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   Snidely to All   
   Re: Scrubs not RUDs   
   06 Mar 25 16:16:19   
   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   on 3/4/2025, The Running Man supposed :   
   > On 04/03/2025 03:44 Snidely  wrote:   
   >> SapceX decided things weren't quite right, and after using a bit of   
   >> hold time to thump on things (figuratively speaking), kept Flight 8   
   >> unflown.   
   >>   
   >> Elon expects a destack.   
   >>   
   >> This dress rehearsal was going to be the quickest yet launch after   
   >> stacking.  The extra since Wednesday^W Friday was spent finishing some   
   >> of the deharmonizing work on the ship's tail end, it seems, following   
   >> the long static fire of S34 and the the update on Flight 7's RUD.   
   >>   
   >   
   > It's obvious SpaceX can't afford another RUD of Starship. The development   
   > is costing much more time than they initially expected and NASA is   
   > continually breathing down their necks to make Artemis 3 a reality.   
      
   Well, they caught a booster, but they lost the ship, with some of it   
   visible from the Palm Beach area.   
      
   /dps   
      
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