From: alain245@videotron.ca
On 2024-03-20 10:14 a.m., Alain Fournier wrote:
> On 2024-03-20 2:58 a.m., The Running Man wrote:
>> On 19/03/2024 14:13 Alain Fournier wrote:
>>> Here is an interesting article about future Starship flights.
>>>
>>> spacenews.com/spacex-planning-rapid-turnaround-for-next-starship-flight/
>>>
>>> "SpaceX hopes to conduct the next launch of its Starship vehicle as soon
>>> as early May"
>>>
>>> And
>>>
>>> "However, Coleman said the agency wants to move to a process where the
>>> license is valid for ?portfolio of launches? rather than individual
>>> ones. That is particularly important, he added, because SpaceX is
>>> planning six to nine more Starship launches this year."
>>>
>>> That could accelerate Starship development.
>>>
>>>
>>> Alain Fournier
>>
>> First they need to identify the issues they had on the last flight and
>> rectify them. That alone could cost two months or more and I assume
>> the FAA license will take at least that amount of time.
>
> The FAA is concerned about whether the launch is safe for the public.
> Not about whether the rocket will be reusable. The boosters can impact
> the ocean at high speed, that isn't a problem for the FAA, only for
> SpaceX. The ship disintegrating over the Indian ocean is only slightly
> more problematic. SpaceX only has to show that the next launch is not
> likely to be worse than the previous one to get FAA approval.
>
> That being said. Of course SpaceX would want to figure out the problems
> and rectify them before the next launch. Gwynne Shotwell seems to think
> that it can be done for a May launch. She likely knows better than you
> and I.
>
>
> Alain Fournier
Note that the above mentioned early May for IFT-4 was suggested by
Gwynne Shotwell. Shotwell time is not like Elon time, it matches much
more closely normal time.
Alain Fournier
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