Watching pieces of the ship melt off, but then seeing it make a relatively controlled landing, is perversely confidence building. If it can survive that kind of damage on a control surface maybe it's a quite robust craft.
Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico
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#82Incredible. And still, the guy who makes things possible again and again gets a lot of poison thrown his way. Human nature at work. On both sides.
How about the other 10K+ people who did the actual work to make this happen? Or is it all about that one guy? :)
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#83What the hell, half melted starship actually did the landing flip and hit the ocean slow!!! That was amazing!
yeah that was absolutely incredible to watch. Starships fin was melting away like the terminator robot in the smelting pot but it still did its job. Absolutely excited about the future of humanity and spaceflight!
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#84Incredible! Catching the booster next JIRA ticket.
I'd put Starship Soft Landing first. That's easy and safe-ish to try in a remote location. Vs. any little oopies on a Booster Catch could damage a load of high-value infrastructure.
>I'd put Starship Soft Landing first.
So that just happened. Been even better if the camera wasn't mostly melted, but looked like a slow enough landing.
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#85Holy shit, that was incredible. One of the fins burned half away and still managed to control for a soft splashdown. https://imgur.com/a/zNXUjbt
It was crazy seeing that thing show back up in the camera
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#86Incredible. And still, the guy who makes things possible again and again gets a lot of poison thrown his way. Human nature at work. On both sides.
Getting things done and being a shitty human being aren’t mutually exclusive.
Re: Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico
#87Incredible. And still, the guy who makes things possible again and again gets a lot of poison thrown his way. Human nature at work. On both sides.
How about the other 10K+ people who did the actual work to make this happen? Or is it all about that one guy? :)
It's not his work alone, but indeed it's all about one guy.
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#88Seeing the fin still moving and keeping attitude despite being chewed trough was amazing
As soon as I saw heat on that fin I knew it was over. Then it was… fine? Clearly I’m not a rocket scientist.
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#89Incredible. And still, the guy who makes things possible again and again gets a lot of poison thrown his way. Human nature at work. On both sides.
Getting things done and being a shitty human being aren’t mutually exclusive.
One of the humans who did the most for humankind. Being called names.
Shame.
Re: Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico
#90Incredible. And still, the guy who makes things possible again and again gets a lot of poison thrown his way. Human nature at work. On both sides.
Wait for the so called "mainstream media" headlines: Another Starship lost after falling into the Indian Ocean