Comments on: Update on Starship: Flight of prototype #10 possible this week https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/update-on-starship-flight-of-prototype-10-possible-this-week/ Tue, 23 Feb 2021 20:04:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Dick Eagleson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/update-on-starship-flight-of-prototype-10-possible-this-week/#comment-1112944 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 20:04:16 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=73398#comment-1112944 Messes do not bother SpaceX. And, given the cost of jet engines, it is likely cheaper just to crash a few cheap prototypes than to go out of the way to save them.

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/update-on-starship-flight-of-prototype-10-possible-this-week/#comment-1112844 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 06:42:02 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=73398#comment-1112844 I just wish he would use landing jets at the ready to save the airframe so a rocket engine failure doesn’t make a mess. SRBs will help SLS leave the pad-and jets will help Starship return-so the failed part won’t be in a pile-helping forensics. Omit the jet pods later once things are perfected.

Starship is a child who needs training wheels to avoid a fall.

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