when this whole thing started I was irritated cause all i figured it would be was tax dollars ending up funnelled into failed projects as is our history. But every failure that happens seems to lead to awesome innovation and we are back chucking people into space.
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 9:10 AM Carl Peterson <[email protected]> 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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