From: running_man@writeable.com   
      
   On 16/10/2024 02:08 Alain Fournier  wrote:   
   > 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:   
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   >>>>> 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.   
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   > Alain Fournier   
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   Elon now claims they will catch the Starship with the chopsticks too!! This   
   wasn't   
   in any of their original plans, was it?   
      
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