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jamesbideaux t1_j7ry8qo wrote

Reply to comment by RoosterTheReal in SpaceX president/COO Gwynne Shotwell says they're attempting Starship's 33-engine static fire test tomorrow, Feb 9. by spsheridan

nasaspaceflight (not part of nasa) has permanent streams of starbase operations, and cape operations. I am sure lap padre will also livestream it.

Keep in mind that falcon heavy uses 27 engines at the same time (+1 on the upper stage).

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RoosterTheReal t1_j7s0ra2 wrote

That’s a lot of engines. I hope it lights up with no problems

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Dont_Think_So t1_j7vkk0f wrote

SpaceX has more experience than anyone else in lighting dozens of rocket engines at once. They've never had a Falcon Heavy failure in 5 years of operation.

It's not the number of engines that's the concern, it's the sheer power. This is the most powerful rocket ever made. It produces as much thrust as two Saturn Vs. The danger here is that something on the ground gets damaged by the sheer magnitude of this thing. And failure here is very possible.

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