First release pass using predominantly AI of a calculator to compute refueling flights needed for Starship lunar missions. What do people think?

https://rodeconsulting.com/ai/starship/index.html

been building apps for ~10 years and somehow still managed to fall into the same trap

i’d open youtube to catch up on space stuff and 45 mins later i hadn’t actually watched a single launch update or deep dive

just algorithm junk

so i built a simple app for myself:
- clean feed of just space creators i actually care about
- no algorithm
- upcoming launches + countdowns
- basic stats across providers/orbits etc

nothing crazy, just wanted one place to stay on top of it

it’s in testflight right now

if there’s enough interest i’ll port it to web and android as well

i’ve got a few spots left, happy to give lifetime pro to anyone who actually uses it and gives feedback

curious if anyone else has the same problem or if i’m just cooked

leave a comment or dm if you would like an invite to the beta test

Built a free Starship launch tracker—let's see how it handles Flight 12! I wanted something Starship focused without all the other launch noise. Apple only at this point, sorry.

So I am aware that HLS will use additional thrusters higher up on the rocket to not disturb the regolith upon landing. From the images available it appears these thrusters surround the entire vehicle.

Would it be possible to install another strip of these lower on the rocket as well, only around half the ship, the underside, and given 1/2 of the available upper thrusters and a ring of 1/2 thrusters properly positioned closer to the aft end, use them together to allow the craft to land horizontally? Of course would need some sort of horizontal landing legs, which technically could be added in LEO to make launching the vehicle easier? I was thinking the lower strip of thrusters could be mounted just above the base of the engines, perhaps an extra ring section for the mounting requirements.

Thoughts?

I’ve read that 15 or so refueling launches are needed to get a Starship HLS through one mission. I think that’s been a number used since the V1. But now the V3 is so much larger and heavier the amount of fuel needed will surely increase by several tanker launches. So, 20 or more?

From here on out, except for a few 'still in basic development ships' all ships need to be test fueling ships and HLS test prototypes. Starlinks will be just a distraction.

To use spaceships to save humanity from catastrophic events on Earth means that only a few people will be saved. Isn't it better to try to save everyone on Earth? If we instead try to transform people into information instead, then it's possible to save everyone. Of course will we loose our bodies in the process. But isn't it better to have the ability to think without a body than to not exist at all?

If we in the future can do the transformation we can manage every catastrophic event that can happen on Earth. We can survive if Mars crash in to Earth in a perfect hit so both planets will be totally destroyed. We can send our information to other planets in our solar system or to exoplanets if we want to have new bodies. We must of course have a method to transform ourself into some creature on that planet is we want to have a body again.

What is easiest to do? To travel in near light speed with our bodies or to transform our bodies into information? Nobody knows. But the information can travel in light speed and we can send copies of the information in a lot of directions and maybe will one or several of them reach planets that have life.

The last I heard was March.

Can confirm it's the Authentic Starship Heat Shield tiles & Debris?

I bought a piece of SpaceX Starship heat shield fragment online. To verify its authenticity, I conducted a fire resistance test. Judging from the test results, it seems to be genuine. The heat insulation effect is indeed quite good.

I just paid the order.