The only sad thing is that Musk hasn't been on any of them.
SpaceX Starship breaks up over Indian Ocean in latest bumpy test | SpaceX | The Guardian
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The only sad thing is that Musk hasn't been on any of them.
SpaceX Starship breaks up over Indian Ocean in latest bumpy test | SpaceX | The Guardian
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Originally Posted by harrybarracuda
So sad for the blind hate for achievement.
This flight is a mixed bag of success and failures.
Some improvements for the booster, in part successful, part not. Booster did not get to do a complete landing burn. The flight profile was experimental and turned out to be too aggressive. Improvements will be needed to make.
Starship did achieve the target trajectory. Fixes made were successful, the failures of flight 7 and 8 were avoided. But then the main tank lost pressure, which resulted in not being able to maintain attitude control. Starship reentered uncontrolled and burned up. Which means they could not verify the many improvements on the heat shield again.
Starbase is now ready for an improved launch cadence. The plan is to launch at least once a month now.
If you laud the achievement of destroying so many peoples' lives and gutting institutions investigating his criminal activities, then it's hard to argue with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Takeovers