January 18, 20251 yr I kinda figured that might happen. Essentially I wondered if they had any liability for possible death or damage, or if they were immune somehow. 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 7 hours ago, TuFun said: Hazards to airliners Regardless of the airliner thing, it's normal for Starship to be paused after an issue. It's happened every time.
January 18, 20251 yr I doubt that Space X would have continued operations until they figured out what went wrong, regardless of the FAA stepping in. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
January 18, 20251 yr I loved the 21st Century CorpSpeak description of what happened : "rapid unscheduled disassembly" Back in my day we'd have said it blew the 'hell' up. Russell Gough SE London
January 19, 20251 yr 15 hours ago, sloppysmusic said: I loved the 21st Century CorpSpeak description of what happened : "rapid unscheduled disassembly" Back in my day we'd have said it blew the 'hell' up. Which makes me wonder if there is such a thing as a rapid scheduled disassembly? Jim BarrettLicensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.
January 19, 20251 yr 23 minutes ago, JRBarrett said: Which makes me wonder if there is such a thing as a rapid scheduled disassembly? Yes, when the flight termination system is activated. 😀
January 19, 20251 yr Good! It will give the creatures in the wildlife refuge next door a bit of a rest. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 20, 20251 yr 23 hours ago, birdguy said: Good! It will give the creatures in the wildlife refuge next door a bit of a rest. Noel Actually, it looks like there won't be much of a delay. It's SpaceX who are conducting the mishap investigation, as per the FAA request, and they pretty much already know the cause and remedy.
January 20, 20251 yr Administrators 18 minutes ago, martin-w said: they pretty much already know the cause and remedy. What?? Don't light the firecracker? 🧨 Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
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