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SpaceX Starship Flight 13 livestream [video]

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Re: SpaceX Starship Flight 13 livestream [video]

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Post by ls612 »

davmar wrote: post #15
ls612 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Damn so this probably means another identical suborbital flight in 6-8 weeks. It is looking less and less likely that we will see either prop transfer or a ship catch this year.

i don't think so - the ascent looked good. i don't think they need to put the ship on another suborbital trajectory because the booster landing burn failed. also, i don't think this impacts prop transfer or ship catch - both are separate problems.

I think this is technically true but that they want a seamless suborbital flight (like the last two for the Block 2) before they move forward on those other goals.

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Post by amanaplanacanal »

appplication wrote: post #19

It’s interesting the cognitive dissonance this brings out in me. As much as I think Musk carries a fairly reprehensible aura, I would still like to see SpaceX succeed. Space has a funny, transcendent way of inspiring us.

The tiny part of SpaceX that is actually about space, yes. Unfortunate that it has been bolted onto the hulk of Musk's AI fever dreams.

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Post by andsoitis »

ACCount37 wrote: post #20
fsloth wrote: post #11

Whoa the acceleration from the start surprised me. It’s huge and it just … zipped off the pad like a bullet (ok not real bullet but still).

They juiced the engines up big time with the Raptor 3 upgrade. The rest of the stack is leaner and meaner too, but engines are the single biggest upgrade. It's why they have plans to elongate the stack further. If they have this much TWR to go around at liftoff, they can afford to cash in that extra thrust to pack more fuel.

> they have plans to elongate the stack further

Elongate the stack.

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Post by DetroitThrow »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #16
georgeburdell wrote: post #2

Seems like the booster landing burn did not light all the engines and so it crashed into the water.

Yup. Some of the Youtubers (like NASA Spaceflight) had video of it hitting the water pretty fast and hard. That said, this is the only test failure so far. I'm cautiously hopeful they get Ship to touch down. (it will explode after it does because of physics but stepping lightly onto the ocean will be a win)

How many times have they managed to catch it in the last 8 or so missions? There have been a few misses like this already with the boosters

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Post by yieldcrv »

amanaplanacanal wrote: post #22
appplication wrote: post #19

It’s interesting the cognitive dissonance this brings out in me. As much as I think Musk carries a fairly reprehensible aura, I would still like to see SpaceX succeed. Space has a funny, transcendent way of inspiring us.

The tiny part of SpaceX that is actually about space, yes. Unfortunate that it has been bolted onto the hulk of Musk's AI fever dreams.

Even at $38/share it will still be number 20 on the fortune 500 by marketcap

Too bad for Elon gullibles its at $113/share

but its a great company at $38

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Post by maxlin »

modeless wrote: post #14

Successful Raptor on-orbit relight demo! That should clear the next flight to go to orbit and deploy operational satellites! Big milestone for the program. And the ship landing was so soft it didn't even explode! That's never happened before. And it's still connected to Starlink too. The ship's cameras are still working underwater! I wonder if they will be able to recover it intact? We're getting some great views of…

My brain refuses to resolve the effect of it as anything but CGI. Event though it isn't.
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