From: niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid
On 2021-07-18 0:21, Jeff Findley wrote:
> In article , jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca
> says...
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>> So I am quite curious why the teams working on the project don't have
>> proper landing gear yet, and thrusters still seem like experimental
>> thinsg mountied outside of fuselage with some discussions still going on
>> on what sort of fuel will be used.
...
>> And how come thrusters would be bolted on the outside at this stage of
>> development? Shouldn't plans already include the space needed for them
>> inside fuselage for aerodynamic pruposes and ensuring thry don't burn up
>> on re-entry?
>
> Because inside is LOX or liquid methane. They have to be on the outside
> (or inside the interstage). Aerodynamic fairings aren't needed for this
> first Super Booster test article. I'm not sure it will even fly.
Musk has confirmed that the booster currently being stand-tested will
not fly.
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>> As SpaceX has stopped testing the Starship in preparation for n
>> orbital flight later this year, I would have expected the Starship
>> to have advanced to a point where it is ready for orbital flight
>> with its components having been tested. Can it really do orbital
>> flighst and re-entry with externally mounted naked thrusters?
>
> Starship is ready for an orbital flight attempt. TPS covered
> aerodynamic surfaces have been spotted in Boca Chica. Again, the Super
> Booster prototype being tested now isn't the one they'll use for the
> orbital attempt. They'll likely have fairings over the thrusters for
> the orbital attempt.
Musk has said that the first orbital attempt will use cold-gas
thrusters, with the hot-gas ones to be used at some later point. I
haven't seen anything about how the cold-gas thrusters will be mounted,
though.
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