It’s official; they’re going to do another static fire, perhaps this month. This almost certainly moves the first flight out to next year. Not that it matters.
[Update at noon]
Meanwhile…
[Afternoon update]
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It’s official; they’re going to do another static fire, perhaps this month. This almost certainly moves the first flight out to next year. Not that it matters.
[Update at noon]
Meanwhile…
[Afternoon update]
Comments are closed.
Well, it didn’t take too much time to make the decision.
And seems like the correct decision. It seemed wildly optimistic
for it to launch this year- before it’s failure.
It seems if fails the second time to make 4 mins, the good news, is
it will be tested, again and again. And seems they should having another one ready for 2022, testing.
If fails after the 4 min mark, then it’s launch will be a test launch.
If makes past 8 mins, then it will experimental launch.
I am really following SLS, but if doing experiment launch, why experiment with a abort system.
And if not experimenting with abort system, I would launch water test payload.
I noticed the SpaceX name on the mobile crane at bottom right. I wonder how much of the operations at Boca Chica are done by SpaceX rather than contractors.
I think the SpaceX logo only appears on items of heavy equipment the company has bought for long-term use. The rest are rentals. How much of the total workforce is contractor personnel I don’t know, but I suspect rocket-related production and ops are all done by direct hires while any contractors are doing infrastructure build-out.
With all the Nosy Nancies all over Boca Chica, we should get good progress reports on the remodeling of the oil platforms. A lot of work to do but they are always working on so many different prototypes, it is really impressive.