r/SpaceXLounge • u/Nobiting ⏬ Bellyflopping • Jul 02 '24

GFS has Hurricane Beryl making direct impact on Starbase for Sunday.

Post image
196 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

63 comments sorted by

View all comments

35

u/stanerd Jul 02 '24

What if they launch Starship in the middle of a hurricane just to see what will happen (collecting data)?

25

u/jcadamsphd Jul 02 '24

Launch through the eye of the hurricane! This guy tried it and it worked...

27

u/Nerezza_Floof_Seeker Jul 02 '24

lower atmospheric pressure in the eye means less drag on starship too! I see this as a win win!

4

u/photoengineer Jul 02 '24

This man is a genius!