He just did a remote interview at an event called “X Takeover” at Tesla’s Texas “giga factory”. Timestamp 26m 13s.
Other relevant comments:
- “The cause of the engine out, I think was basically a failure in the … engine computer software.” It didn’t seem to be present in any of the other engine computers.
- “The heat shield is looking robust.”
- That engine “glitch doesn’t seem to be too much of an issue”
- Not many changes between flights 14 and 15 “but some of them take a fair bit of work and we’ve got to go inside the tank”
Musk can eat shit, his Giga factory is helping ruin Austin.
Double catch on the same launch tower? Like, booster catch, move it to a stand, then ship catch? Or using the original tower for one?
My guess would be using Tower 2 for both catches. It will take multiple orbits for the ship to pass over the launch site again, so that gives them several hours to safe the booster and transfer it to a stand. If they encounter any issues with the booster, they’d probably still have backup options for ship splashdown in the ocean.
Not sure exactly what the status of the Pad 1 chopstick upgrades are (or what the status would be in a few weeks), but as the flame trench is still under construction, it seems as though Pad 1 will be an active construction for the foreseeable future.
I remember everyone freaking about only having one tower before the first booster catch attempts. Seeing the refit and new construction timelines really validates that fear, but I guess it’s their MO to go for it.
I suppose “going for it” might cause a delay if they break the chopsticks, but waiting for a second pair of chopsticks to be ready will cause a delay.
Oh for sure, they just have a much higher risk tolerance than me. They finally just got the first Starlink launch up! And the ship had an engine out!
Nazi Pedophile space agency to pollute tons durning a needless launch while actively generating child pornography with generative models while poisoning Memphis
