What you watching?

[Kwacky]

999 What's your emergency?

They're covering Match 2020. It's mad to think it's been almost a year since we started to try and tackle this virus.

[Kwacky]

The Space X test.

It didn't go well

[Stonesie]

Well at least it was a different failure, looked like a small engine explosion, the 2nd engine tried to light but there was debris flying before it reached the ground.

[Kwacky]

It looked like it struggled to turn so an engine not working would add up

[Stonesie]

Pretty much everything about Starship is generation 1 experimental, I'm amazed that it's so rock steady in the bellyflop, virtually no RCS firing, all on the flaps.

For anyone wondering what we are on about.
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[Monty]

The Space X test.

It didn't go well

It did go well, they found another point of failure.

[Monty]

Plus they got another shit load of aero data on the flaps

[Monty]

Love this photo

[Kwacky]

"how was your bike ride?"

"It went well. I crashed but I found out I'm not as skilful as I thought I was"

[D41]

The Space X test.

It didn't go well

It did go well, they found another point of failure.

You should try that excuse next time you test ride a bike.

And that's a great photo!!

[Monty]

"how was your bike ride?"

"It went well. I crashed but I found out I'm not as skilful as I thought I was"

LOL, I know you are only joking but I can't resist.

They need some failures, the whole process they are working on requires it. They aren't making one rocket, testing it and then building another one based on what they learned. They're building multiple prototypes at the same time at different levels in the development. They find a problem, find an improvement or have a failure in one it's addressed one or two stages back.

[Kwacky]

I appreciate all that and know that they get data. But I don't think the test was a "test to fail". Hence my original comment.

[Stonesie]

Just been watching Scott Manley's video about it, he manages to explain it better than most, and thinks it could be as simple as bubbles in the fuel line.

[Monty]

I appreciate all that and know that they get data. But I don't think the test was a "test to fail". Hence my original comment.

I'm not saying they test to fail. It's all about the speed of development, they just need to keep throwing things up and learning. The more things they throw up the more they learn. And when things fail they learn more things and that speeds up the development.

[Kwacky]

I didn't release my throw away comment would cause so much discussion.

I'll be more careful next time.

[Cav]

How dare you make a throw away comment, Kwacky!

[Kwacky]

They're mostly recycled. I want to save the planet.

[Monty]

[Cav]

Oh Jeez haha!!

[D41]

A Youtube video about space.

Apparently the largest star that we know of, if it was placed where our Sun is, would engulf all the planets out as far as Saturn, which it would be brushing up against.
The audio track said that it's big enough to be beyond human comprehension. No sh!t.