Rocket launches LIVE.

They have to to the "planet beater" before take-off.

Falcon 9 launches in about 12 hours.... 2.30am NSW time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VshdafZvwrg&feature=share

Looks like something from a Buck Rodger's episode.

Sure doesnt look the rockets weve seen in the past.
Ramjet could you knock up a comparison of the sizes compared to the Saturn rockets?. Would be interesting to see the difference.

These are not my images. Remember the Starship (BFR) has grown since last year and had a design change.

There a lot bigger than I thought.

The size of Starship is mind boggling. The Falcon 9 is about 24 stories tall and the first stage which falls back to Earth is a 14 story building. The Starship will be about 40 stories with just the booster stage taller than a Falcon 9

Interesting to see that the Saturn 5 designed by the engineer who
did what he did not want in the 3rd war still stands to this day as
the most successful design.
True, We are pushing the boundaries in what we have and understand
but, a major break through some where with what we have must I hope
must be coming shortly I hope.

A good article giving a summary of happenings at Boca Chica.

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/201...prJ4IzPyo3AUH9cqxJYMXNB0a0OBr2gnX4WSFQ7KbPciY

Scott Manley with an update on recent Spacex events.

[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/g4kEC_lVjtk[/video]

China's luna mission has sprouted the first ever plants to germinate on the moon. A small but vital step towards humans living on the moon, mars or any other rock in the solar system.

[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/g9yfWlzq5uU[/video]

Blue Origin will be launching another sub orbital flight in an hour or so. Tim Dodd starts a live feed in about 15 minutes. 1.20 am.

[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/JSNZTNg6kt8[/video]

Blue Origin's New Shepard had a perfect flight.

[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/YUzYCDbDlnc[/video]

The top section of the SpaceX Star hopper has been blown over in a storm. Looks like a write off but Musk has said it only took a short time to build it so to repair or build another won't take long.

A size comparison between Blue Origin's New Shepard, which flew this morning and the New Glenn, which comes online in 2021. Man that thing is going to be HUGE. Between this and the Starship from Spacex we are going to see some exciting times. Oh don't forget NASA is developing the SLS which may launch sometime..... in the distant future.

Jaros said:

https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/overview.html

Click to expand...

I was attempting to make a joke. The SLS has been in development for many years. They are using Space shuttle liquid fuelled engines as well as shuttle solid rocket boosters as part of the design. This is to save time and money. :lol: layful: It is decades late and billions over budget and still no real launch date in sight.

That's what happens when things are designed by committee and run by the government.

Oh Noooo it fell over... Anyone for some scrap stainless? Lol... Could only happen to Elon... {) :koala:

LW....