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Originally Posted by astronobob
Ahh yeah, thats cool then they have it happening again, doesnt take long now,,,
Sorry, I was not trying to shoot the messenger here 'Glen' - just the current status when I checked, , and yes, Boca Beach has a priority over the week-ends, ,
Lets hope for further improvement of SN11's 10k Hop ?
Also not sure about BN1 being used for test flight in the sence, I heard it may be only used to work out how to handle and manoevre the towering thing, so Im not sure if its even fitted with fuel plumbing, header tanks, and engine mounting dome etc ?
Do you know of this ?
Cheers,,, interesting stuff fore sure ...
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Bob, Elon was quoted on the "What About it" channel, as indicating that BN1 would not fly, it is a pilot research vessel. It could certainly be used for pressure testing of the booster fabrication. Apparently, BN2 will be the first booster to fly. However, there is alot of work to do on launch facilities for the booster. Perhaps it thry are just going to hop it and test landing, without a Starship on top, maybe it could launch from one of the Starship pads.
What about it, in the last episode had good over head photos of the tower foundations bring built next to the orbital launch platform, which might be essential for the first orbital flight, which Elon claims is planned for July, but that is Elon time, it could be much later.