Written by Rob The Watergod | 3/3/2021
Can you imagine a Tesla spaceship flying this year? Well your “Imagination” is coming true. SN9 flew high and then crash-landed on Texas’ Gulf Coast. Therefore, SN10 will attempt to improve on that performance. SN10 will have improvements that will help it succeed for example, the wiring is more robust, engines are more mature, and nosecone is sealed better. Elon MUsk tweeted “During the landing flip maneuver, one of the Raptor engines did not relight and caused SN9 to land at high speed and experience a RUD (Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly) We were too dumb. It was foolish of us not to start 3 engines & immediately shut down 1, as 2 are needed to land.” Elon confirmed in a Twitter response that all three engines will be lit during the next flip maneuver before deselecting the engine with the least lever arm “if all three are good.
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SpaceX Starship’s progress
As part of a description of the company’s overall Mars system architecture, then known as Mars Colonial Transporter (MCT). Launch vehicles and space capsules to eventually transport humans to Mars and return them to Earth. As early as 2007 however, Musk had stated a personal goal of eventually enabling human exploration and settlement of Mars. Including a 2014 statement that initial colonists would arrive at Mars no earlier than the middle of the 2020s. SpaceX began development of the large Raptor rocket engine for the MCT before 2014.
Musk stated in a 2011 interview that he hoped to send humans to Mars’ surface within 10–20 years. In late 2012 he envisioned the first colonists arriving no earlier than the middle of the 2020s. In October 2012, Musk first publicly articulated a high-level plan to build a second reusable rocket system with capabilities substantially beyond the SpaceX launch vehicles on which SpaceX had by then spent several billion US dollars. This new vehicle was to be “an evolution of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster much bigger [than Falcon 9].” But Musk indicated that SpaceX would not be speaking publicly about it until 2013. In June 2013, Musk stated that he intended to hold off any potential IPO of SpaceX shares on the stock market until after the “Mars Colonial Transporter is flying regularly”. Now everyone is waiting for SN10 to fly.
With all the improvements Elon Musk said that there is a 60% chance of SN10 to succeed in the test.
Big Falcon Rocket
In September 2017, at the 68th annual meeting of the International Astronautical Congress, SpaceX unveiled the updated vehicle design. Musk said, “we are searching for the right name, but the code name, at least, is BFR.” The Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), also informally known as Big Fucking Rocket. Was a 9-meter (30 ft) diameter carbon-composite launch vehicle, using methalox-fueled Raptor rocket engine technology.
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There are three versions: BFS cargo, BFS tanker, and BFS crew. The cargo version would be used to launch satellites to low Earth orbit—delivering “significantly more satellites at a time than anything that has been done before”—as well as for cargo transport to the Moon and Mars.
Mk1, Mk2, Mk3, Mk4
Mk1 and Mk2 were early prototypes of the final design for Starship. SpaceX completed the external structure of the Starship Mk1 in time for Musk’s public update in September 2019. Watching the construction in progress before the event, observers circulated photos online and speculated about the most visible changes. Including a move to two tail fins from the earlier three. During the event, Musk added that landing would now be accomplished on six dedicated landing legs. Following a re-entry protected by ceramic heat tiles. Updated specifications were provided: when optimized,
Starship was expected to mass at 120,000 kg (260,000 lb) empty and be able to initially transport a payload of 100,000 kg (220,000 lb) with an objective of growing that to 150,000 kg (330,000 lb) over time. Musk suggested that an orbital flight might be achieved by the fourth or fifth test prototype in 2020, using a Super Heavy booster in a two-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle configuration, and emphasis was placed on possible future lunar missions.
In September 2019, Elon Musk unveiled Starship Mk1, and on 20 November 2019, the Mk1 test article came apart in a tank pressure test in Texas. Mk2 was never completed. The same day, SpaceX stated they would stop developing Mk1 and Mk2 and move on to work on the Mk3 and Mk4 articles. Construction began on the Starship Mk4 in Florida by mid-October 2019. A few weeks later, the work on the vehicles in Florida paused, with eventual cancellation of Mk4. There was reportedly an 80% reduction in the workforce at the Florida assembly location as SpaceX paused activities there.
Conclusion
In conclusion, The SN10 is launching today and chances are that it will be a success. With Elon Musk’s improvements and SpaceX’s equipment, bringing people to Mars may become a reality. If you want Rob the Watergod to build your portfolio email us at info@Thompsonempire.com.
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