October 14, 2025Oct 14 At about 52 seconds into the vid, the stunned crowd goes wild. It actually worked! Think of that! Will wonders never cease? 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.
October 14, 2025Oct 14 Far be it for me to be a "Debbie Downer", but......when are we going to see SpaceX attempt a Starship capture at the launch tower? Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
October 14, 2025Oct 14 54 minutes ago, Christopher Low said: Far be it for me to be a "Debbie Downer", but......when are we going to see SpaceX attempt a Starship capture at the launch tower? Next year. They did the banking manoeuvre required to align with the tower before splash down yesterday. Intel Core i9-10900K at 5.2GHz, Corsair H115i PRO, ASUS MAXIMUS XII HERO Z490, G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 15-16-16-36, ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090, SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2 2280 1TB x 3, Corsair HX Series HX1000 Watt PSU, Pimax Crystal LIght.
October 14, 2025Oct 14 Fascinating stuff. Like many others here, not a big fan of Elon the person, but you have to give him and his company credit. They are doing incredible things with respect to future space travel and commercial lunches. Their rate of production for these spacecrafts is impressive, maybe part of the reason for their early failures. Does anyone else see the similarities. Buck would be proud! Edited October 14, 2025Oct 14 by tdflightsim Tom MAKA = Make America Kind Again
October 15, 2025Oct 15 17 hours ago, tdflightsim said: Fascinating stuff. Like many others here, not a big fan of Elon the person, but you have to give him and his company credit. They are doing incredible things with respect to future space travel and commercial lunches. Their rate of production for these spacecrafts is impressive, maybe part of the reason for their early failures. Does anyone else see the similarities. Buck would be proud! So often, life does imitate art. 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.
October 15, 2025Oct 15 It's the Starship Moon Lander version that fascinates me, and concerns, to be honest. Quite how you land a mega tall vehicle on the Moon's rocky surface on legs, I have no idea. The precision required to avoid boulders and the topple risk is extreme. Then we have the huge ladder that crew and vehicles will need to descend and ascend in the intended lift system. What happens in an emergency when you need to get somebody back inside? And what about the multitude of in orbit refueling that will be required before heading to the Moon? I heard 10-16 times! Edited October 15, 2025Oct 15 by martin-w
October 15, 2025Oct 15 55 minutes ago, martin-w said: It's the Starship Moon Lander version that fascinates me, and concerns, to be honest. Quite how you land a mega tall vehicle on the Moon's rocky surface on legs, I have no idea. The precision required to avoid boulders and the topple risk is extreme. Then we have the huge ladder that crew and vehicles will need to descend and ascend in the intended lift system. What happens in an emergency when you need to get somebody back inside? And what about the multitude of in orbit refueling that will be required before heading to the Moon? I heard 10-16 times! Totally agree. The design of this lunar lander scares the heck out of me. I think it needs to be much lower and squat for stability. I'm wondering if they could redesign a new lunar lander separate from the Starship? They could even launch them individually where they could later dock in space? Just a thought Tom MAKA = Make America Kind Again
October 15, 2025Oct 15 1 hour ago, tdflightsim said: Totally agree. The design of this lunar lander scares the heck out of me. I think it needs to be much lower and squat for stability. I'm wondering if they could redesign a new lunar lander separate from the Starship? They could even launch them individually where they could later dock in space? Just a thought It's already in the design and testing phase though. Not yet fully built. If they redesigned then I doubt they'd make the time frame. Same for Mars, Same concerns. Tall things fall over. Edited October 15, 2025Oct 15 by martin-w
October 15, 2025Oct 15 2 hours ago, martin-w said: It's the Starship Moon Lander version that fascinates me, and concerns, to be honest. Quite how you land a mega tall vehicle on the Moon's rocky surface on legs, I have no idea. The precision required to avoid boulders and the topple risk is extreme. For those Tintin readers, it looks like the Syldavian Lunar Rocket, but with smaller legs. Would it use nuclear propulsion too? Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
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