Furor might be too, sibling.
Lol
I mean there will still need to be spring-loaded pins somewhere in order to make good connection. And tiny pins means someone will bend them by accident at some point. And the pins are still a little involved to make, so taking them off means the RAM can be made cheaper. So this means:
- if just replacing/upgrading RAM, then no need for extra pins to be made
- if adding ram to a slot that didn’t have any before, then can also buy pins or they can come in some kits or whatever
- when someone bends pins, then just the pins can be bought for a reasonable price, instead of replacing expensive RAM, or very expensive motherboard
That was one of the things that excited me most from the iFixit video; the (LGA?) pins are a separate part that can be replaced as well. Simplifies the motherboard because then there are just flat pads on there, which means they don't need to include the whole array of fancy pins for a second module if it doesn't ship with one.
Timestamped video link: https://youtu.be/K3zB9EFntmA?t=178
I think this is the correct link for the SpaceX official feed on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1LyxBnOvzvOxN
Looks like it's scheduled to start at 6:56 CDT now that launch is targeting 7:30 AM CDT.
Looks like some sort of fuelling is underway. Or at least chilling lines in the OLM and tower in preparation for filling.
Countdown and Flight Test Timeline (from SpaceX Site)
Countdown All times approximate Hr/Min/Sec Event
- 01:15:00 SpaceX Flight Director conducts poll and verifies GO for propellant load
- 00:53:00 Ship LOX (liquid oxygen) load underway
- 00:51:00 Ship fuel (liquid methane) load underway
- 00:42:00 Booster LOX load underway
- 00:41:00 Booster fuel load underway
- 00:19:40 Raptor begins engine chill on booster and ship
- 00:03:30 Booster propellant load complete
- 00:02:50 Ship propellant load complete
- 00:00:30 SpaceX flight director verifies GO for launch
- 00:00:10 Flame deflector activation
- 00:00:03 Raptor ignition sequence begins
- 00:00:00 Excitement guaranteed
Flight Test Timeline All times are approximate Hr/Min/Sec Event
- 00:00:02 Liftoff
- 00:00:52 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
- 00:02:42 Booster MECO (most engines cut off)
- 00:02:44 Hot-staging (Starship Raptor ignition and stage separation)
- 00:02:55 Booster boostback burn startup
- 00:03:50 Booster boostback burn shutdown
- 00:06:36 Booster is transonic
- 00:06:46 Booster landing burn startup
- 00:07:04 Booster landing burn shutdown
- 00:08:35 Starship engine cutoff
- 00:11:56 Payload door open
- 00:24:31 Propellant transfer demo
- 00:28:21 Payload door close
- 00:40:46 Raptor in-space relight demo
- 00:49:05 Starship entry
- 01:02:16 Starship is transonic
- 01:03:04 Starship is subsonic
- 01:04:39 An exciting landing!