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The 'worst' thing about watching space launches on streams is that you simply cannot grasp how ridiculously huge these things are. Even if, like in the stream t
by somenameforme 2y ago
The 'worst' thing about watching space launches on streams is that you simply cannot grasp how ridiculously huge these things are. Even if, like in the stream today, you see a water tower for some scale, the size discrepancies just make it so hard to intuit. Starship is 121 meters high. That's something taller than a football field, jetting off into space! I've only gotten to see a decommissioned Space Shuttle in person, but that was also amazing. Even its fuel tank [1] makes you feel just tiny, yet it's merely 47m. Getting to see Starship live would be such an amazing opportunity.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_external_tank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_external_tank
- tim333 2y agoI've got the black and white arty photo as my lockscreen which gives you an idea https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/E46BxzjjUkpthVBNE6k8mn-1920-80.jpeg.webp https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/E46BxzjjUkpthVBNE6k8mn-192...
- jstanley 2y agoIt reminds me of the old photos of builders eating their lunch atop half-finished skyscrapers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunch_atop_a_Skyscraper https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunch_atop_a_Skyscraper
- tim333 2y agoI think it was inspired by that. There's a high resolution version here: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=52398.0;attach=2051995;image https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;...
- TaylorAlexander 2y agoThey also did an homage to that in Westworld Season 3! https://www.postapocalypticmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/index5-3-1655990462-1536x768.jpg https://www.postapocalypticmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022... Via: https://www.postapocalypticmedia.com/westworld-season-4-filming-location/ https://www.postapocalypticmedia.com/westworld-season-4-film...
- sleepydog 2y agoThat's an incredible photo. Something about it makes me think of an old-timey silent film about alien invasions.
- ekanes 2y agoThat is an incredible picture, thank you.
- franzb 2y agoA striking picture! Thanks for sharing!
- pandemic_region 2y agooh wow, i always imagined those breaking fins to be about tennis racket size !
- adolph 2y agoThey look to be about 4m^2 in the main part. You could make a nice deck with one. Here is Musk describing them as a dinosaur bear trap: https://youtu.be/t705r8ICkRw?t=1714 https://youtu.be/t705r8ICkRw?t=1714
- bjelkeman-again 2y agoMy desktop. My login screen is two Falcon heavy side boosters landing.
- nerdjon 2y agoThat is still my favorite background. It still almost doesn’t look real.
- larrydag 2y agoMy opinion that is biggest fete of engineering in the last decade. Amazing
- ahsteele 2y agoDo you have a link?
- bjelkeman-again 2y agoNot sure where I found it. I think it is this. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Falcon_Heavy_Side_Boosters_landing_on_LZ1_and_LZ2_-_2018_(25254688767).jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Falcon_H...
- UberFly 2y agoHere's the full-sized pic: https://rare-gallery.com/mocahbig/1305111-SpaceX-Starship-Black-amp-WhiteStarship-and-Super.jpg https://rare-gallery.com/mocahbig/1305111-SpaceX-Starship-Bl...
- m463 2y agoI was going to say... who took the picture but nowadays it can be a drone.
- tim333 2y agoI was pondering but given the guys in the picture are on cherry picker type cranes, I'm guessing the photographer was on another of those. The quality looks a bit high for a drone.
- krisoft 2y ago> The quality looks a bit high for a drone. There are drones which carry full DSLR cameras or even cinematography film cameras. I don't think you will be able to tell if the camera was hoisted by a crane or a drone based on image quality. > given the guys in the picture are on cherry picker type cranes, I'm guessing the photographer was on another of those I don't think so! That picture appears to be the fitment check of SN20 with B4 on 06th of August 2021. I believe this picture shows the same scene from a different viewpoint: https://starship-spacex.fandom.com/wiki/SN20/Ship_20?file=E8H_KXbVgAMl_Wr.jpg https://starship-spacex.fandom.com/wiki/SN20/Ship_20?file=E8... As you can see the stack is standing next to the integration tower. If I were to hazard a guess most likely the photographer was on the tower. One could attempt to verify this by matching the terrain in the background with the view one would expect from the integration tower.
- jvm___ 2y agoIt was the first time the booster (bottom) and starship (top) had been mated together.
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- Aeolun 2y agoYou could not pay me enough to stand there…
- brookst 2y agoI would pay anything to stand there.
- mrkstu 2y agoI had that printed out as a poster, keep it on a wall in my office. It’s a great inspiration and looks great at the same time.
- dotnet00 2y agoI only live close enough to be able to see Enterprise, which didn't go to space, but I like to go there at least once a year, just because seeing the sheer size of it and knowing that all the Shuttles were like that is inspiring (the SR-71 helps too). I'm planning a trip to the space coast when family visits next year though.
- causi 2y agoMan I hope Musk names one of the Starships Enterprise.
- andromaton 2y agoBet he will
- rbanffy 2y agoHe doesn't give many Star Trek vibes though. Space Socialism isn't really his thing. What he could do (and Blue Danube yesterday gave me the idea) is to buy the PanAm brand and do a rebrand of the crew services at least to the ISS.
- jaggederest 2y agoStanding next to the S-IC stage from the Saturn V at Kennedy really puts it into perspective. And the Starship full stack is larger and taller than the Saturn V!
- JackFr 2y agohttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Saturn_v_liberty_comparison.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Saturn_v... Saturn V slight larger than Statue of Liberty. I never realized that.
- m463 2y agoMakes it look like the statue of liberty is pointer her thruster the wrong way.
- everyone 2y agoShe will not go to space today.
- ragebol 2y agoI have to admit that i found the statue of Liberty much smaller than I expected. Many things are larger than the statue, even when including the pedestal.
- httpz 2y agoIf you're in LA and want to see the first Falcon 9 that landed, you can see it displayed in front of Space X HQ. https://maps.app.goo.gl/2LMvohTfwJ1Sq3o56 https://maps.app.goo.gl/2LMvohTfwJ1Sq3o56
- dumpsterdiver 2y agoNot to mention the sight itself is much less notable than the sky-tearing pressure waves you experience when you’re on-site. As soon as those engines fire up it’s very obvious why it’s so much different from watching it on a screen - the sound. The sound is so immense that it almost acts as a sort of audio silhouette that reveals the curvature of the earth if you listen closely enough.
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- salesynerd 2y agoOr, could it be the genuine excitement of the SpaceX team that was getting captured in the stream? As the commentators mentioned, the team were able to read the telemetry data even when the onboard camera became dysfunctional. And, I'm sure that lots of viewers were also cheering for the flap.
- ridgeguy 2y agoThe on-site audience might have access to milestones the rest of us don't see, hence the "for no apparent reason" cheers. I'm delighted by the cheers. They're doing amazing things, and I'm pleased by their passion.
- bradgessler 2y agoIt’s bonkers how quickly such a large steel object goes from 0kmh to 100kmh+ so shortly off the pad.
- sandworm101 2y agoWork around ships and those rockets will seem very much smaller. Try walking under the hull of a tanker in drydock. While we call SpaceX rockets "big" by aerospace standards, they land on barges we call "small" by maritime standards.
- larrydag 2y agoFor comparison the Statue of Liberty is 93m. Big Ben is 96m.
- nextaccountic 2y agoSo this means we can strap some rockets to it and send the Statue of Liberty to space?