SpaceX Starship & Super Heavy booster [Raptor Vacuum breathes fire]

[Dr Mordrid]

Raptor Vacuum (RVac) breaths fire!

Were talking an engine more powerful than the RS-25 used in the Shuttle and SLS, but smaller.

This is RVac B, which will be good for orbital & cislunar. RVac C gets an optimized specific impulse (~380) for Mars etc.

The Starship gets 3 of these, plus 3 sea level Raptors..

And, as promised, RVac can also fire at sea level o_0

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1309317126130339845

[Dr Mordrid]

Starship SN-08 cryo-testing

Primary date: Tuesday, September 29
Secondary date 1: Wednesday, September 30
Secondary date 2: Thursday, October 1
Times: 2200 - 0700 Eastern

[Dr Mordrid]

SN-08 rollout - and she's now at the test stand.

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https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1309909732954533889

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Elon Musk@elonmusk
Sep 26, 2020
Replying to @elonmusk
Nosecone & front flaps next week. SN9 next month.
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First flight is to 15km or ~50,000 ft

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1309910946219876353

[Dr Mordrid]

Super Heavy parts (upper dome, fuel stack, ring stacks), new crane assembly, launch table construction, etc.

[Dr Mordrid]

Thread 2

http://www.murc.ws/showthread.php?73911-SpaceX-Starship-amp-Super-Heavy-updates-(thread-2)