From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday or thereabouts, Alain Fournier asked ...   
   > On 2024-10-15 4:28 p.m., Snidely wrote:   
   >> Snidely suggested that ...   
   >>> Alain Fournier in between]   
   >>>> On 2024-10-13 11:42 a.m., The Running Man wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>> Again: I predict NASA will verbally reprimand them to speed things up   
   >>>>> once   
   >>>>> they've had a successful flight.   
   >>>   
   >>> I don't think that's needed.  SpaceX is showing signs of being eager to   
   >>> meet the NASA milestones, which is part of why this launch had a catch and   
   >>> there was a lot of noise about the FAA holdup.   
   >>   
   >> Flight 6 has a launch license; same end points, additional objectives   
   >> allowed.  Do you think it will fly in December or January?   
   >   
   > The analysis of IFT-5 will probably call for modifications to Starship for   
   > IFT-6. It is hard to tell how much time those modifications will take. SpaceX   
   > seems to have made modifications after IFT-4 quite fast, so we know they can   
   > do it fast. But it's still hard to know how long it will take to do   
   > modifications without knowing what those modifications are. Nonetheless, I   
   > think December or January is a plausible timeline.   
   >   
   >   
   > Alain Fournier   
      
   I agree.  I suspect that most of the changes will happen in connection   
   with the outer ring of RVac bells.  Will this be a shielding change,   
   additional CO2, or a procedural change?  Will an entry burn happen   
   after all?  TBD, but it will probably be a quick change.  We'll be well   
   into V2 of the ship before V2 boosters roll out;  V1 boosters might get   
   re-used, but it needn't be rapid yet ... and swapping engines might   
   mean a mere couple weeks before 2nd liftoff.   
      
   /dps   
      
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