[Starlink] some post Starship launch thoughts

[David Fernández]

> Probably the best summary of the problems encountered is here:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8q24QLXixo courtesy Scott Manley.

In Spanish, probably here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfB0moaiax4

Regards,

David

> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:12:24 -0700
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> I was down in starbase, tx for the week of the launch. It was a great
> time, 10s of thousands of people there, my hotel had some of the musk
> family staying, and had a party on the roof... I was there packing
> guitar photobombing "this machine kills vogons" everywhere I could.
>
> Probably the best summary of the problems encountered is here:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8q24QLXixo courtesy Scott Manley.
> The best video describing the reactions of everybody, is here:
> https://twitter.com/Erdayastronaut/status/1649141793508716583
>
> Also, I met a young lady that paints watercolors of rockets, her work
> is here: https://www.jadeboudreaux.com/
> (she gifted me a holographic raptor for my guitar, I gifted her a
> scarf from in return https://www.natashasilkart.com/# )
> (support your local artists! Hilariously none of my pictures from dusk
> came out on my camera, while jade painted away like mad)
>
> I was most impressed by losing 6 engines over the course of the
> flight... and none exploding. Modern sensor technology is amazing.
>
> Anyway, like most of the monday morning quarterbacks, thinking about
> the destruction of the pad, I had had two ideas that I would like to
> run by folk here:
>
> Everyone wants a water deluge system and flame diverter, but I was
> thinking perhaps liquid nitrogen, as a natural byproduct of LOX
> liquification, might be used rather than water? It starts off quite a
> bit cooler... but as for its ability to cushion shock waves vs a vs
> its vapor point, no idea. ? Anyone?
>
> Secondly tuning the shockwaves against the pad (somehow), might limit
> the vibrative (is that a word) force? A slower start of the motors
> might damage the pad less, also.
>
> Landing and then taking off from the moon or mars look rather
> problematic at the moment!
>
> It looks to me as though everything can be repaired in a matter of
> months, and there is a watercooled plate designed for the pad that
> will go in next time. The nextgen rocket has replaced some hydraulics
> with electric motors. That said, it seems like the day where the
> starlink v2 sats can launch on starship is at least a year, maybe 2-3
> off, and that means we will see more of the v2 minis being flown on
> falcon. Does anyone have a good summary of the capabilities of the v2
> minis vs a vs 1.5? Any updated numbers on userbase?
>
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