RedFox Blog: The Race to Space Is Really On.
Post 784 13/1/21
SpaceX is really getting on with things. Just two weeks after SN8 Starship blew up on landing SN9 is ready for another attempt at going the full taking off and landing. Its actually on the launch pad and ready this week for the 12.5km launch. But there is more! Not only is SN9 ready but SN10 and 11. They are ready and waiting for the research to begin. One failure means that lessons can be learnt and a redesign can be done and another launch carried out. But this will also mean that the Starship building program can be like a well oiled conveyer belt jut rolling off Starships.
Practice as they say makes perfect. And in the Starship building program as well as the launch program sooner or later a successful launch and landing will be soon seen. Even at this very early stage SN 12,13,14 and 15 have all been seen in their building stage. And soon I can bet that we will see a fully built Starship going into orbit and then coming back to earth by the middle of the year. Excited ? You should be. This is an industrial attempt to establish a fleet of Starships by 2022. Yes! you have read this right a Fleet!. And that will mean that the moon is then just a short hop away.
Will Communities Get Together Again Like They Did In The Last Lockdown ?
It is now time again in the UK to have another Lockdown. The third the country has had to endure. But this time the Lockdown is much more stricter and those that the virus would put into hospital has to shield again. The Community groups that sprung up in the spring of last year have now reestablished themselves with even more people stepping up. Also they are answering the call to help with the vaccination program. This means those that are giving their time are now real heroes of our time. And should be given the recognition they deserve.
Throughout this pandemic every who volunteers are a real life hero. They put their community before themselves. They also might get the virus and have to self isolate. But! again they put their community first. So is there room for those real heroes ? Well lets hope so. Because when this unselfish act ceases then they should be all given a standing ovation. Although some will be embarrassed to what they have done. Its to them that we owe a lot. And during the second world war this was said about another group of heroes but it is worth saying. ” We owe so much to so many to so few”.