Ah, I thought they would at least set cruise control at a speed that was closing the gap.

Oh well.

Press conference is live on NASA TV if anyone is interested.

When are they gonna test fly the new Saturn 5 type heavy lift star ship rocket?

They're still working on it and doing ground tests (static fires). They were hoping to do a 15km hop with it soon-ish, but they ran into an issue with one of the engines in the last test.

It's tough to predict when a test flight will happen since they're constantly testing and iterating, but hopefully by the end of the year.

Has SpaceX even begun physical work on Super Heavy, or whatever the first stage is called now?

Yep.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨SUPER HEAVY STACKING🚨<br><br>SH01’s aft tank section is being moved into the high bay!<br><br>Photo - <a href="https://twitter.com/SpacePadreIsle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpacePadreIsle</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BocaChicaGal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BocaChicaGal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SpaceX</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Starship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Starship</a> <a href="https://t.co/2kn4lRUCaJ">pic.twitter.com/2kn4lRUCaJ</a></p>&mdash; Hello Red Planet! 🔴 (@HelloRedPlanet) <a href="https://twitter.com/HelloRedPlanet/status/1325481554328641536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

To clarify, they're hoping to "hop" Starship (the second stage) soon. Super Heavy SN01 is being built, but there hasn't been any timeline given for flying that one.

Just checked in. WTF is that?

https://www.spacex.com/launches/

Long distance shot of Resilience from the ISS?

Thanks!

I was in kindergarten when Apollo 8 launched and everybody was glued to the TV in the classroom. It was the First manned launch of the Saturn V and first trip to the moon. Incredible what Von Braun did with the fuel pumps for those first stage engines. 3,000 gallons a second if I remember right and the whole thing was 7 million pounds fully loaded. 1960’s technology and still the most powerful machine ever built by man.

They're doing a live event from Dragon here in a few minutes. (EDIT: Starts about 4:20 into the video. Elon would be proud.)

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Welp, they're hooked together. Woot..

I just watched the recording of the welcome ceremony, and wow, that's awesome. It never gets old. When the Japanese were talking it really showed, again, the good things that happen when people work together.

My wife gets to brag about talking to Von Braun in her apartment kitchen. His daughter was in college with her. Sorry a little off subject

That's cool as all get-out.

<samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">About 2 secs after starting engines, martyte covering concrete below shattered, sending blades of hardened rock into engine bay. One rock blade severed avionics cable, causing bad shutdown of Raptor.</p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1328742122107904000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </code></samp>