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* A month, yes, in Elon time. It's almost certainly going to be longer based just on past performance (though that performance is nothing short of astounding).
by cryptonector 5y ago
* A month, yes, in Elon time.
It's almost certainly going to be longer based just on past performance (though that performance is nothing short of astounding). They need at minimum to:
- get the chopstick carriage moving
and out of the way for launch
- get the water deluge system in place
- tank up enough water, LOX, and Methane
- build more of a blast barrier for the GSE
- maybe add a flame diverter
- test-fire BN4 on the launch stand,
testing all engines or enough that they
can be certain of the robustness of the
ignition sequence
- re-assemble the stack and load it with
liquid nitrogen to test structural
integrity under load
etc.