Elon tweet indicated that engines operated as expected but there was low thrust on landing due to header tank pressure issue.
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 9:20 AM Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > have there been any comments on the first engine stopping with all the > flames and then the second engine shutdown and if that was planned. There > were only two engines operating during the landing attempt and it looks > like they could have used the third. > > On 12/10/20 7:09 AM, Carl Peterson wrote: > > I could watch that all day. In all, that was a pretty amazing test > flight. Because of the belly flop, it has a separate tank used for the > landing burn. Pressure in this tank was low so engine thrust was below > nominal resulting in a sub-optimal touchdown. No leg deploy either but > this could be due to a timing issue from coming in too hot or not reaching > leg deploy speed until it was already in contact with the ground. Guessing > they just need to bleed a little more heat into the header tank to keep > pressure up. Should see SN9 fly this month. > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 4:12 AM Matt Hoppes < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Stocks aren’t net worth unless you sell them though. Otherwise it’s >> speculative. >> >> Look at yesterday and probably today. >> >> On Dec 9, 2020, at 11:17 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> Same applies to anything in ones net worth. >> >> On Wed, Dec 9, 2020, 9:21 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> But if he sold all his stock, it would go down. Schrodinger’s cat, >>> applied to stock valuation. Don’t look in the box, don’t look, don’t look >>> … oh crap, you killed the cat. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 9, 2020 9:00 PM >>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Starship launch again >>> >>> >>> >>> Odd, when I go to my bank, my assets are taken into consideration for >>> financing. Granted, Elon musk will never likely walk into my bank, and it's >>> likely the entirety of my lifetime financing is probably what he spends on >>> wristwatches a year, but i would venture a guess his financiers take that >>> into consideration >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2020, 7:31 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> It kind of doesn't until you trade it for something or liquefy it. >>> >>> On 12/9/2020 8:09 PM, Steve Jones wrote: >>> >>> Odd that you think net worth has no value >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2020, 6:20 PM Matt Hoppes < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Say what now? He gets nothing out of stock going up unless he sells >>> stock. And after today stocks are trashed for a bit. >>> >>> > On Dec 9, 2020, at 6:57 PM, Robert Andrews <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Oh the power of a skyrocketing stock price! No issues with cash >>> flow there! >>> > >>> >> On 12/09/2020 03:46 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: >>> >> I think that engine burning green was probably weaker than the design >>> thrust. It still stuck the landing, and was motionless and vertical for a >>> half second. But internal parts were probably moving downward due to the >>> lack of soft landing. It is supposed to be able to land on 2 engines, so >>> the controller should have throttled it up. >>> >> Some software tweaks. Musk estimated 1/3rd chance of everything >>> going right. SN9 is ready to fly. At least the belly flop maneuver looked >>> flawless. >>> >> *From:* Matt Hoppes >>> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 9, 2020 4:03 PM >>> >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >>> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Starship launch again >>> >> It did look like it came in a bit hot. >>> >>>> On Dec 9, 2020, at 6:01 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> All I can say is cleanup in isle 3. >>> >>> >>> >>> That was awesome to watch. I thought they had it until the last few >>> seconds. It looked (to me) like they were coming in too hot. >>> >>> >>> >>> I also was wondering on the flight whether going from 3 engines to >>> 2, and then to 1 was an anomaly. Based on the fact that all 3 fired up >>> again on the landing that it was part of the plan. >>> >>> >>> >>> bp >>> >>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>> >>> On 12/9/2020 2:56 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: >>> >>>> One of the engines was burning bright green the last 5 seconds or >>> so. Burning copper based metal parts it appears. >>> >>>> But if you put it in .25 speed play and single step through the >>> last second or so, it stuck the landing. It was at rest, vertical and then >>> it blew up. >>> >>>> *From:* Matt Hoppes >>> >>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 9, 2020 3:54 PM >>> >>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >>> >>>> *Cc:* Chuck McCown >>> >>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Starship launch again >>> >>>> Boom. >>> >>>> >>> >>>>> On Dec 9, 2020, at 5:23 PM, Chuck McCown via AF mailto: >>> [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> *https://youtu.be/ap-BkkrRg-o* >>> >>>>> -- >>> >>>>> AF mailing list >>> >>>>> [email protected] >>> >>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> AF mailing list >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >> -- >>> >> AF mailing list >>> >> [email protected] >>> >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> > >>> > -- >>> > AF mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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