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Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video]
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Re: Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video]
#32Stage 1 sucessfully caught. That was pretty incredible. I remember watching the Falcony Heavy launch when both boosters landed in sync. It's hanging pretty high in the air, I assume so the engines do less damage to the pad. One wonders how they're going to get it down. Do the chopsticks lower on the tower?
Yep, they handle all the mounting/demounting ops on the launch mount, so they have to be able to move along the tower.
Re: Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video]
#33NSF video: https://x.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1845442658203734384 Truly incredible. A day for the history books.
> NSF is not affiliated with NASA, but the initials in the URL are used with permission from NASA.
Re: Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video]
#34Congratulations to those working at SpaceX!
Re: Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video]
#35Video of the catch > Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster! https://x.com/spacex/status/1845442658397049011
Naive question: I obviously expect there to be flames from the engines, but there were flames on the lower sides for quite a while after the catch – is that expected?
My guess is that it's venting out the system pressure, and it's safer to burn it.
Re: Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video]
#36Video of the catch > Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster! https://x.com/spacex/status/1845442658397049011
Naive question: I obviously expect there to be flames from the engines, but there were flames on the lower sides for quite a while after the catch – is that expected?
who cares... they did it and it didn't burn up or destroy the platform. rest is just nitpicking
Re: Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video]
#37I would like to shake the hands of the steeley eyed rocket men and women who just landed a skyscraper with centimeter precision. Respect.
This one's for you. Hit it Perry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VJlHWESyLI
Re: Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video]
#38Video of the catch > Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster! https://x.com/spacex/status/1845442658397049011
Naive question: I obviously expect there to be flames from the engines, but there were flames on the lower sides for quite a while after the catch – is that expected?
You usually see some down near the engines after a Falcon 9 landing.
The vent out the side before touchdown didn’t look right, though. Something blew, but non-critically.
Re: Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video]
#39THEY REALLY CAUGHT IT!
Re: Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video]
#40Video of the catch > Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster! https://x.com/spacex/status/1845442658397049011
Naive question: I obviously expect there to be flames from the engines, but there were flames on the lower sides for quite a while after the catch – is that expected?
Probably not expected, but the nice thing is that they don't have to pull the vehicle off the bottom of the ocean to study what happened there.