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   The Running Man to All   
   Re: Re: Starship IFT-3   
   14 Mar 24 14:53:27   
   
   From: runningman@writeable.com   
      
   On 14/03/2024 08:37  Alain Fournier    
    wrote:   
   > On 2024-03-13 5:04 p.m., Snidely wrote:   
   >   
   >> License dropped before 3:30PM CST today, and launch window opens at 7 AM   
   >> CST tomorrow, subject to weather, and runs about 110 minutes.? After   
   >> fueling starts, there is a little hold capability ... about 15 minutes,   
   >> per SpaceX in previous launch streams.? Fueling will be much faster this   
   >> time, almost half the time of fueling IFT 2.   
   >   
   > Boats in the Keep Out zone are delaying lift off. It should still be in   
   > this launch window.   
   >   
   >   
   > Alain Fournier   
   >   
   >   
      
   They got a lot further but both the Super Heavy landing and Starship reentry   
   ended in failure. Super Heavy seemed to lose control during the descent and we   
   don't currently know what happened to Starship but I assume it burned up.   
      
   NASA won't be too happy with this since it will make a 2025 Lunar landing all   
   but impossible. Even 2026 is dubious.   
      
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