I guess it comes down to the meaning of ready. How much time can elapse between calling “Ready!” and pushing the big red button iye?
I’d say if they are stacked and launch ~9/25 (my wild ass guess) they are ready, but I’m definitely thinking we are working with different ideas of what constitutes “ready”.
It’s not so much a question of time but whether anything stands in the way of starting a countdown. Tanks for water deluge system need to be replaced? FTS not installed? Other corrective actions still to be implemented? Application for license modification not submitted? Not ready.
The more reasonable twitter SpaceX people think they will be ready in two weeks. If they are ready by then and the FAA still hasn’t given them a license, there will be howling.
Understood - sounds like we’re pretty much in agreement then. I’d agree we’re a couple/few weeks out, and I definitely agree that people will start start getting antsy if the license isn’t amended in that time.
On the one hand it’s sort of neat that people that have never been into this nerdy stuff are now getting glimpses into it, but on the other hand, Elmo.
I’m probably coming across as too agressive on this stuff. I don’t expect to be around for people on Mars and maybe not for the Moon either, so this is more for you guys to figure out and be ok with than me. But
JFC. I guess it’s Elon humor or he’s pretending he doesn’t know this as a way to apply pressure to the regulators by stirring up his minions. It would be crazy but not totally surprising if he doesn’t understand the process. Not that it’s entirely clear to me either, but I think Willis is right that SpaceX would have generated (most of?) that list and would have submitted it to the FAA.
Yah that’s how all accident investigations happen in aerospace as far as I know. If an Airbus crashes, their engineers are the experts when it comes to fixing stuff, and they’ll send their fixes to the FAA’s generalists to approve. Obv that can be good and bad (see Max8) but the FAA doesn’t know how to engineer a flame diverter or flight termination system. That’s why I assume most if not all of the stuff in the mishap report has already been done.
The list of mitigations:
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1700789411279966339?s=61&t=CwVKdl7e5GoYqphDmQHrPg
Asteroid sample landing in Utah’s west desert in about 40 minutes. I hope it doesn’t land on an unexploded bomb.
We once did a fast cook-off test of 2.75" rocket motors at Dugway. We stayed at a casino hotel in Wendover NV. Sounds fun but wasn’t.
The reveal.
Should have hired a replacement-level CEO to spend that $4 billion!
Rockets aren’t safe. I hope these guys are ok.
https://x.com/DJSnM/status/1719411167607837137?s=20
Edit
“On-site medical supervision and insurance personnel confirmed that the astronauts are in good health,” CCTV said.
Starship license has been re-issued, next orbital test flight scheduled for Friday.
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1725204020476678526
Might not light the candle tomorrow and they can’t blame the FAA for it.
Tight window. Maybe they’re bringing Aaron Rodgers in to direct the launch.
https://twitter.com/wapodavenport/status/1725264877810249862
In other space news, this thing was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 a few days ago. It’s a fringe science topic I’ve been following for a while. I hadn’t heard much recently.
In a few weeks, the company will test its onboard Quantum Drive to see if it can alter the orbit of its Barry-1 satellite.
It’s far-fetched but 
The coffee is on. Let’s go.
