January 16, 20251 yr We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
January 16, 20251 yr Well done space cadet. We now have two threads for the launch! More is always better. 😀 Edited January 16, 20251 yr by martin-w
January 17, 20251 yr Author Whoops....... Edited January 17, 20251 yr by HiFlyer We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
January 17, 20251 yr That's all folks. Teachers tell the kids to wheel the TV out of the classroom.... 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
January 17, 20251 yr Apparently (according to Elon) there was an O2 / fuel leak into the area above the engine firewall. Pressure exceeded the vent capacity and *pop*. There's a cool video floating around of the exact moment it came apart (before the videos above), filmed from the Bahamas. I would say it was pretty eerie watching the livestream, hearing Space X announce that they lost the ship, then getting a message from a friend in Turks less than a minute later, with a video he filmed of the ship breaking up over his head (very much like the ones above). Surreal. Ship 33 was the first block 2 ship to fly, with thousands of modifications, and new plumbing, so a leak is not too hard to believe. Anyway. On to the next. DB
January 17, 20251 yr 4 hours ago, DaviiB said: Ship 33 was the first block 2 ship to fly, with thousands of modifications, and new plumbing, so a leak is not too hard to believe. Yep, exactly. Pretty much a new ship. Kaboom was always a possibility.
January 17, 20251 yr Author Respect, for the "Rapid Unscheduled disassembly". Meanwhile: Edited January 17, 20251 yr by HiFlyer We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
January 17, 20251 yr I was up flying over the Caribbean last night when this happened, people diverting all over the place, sounded like chaos. No one bothered to tell us anything so carried on in word not allowed bliss. 787 captain. Previously 24 years on 747-400.Technical advisor on PMDG 747 legacy versions QOTS 1 , FS9 and Aerowinx PS1.
January 17, 20251 yr 12 hours ago, HiFlyer said: Respect, for the "Rapid Unscheduled disassembly". I understand that back during the early days of the development of the jet engine, this was called "Catastrophic Self-Disassembly." I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to determine which one is better. Hook Edited January 18, 20251 yr by LHookins Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
January 17, 20251 yr 16 minutes ago, LHookins said: "Rapid Unscheduled disassembly" It’s being dishonest. It’s like saying… What will they do next, collect the pieces, reassemble it and it’ll be good as new? Something went wrong and it exploded. There has to be a special place in aitch-eee-el-el for public relations spinners 👹
January 18, 20251 yr 3 hours ago, Mike A said: It’s being dishonest. I think it's a joke. They needed a proper technical term for "blew the heck up." I think they nailed it. Engineers can have a weird sense of humor. Hook Edited January 18, 20251 yr by LHookins Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
January 18, 20251 yr 15 hours ago, Mike A said: It’s being dishonest. Yeah, as said, its a joke, humour, jest. Musk's sense of humour. Not supposed to be taken seriously.
January 18, 20251 yr Author 19 minutes ago, martin-w said: Yeah, as said, its a joke, humour, jest. Musk's sense of humour. Not supposed to be taken seriously. That "Oh, I/he/she was joking". Has become the increasingly overused go-to dodge after being called out recently, and it's gotten old. We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
January 18, 20251 yr 39 minutes ago, martin-w said: Yeah, as said, its a joke, humour, jest. Musk's sense of humour. Not supposed to be taken seriously. Was all the falling debris that threatened air traffic funny?
January 18, 20251 yr 23 minutes ago, HiFlyer said: That "Oh, I/he/she was joking". Has become the increasingly overused go-to dodge after being called out recently, and it's gotten old. Not really. This was an acronym coined right back to the first launch. Again, its just a joke. It's become a tradition when things go fubar. Nobody is trying to disguise an obvious rocket failure. its an obvious failure for all to see. Its humour only. You don't think Musk thought that if he referred to a RUD it would somehow hide the obvious fact it exploded, do you? 😁 I'm sure he thinks some of us are dumb but not that dumb.
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