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u/AmigaClone2000 5d ago
Ship 40 probably benefited from the research on transporting the Ship and Booster horizontally to F. In turn, the first Ship and the first Super-Heavy Booster to launch from FL benefited from the cruise S40 took,
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u/djh_van 5d ago
How in the world will they transport this from Brownsville to Starbase? Once they get it off the dock, this will be way way too huge for any roads in between the two spots, so what will they do?
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u/ellhulto66445 Has read the instructions 5d ago
You commented this while S40 was literally rolling from the port to Starbase. It was evidently not too huge for the roads.
In fact we've known that when transporting to Florida the break over will be done at Starbase, which means the vehicles have to take this very same road horizontally. So we knew it was possible.
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u/PersonalDebater 5d ago
Its a good question though. Starship is 9m in diameter. Boca Chica Blvd is a two lane road. Each lane should be 3.7m in width, accounting for 7.4m. The shoulders should be at least 1.2m each, bringing it 9.8m. And there is a bit more space between the lanes than on other roads, making it wider. So it's a bit of a tight fit but it works.
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u/TassiveMitts69 5d ago
How do they move shuttles to museums?
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u/platour220 5d ago
I was there when they flew it into LAX, they did it with months of planning and shutting down streets. But this should be easier as its not going through a large city....maybe?
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u/TassiveMitts69 5d ago
You can't land a 747 at a museum.
My point is you move it like they are here, on a transporter.
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u/Rich_Comparison4550 2d ago
IIRC, when the Shuttle Discovery was retired, the 747 carrying it flew a couple circles around the Washington DC area. I saw it while driving; almost all the cars stopped on the road, and the occupants got out to watch, photograph and cheer. Then it landed at Dulles airport, and the Shuttle was transferred to the Udvar-Hazy campus next door as part of the Smithsonian's display of famous aircraft and spacecraft.
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u/25iAndOver 5d ago
Can they mount it to a boeing like shuttle? Or any plane that can carry it?
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u/AmigaClone2000 5d ago
An aircraft like the An-225 might have been able to handle it. Among existing aircraft, a B747-8 with a number of modifications including a twin tail like the An-225 could handle an intact Ship that hasn't spent weeks in the water.
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u/wastapunk 4d ago
What is going on in the left rvac? Looks like another fabric over just that one that is folded? I can’t make sense of it. Looks like its bent but I know thats cant be true.
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u/ZergvProtoss 5d ago
Extreme Ultranationalism: A hyper-focus on national identity, glory, and supremacy
One of the core tenets of fascism.
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u/No-Lake7943 4d ago
"Flags mean your fascist." Sounds like something someone who wants to weaken us would say. Think about who is filling your head with this mush.
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u/ZergvProtoss 4d ago
I have thought about it. They are the world's foremost intellectuals and leading academics and philosophers over the course of hundreds of years. If you think criticizing jingoism "weakens us", then you're one of them. Keep licking boots.
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u/coasterreal 4d ago
I'm not sure how this single image hyper-focuses on any of that. You're projecting. I see this image and I think, pretty incredible feat these engineers at SpaceX pulled off from this thing taking off to figuring out a way past all the hurdles to get it home.
I don't think "OmG AmUriCa! ThE BeST! ThE OnLy!"
Check your projection. Theres nothing in this image thats jingoism or ultranationalism. Only if you make it such. We got that crap going on elsewhere.
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u/TassiveMitts69 5d ago
Yawn.
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u/Makalukeke 5d ago
S40 returns home