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NASA (space) thread

As complete a "dress rehearsal" as possible. Everything except lighting the engines.
 
 
what is the relationship between the Starship SN4 and the rocket going up Saturday?
 
JuiceCrewAllStar said:
what is the relationship between the Starship SN4 and the rocket going up Saturday?
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Not much, other than being built by the same company.

Starship SN4 is a different design, made of different material (stainless steel) and uses different engines (Raptor) than the Falcon9 which will carry astronauts to the ISS.

The Falcon 9 is made of aluminum and has Merlin engines. Let's hope the weather cooperates today.
 
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Is it me, or was the first stage dramatically smaller than the old ones were. This looked almost like a pencil going into space.
 
That was seriously amazing.
 
With their touch screens can they access their iClouds?
 
RJKarl said:
Is it me, or was the first stage dramatically smaller than the old ones were. This looked almost like a pencil going into space.
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The Falcon 9 is smaller than the Saturn 5 rockets that went to the moon.

ETA:

Saturn V max thrust was 7.6 million pounds.
Falcon 9 max thrust is 1.7 million pounds.
 
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How long before the first stage is for sale on eBay?
 
Docking now.
 
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