From: alain245@videotron.ca   
      
   On 2025-07-31 1:38 p.m., Snidely wrote:   
   > Lo, on the 7/15/2025, Alain Fournier did proclaim ...   
   >> On https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_flight_test_10 they write in   
   >> the rectangle on the right that the landing site for the Ship is   
   >> Starbase, OLP-B or Indian Ocean (planned), Gulf of Mexico (contingency).   
   >>   
   >> I *think* Starbase OLP-B as a landing site for the Ship of Starship   
   >> flight test 10 is an error on Wikipedia. Does anyone have information?   
   >> Is a landing at Starbase OLP-B a real possibility?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Alain Fournier   
   >   
   > No, Ship catch is no longer a possibility with Block 2.   
   >   
   > Roughly speaking, catch requires between 1-3 successful non-catch   
   > flights of the same configuration.  There aren't enough Block 2 ships   
   > left to check that box.  (It's a SpaceX requirement, not an FAA   
   > requirement.)   
   >   
   > Flight 10 and Flight 11 could do a /booster/ catch, but I don't think   
   > SpaceX has said whether they plan to catch either booster (again, for   
   > flight 10).  It's weighing how much they will learn about either or   
   > hardware or procedures against having obsolete hardware around.  The   
   > Rocket Garden tends to run full already.   
   >   
   > Finally, OLP-B isn't ready for catching.  The tower does have the   
   > chopsticks installed, and the chopsticks do move, but SpaceX seems to   
   > still be outfitting them.  And there isn't room below the chopsticks   
   > until the launch mount scaffolding is cleared out.   
   >   
   > (And that's before we argue about the naming of the pads ... SpaceX   
   > sources have been in occasional disagreement.)   
   >   
   > /dps   
      
      
   Thank you. The above mentioned Wikipedia article has been corrected on   
   July 19th.   
      
      
   Alain Fournier   
      
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