TheYang@lemmy.ml to SpaceX@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoSix-Engine static fire of Ship 25twitter.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
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minus-squaredarknavi@vlemmy.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoDidn’t see a rain of tiles fall off so that’s good progress!
minus-squarefew@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSeems like perhaps a dozen fell off.
minus-squareTheHolm@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIS there better video to count tiles? But judging by integrated test failing tiles is not a big problem now.
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe leaked photos of the flight test ship before breakup didn’t show many tiles missing, so it’s still possible that the static fire environment is harsher, at least for vibrations, than the actual flight.
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoFor missing tiles, there was a before and after picture posted in the Starship dev thread: https://lemmy.world/comment/589873
Didn’t see a rain of tiles fall off so that’s good progress!
Seems like perhaps a dozen fell off.
IS there better video to count tiles? But judging by integrated test failing tiles is not a big problem now.
The leaked photos of the flight test ship before breakup didn’t show many tiles missing, so it’s still possible that the static fire environment is harsher, at least for vibrations, than the actual flight.
For missing tiles, there was a before and after picture posted in the Starship dev thread:
https://lemmy.world/comment/589873