“@RenataKonkoly @Erdayastronaut @SpaceX It’s also because of the Spitfire engine & wizard”
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“@Erdayastronaut @SpaceX Merlin is very simple compared to Raptor”
“@ravikumarpulapa @SpaceX Yes”
“@TesLatino @flcnhvy @anime_virus @thirdrowtesla @MFrunker @SpaceX It’s made of a special dark foam that’s extremely radio transparent, so as not to affect the phased array antennas. Looks a lot like a car sun visor.”
“@alvianchoiri @Erdayastronaut @BocaChicaGal @NASASpaceflight @SpaceX Pretty much”
“@Erdayastronaut @BocaChicaGal @NASASpaceflight @SpaceX Mechanically attached to steel studs. Insulation is certainly the intention!”
“@Erdayastronaut @teslaownersSV @NASA SpaceX has a lot of experience berthing & now docking with @Space_Station, which is very difficult. Orbital refilling should in theory be easier, since Starships dock with themselves & will be uncrewed at first.”
“@Peter_J_Beck @thesheetztweetz @ulalaunch @torybruno @SpaceX 10% would be impressive. Anything below a 20% payload hit would be outstanding.”
“@Teslarati Pretty much, although we also sent some Medtronic units, which are meant for extreme situations. Those require a lot of work to set up & operate. Should be used sparingly. SpaceX is making the valve at the heart of that system.”
“@katlinegrey @Zvezdichko @SciGuySpace Strange, as SpaceX lands on land frequently. Russia has very talented engineers, but they must be given reusability as goal or success is impossible.”
“@SciGuySpace SpaceX rockets are 80% reusable, theirs are 0%. This is the actual problem.”
“@Erdayastronaut @SpaceX Aim for zero velocity just above surface & fall. You won’t fall fast.”
“@teslaownersSV @28delayslater @thirdrowtesla Bought, but SpaceX is spooling up to manufacture proportional solenoid valves for Medtronic (confirmed as critical today with chair & CEO) https://t.co/zIuesSaXrZ”
“@Erdayastronaut @SpaceX @flightclubio Mass of initial SN ships will be a little high & Isp a little low, but, over time, it will be ~150t to LEO fully reusable”
“@RenataKonkoly @moskov Yeah, SpaceX is working on ventilators too”
“@M_Mosseri @SpaceX @NASA @NASA_Astronauts Yes”
“@Erdayastronaut @SciGuySpace Last launch aborted due to slightly high power. Possibly, but not obviously, related to today. This vehicle has seen a lot of wear, so today isn’t a big surprise. Life leader rockets are used only for internal missions. Won’t risk non-SpaceX satellites.”
“@KMastersBarnes @SpaceX Yeah, most reflights ever!”
“@Erdayastronaut @SpaceX @BoeingSpace @ulalaunch @Boeing Slight booster length increase to 70m, so 120m for whole system. Liftoff mass ~5000 mT.”
“@Universe_SkyArt @TwitterSupport I just sent a note to Twitter to clarify that posting SpaceX videos is fine by us and we paid for rights to Bowie song for the Falcon Heavy launch”
“@SpaceX Testing Raptor in vertical configuration (on the giant tripod) should allow us to simplify some aspects of the engine design”
“@JaneidyEve @JakeTheHuman28 @tesla_truth @Twitter Posting SpaceX videos is definitely not copyright infringement!”
“@yourfavgas Probably 6 months or so. 301 is certainly fine for orbit, but SpaceX 30X will be better.”
“@RationalEtienne @JedIKni64072970 @archillect @OpenAI @austinbarnard45 @SpaceX Ok”
“SpaceX started with a mariachi band party. Great vibes here in Boca Chica, Texas!”
“@Erdayastronaut @vincent13031925 We saw them a lot launching from Kwajalein in the early days of SpaceX”
“@Mike_Seeley @WeReportSpace @SpaceX Great shot”
“@Erdayastronaut @Blamblas @latimes @SpaceX @blueorigin Exactly. Mars propellant production will combine atmospheric CO2 & water (ice) to make CH4 (methane) & O2. Will do same on Earth long-term. Short-term, each Falcon flight uses roughly same fuel mass as a 747 flight. Falcon is ~71% oxygen & Starship is ~78%, so mostly not fuel.”
“@HarryStoltz1 @Erdayastronaut @SpaceX First two domes of SN1 are almost complete”
“@JaneidyEve Yeah, we just finished two more propellant domes. SpaceX team & supporting suppliers are doing amazing work ramping Starship production.”
“@TJ_Cooney @SpaceX Nice shot”
“@SpaceX Dragon trunk from in-flight abort test is in surprisingly good shape! https://t.co/IGeffiNh9A”
“@JimBridenstine @NASA @SpaceX @Commercial_Crew Thanks on behalf of the @SpaceX team! Thank you also for the support @NASA has provided over the years, without which this would not have happened.”
“Dragon Spacecraft supersonic abort test coming up either tomorrow or Sunday, depending on weather @NASA @SpaceX”
“@Alejandro_DebH @macshlibber @SpaceflightNow Advancing humanity’s understanding of the Universe is a fundamental motivator for SpaceX! Starship can put giant 🔭 in orbit & on moon. With an occluder, could image 🌏 in other star systems.”
“@bluemoondance74 @flcnhvy @SpaceX Should be able to post video of Raptor on Tripod soon”
“@flcnhvy @nextspaceflight @SmileSimplify @SpaceX Ok, tho could be gnarly”
“@nextspaceflight @SmileSimplify @SpaceX Destroyed in Dragon fire”
“@SmileSimplify @SpaceX We tried to design a way to save B1046, but not possible 😞”
“Congratulations Tesla & SpaceX on great 2019! You rock!! Looking forward to epic 2020 ♥️🚀🛰🚘☀️”
“@EverydayTesla Yeah, engineering is ~90% of my time at SpaceX & about ~60% at Tesla”
“Was up all night with SpaceX team working on Starship tank dome production (most difficult part of primary structure). Dawn arrives … https://t.co/SzyDSYUYOu”
“@therealcliffyb @Tesla @SpaceX Truth”
“If Tesla & SpaceX go bankrupt, so will I. As it should be.”
“@SpaceX Telemetry indicates soft touchdown on the water, so fairing might still be reusable”
“@SpaceX Sigh …”
“@bluemoondance74 @ThugsAndMiracle @tfspeakcies @DearHistorians @DeepintoHistory @HellenisticPod @TrueConsPod @IWBpodcast @Coffincast @CacheHistory @AgeofVictoria @ForYourRefPod @WWIIPodcast @namelessdeadpod @ZombieFishbowl @AgeofNapoleon Raptor is making great progress! Just finished an engineering review with SpaceX Propulsion. Engine SN 17 is about to ship to McGregor with some holiday style 🎄😀 https://t.co/3JNIyxY9H0”
“@Erdayastronaut @SpaceX Absolutely, but to move to Mk3 design. This had some value as a manufacturing pathfinder, but flight design is quite different.”
“@bluemoondance74 @flcnhvy SpaceX engine production is gearing up to build about a Raptor a day by next year, so up to 365 engines per year. Most will be the (as high as) 300 ton thrust (but no throttle & no gimbal) variant for Super Heavy. Cumulative thrust/year could thus be as high as 100,000 tons/year.”
“Cybertruck unveil on Nov 21 in LA near SpaceX rocket factory”
