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Ccontrarian replied to the thread SpaceX could launch 1st Starship to orbit in January, Elon Musk says.It seems the whole project is overly ambitious, or they are pushing it too fast. Knowing Musk, that may be the whole problem. Their...
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Ccontrarian reacted to newtons_laws's post in the thread SpaceX could launch 1st Starship to orbit in January, Elon Musk says with
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Well three and a half years later Space X still hasn't launched a Starship to orbit - sub-orbital yes, but not into orbit yet. Sadly... -
Ccontrarian replied to the thread Cosmic miracle!' James Webb Space Telescope discovers the earliest galaxy ever seen.Webb certainly has shaken the boat up. And I agree that its data will not be enough, and it is doubtful that there will ever be a means...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread Cosmic miracle!' James Webb Space Telescope discovers the earliest galaxy ever seen.Clearly there are a number of variations on the theory coming out with the new data - it depends on who is commenting. Nobody knows...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread Cosmic miracle!' James Webb Space Telescope discovers the earliest galaxy ever seen.There is clearly a hot debate on the BBT. Here are some comments from a cosmologist as to why there is such debate, based on JWST data...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread Cosmic miracle!' James Webb Space Telescope discovers the earliest galaxy ever seen.All of what you are posting is open to debate, and I am not going on with it endlessly. Like you, I have not kept up with some of this...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread Cosmic miracle!' James Webb Space Telescope discovers the earliest galaxy ever seen.I discount certain aspects of it. The recent data from the JWST might provide some evidence to support this. I keep reading about how...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread Cosmic miracle!' James Webb Space Telescope discovers the earliest galaxy ever seen.What is the evidence for this? None. Smaller stars have been forming since the cosmic dawn, and cranking out lots of heavy elements by...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread Cosmic miracle!' James Webb Space Telescope discovers the earliest galaxy ever seen.All larger stars produce most of the natural elements that we know of, and they have been doing this for billions of years. These...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread Cosmic miracle!' James Webb Space Telescope discovers the earliest galaxy ever seen.Primordial black holes are also postulated to have formed very early after the BB (before or during the formation of H and He), and...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread SpaceX launches Starship Flight 9 to space in historic reuse of giant megarocket (video).One possible reason is a hardware problem in one of the engines may have caused excessive "harmonic response" in the upper stage. This...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread SpaceX launches Starship Flight 9 to space in historic reuse of giant megarocket (video).I understand your mistake. It happens to me from time to time, sadly.......... And I understand the use of so many engines. But it...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread SpaceX launches Starship Flight 9 to space in historic reuse of giant megarocket (video).It actually burns liquid methane, which is very cryogenic and much more difficult to handle than propane. Also of concern are those 33...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread SpaceX launches Starship Flight 9 to space in historic reuse of giant megarocket (video).The Saturn V had no failures on its learning curve. Just now reading that the second and third stages of the Saturn V burned H2 and...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread SpaceX launches Starship Flight 9 to space in historic reuse of giant megarocket (video).Is SpaceX's Starship methane fuel a problem with all these failures? Google AI tell us that "Methane, when mixed with liquid oxygen...
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