Starship Flight 3 as soon as tomorrow. Lots of excitement in the air down here around South Padre Island and Starbase.

Anybody in town for a Spring Break launch?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I have been notified that Village evacuation is a GO for launch attempt tomorrow! 🔥🚀🔥<br><br>⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NASASpaceflight</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/NHIfFIpLJ2">pic.twitter.com/NHIfFIpLJ2</a></p>&mdash; Mary (@BocaChicaGal) <a href="https://twitter.com/BocaChicaGal/status/1767952292567716212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Has the FAA given the green light?

Expected today. No sense of concern about that.

The thing that makes me wonder if perhaps we're really looking at Friday or Saturday, is Elon's post yesterday (coupled with the fact he then flew from Austin to Europe, rather than Brownsville/Starbase).

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Flight 3 end of week, pending weather <a href="https://t.co/DLGD6Vj7SB">https://t.co/DLGD6Vj7SB</a></p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1767643699016544300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Trying to decide if this is worth getting up at 5:30am...

Slacker...

But me too. Lol

You could probably roll outta the sack closer to 7am CT and still catch the good parts.

I'm looking at a 2am or 3am start to the day, getting to the Island ahead of as much traffic as possible. And then watching from a boat. Sleep for a few hours. And then afterparty at Starbase. 🤩

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SpaceX&#39;s Starship stack completed ✅<br><br>Launch NET March 14 (pending regulatory approval).<br><br>We still have spots available on one of the boats to see the most powerful rocket in history, launch from the closest and clearest publicly-available location 🙌<br><br>We will position the boats… <a href="https://t.co/NpGc8MpvE2">pic.twitter.com/NpGc8MpvE2</a></p>&mdash; Star✦Fleet Tours (@StarFleetTours) <a href="https://twitter.com/StarFleetTours/status/1766889954733351283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

...also want to head to the beach before I leave the Island and see if I can't recover any detached Starship tiles.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Look what <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeTegtmeyer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeTegtmeyer</a> found on the beach!!! Starship heat shield tile from world’s largest rocket! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/starship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#starship</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/spacex?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#spacex</a> <a href="https://t.co/FibIUtIah3">pic.twitter.com/FibIUtIah3</a></p>&mdash; Ellie in Space 🚀💫 (@esherifftv) <a href="https://twitter.com/esherifftv/status/1649194620838879232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

LFG! 🚀☘️

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Targeting Thursday, March 14 for Starship’s third flight test. A 110-minute launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT → <a href="https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK">https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK</a> <a href="https://t.co/hFq1L4w9et">pic.twitter.com/hFq1L4w9et</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768004039680426406?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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FAA just granted the launch license. Saw it on the NSF app.

:)

I had the exact same question for myself.

Fortunately, I got no sleep last night so should be out early…

The wind is being monitored. And Elon Musk is en route from London to Teterboro, NJ, hopefully just for a fueling pitstop and then onward to Brownsville/Starbase. Everything else in place for tomorrow morning.

T-30:00

https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1LyxBnOvzvOxN

https://www.spacex.com/launches/miss...rship-flight-3

Still drives me nuts that they still only broadcast on Twitter. I'll watch Everyday Astronaut instead I guess.

Liftoff!! 33 good engines

Crazy seeing those huge grid fins on SH moving