ToughSf, would Superheavy + Starship (fully fuelled, no cargo) have enough delta-v to leave Sol? pic.twitter.com/YO6UnDuNWZ
— Toby Weston (@weston_toby) February 13, 2021