word from NASA today is that SpaceX is telling them that the pad can be repaired
in a couple of months, so (investigation permitting) they are looking at summer
for the next launch.
David Lang
On Thu, 27 Apr 2023, Gary E. Miller via Starlink wrote:
Yo Dave!
On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 19:38:15 -070
Yo Dave!
On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 19:38:15 -0700
Dave Taht via Starlink wrote:
> is here:
> https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/so-what-was-that-was-starships-launch-a-failure-or-a-success/
> with a thousand comments.
And missed a big part of the story:
https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/star
> On Wed, 26 Apr 2023, Rodney W. Grimes via Starlink wrote:
>
> > Now that water cooled steel plate, if you treat it like a sacrificial
> > anode in a water heater, ie you expect it to be erroded over time it
> > could get interesting.
>
> They are designing towards hourly launches, so I don't ex