Close ups of the tail fins and the hull exterior have little hex tiles covering the entire tail fin assembly. There's also different sizes of tile. Exciting to see if that will be enough structural reinforcement.
randallsquared 18 minutes ago [-]
Yeah, the tile complexity is worrying. I hope they're able to simplify that or fully streamline the manufacturing and attachment. From the outside, the tiles seem like a Shuttle re-run, and refurbishment of those was one of the long poles in reuse.
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dmix 46 minutes ago [-]
One more week
> Liftoff will occur at 6:30 p.m. ET on Monday (May 19)
Yes, the linked space.com article has an error. The launch is happening Tuesday the 19th.
mcbits 37 minutes ago [-]
I prefer to call it an unplanned calendar learning opportunity.
kyriakos 29 minutes ago [-]
Page banned in my country apparently
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moralestapia 27 minutes ago [-]
Yay, go Elon!
What SpaceX has accomplished is just phenomenal.
vzaliva 21 minutes ago [-]
Reading reports of people objecting datacenters build in their states I wonder how Florida residents feel about the Spaceport ? It will certainly be more distruptive than datacenters.
nik282000 14 minutes ago [-]
There's only one Spaceport.
jdw64 3 minutes ago [-]
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tristanj 12 minutes ago [-]
A spaceport will probably use less water /s
On a more serious note, the Cape Canaveral area / Kennedy Space Center has a large amount of empty land to build space infrastructure. The island has been dedicated to space facilities since the 1960s. Both SpaceX and Blue Origin have facilities there.
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> Liftoff will occur at 6:30 p.m. ET on Monday (May 19)
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/...
What SpaceX has accomplished is just phenomenal.
On a more serious note, the Cape Canaveral area / Kennedy Space Center has a large amount of empty land to build space infrastructure. The island has been dedicated to space facilities since the 1960s. Both SpaceX and Blue Origin have facilities there.