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On 5/30/2025 3:42 AM, Charles Packer wrote:
> On Thu, 29 May 2025 14:55:25 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> 
>> On 5/29/2025 4:05 AM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>> Bummer.
>>>
>>> Next they're going to explode when they come down.  Has this been
>>> thought through?
>>
>> This is engineering development at its finest.  Simulation only gets you
>> so far.
>>
>> SpaceX is working an incredibly complicated problem.  Weight versus fuel
>> and thrust.  The materials are also a serious complication as the
>> temperature of outer space is extremely variable from cryogenic to hot
>> (the unfiltered Sun shining on parts).
>>
>> Lynn
> 
> In the early days of the U.S. space program there were numerous
> spectacular failures.
> 
> BTW there must be a factory where a huge amount activity is going on to
> build all the boosters, etc. What I found wasn't too informative:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrR31nHCV-U
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFqjoCbZ4ik
> 

The factory is also at Boca Chica, about a mile from the launch site.
It is indeed busy.

pt