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   Message 106,560 of 106,651   
   Alain Fournier to Snidely   
   Re: Scrubs not RUDs   
   06 Mar 25 19:35:07   
   
   From: alain245@videotron.ca   
      
   On 2025-03-06 7:16 p.m., Snidely wrote:   
   > 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   
      
      
   Not very different from the previous flight.   
      
      
   Alain Fournier   
      
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