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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 ACCount37 »

cucumber3732842 wrote: post #18
ChuckMcM wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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)

>it will explode after it does because of physics Is this just a fancy way of saying lightweight fragile aerospace tube with hot stuff all over the outside and flammable stuff on the inside will not respond well to falling on it's side or is there some other thing going on here I don't know about.

No, that's exactly what happens. Most of the time.

There was a couple of times when SpaceX accidentally soft landed a Falcon 9 first stage into the ocean, and had it just float around. They're yet to do that trick with Starship though.

EDIT: Of fucking course.

Re: SpaceX Starship Flight 13 livestream [video]

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Post by usehand »

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)

I guess they also failed to explode it

Re: SpaceX Starship Flight 13 livestream [video]

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Post by hagbard_c »

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.

You don't need to virtue signal your dislike of Musk-the-person to be allowed to show your admiration for the exploits of SpaceX. I don't care what you think about Musk and I'm pretty sure I'm far from the only one. Yes, SpaceX is doing great, hopefully other companies will follow their clear lead and make space access more reliable and 'affordable' so that those great wheels-in-the-sky may one day become reality.

Re: SpaceX Starship Flight 13 livestream [video]

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Post by AlexErrant »

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.

I apply this mindset to Trump/politics too.

I fucking _loathe_ Trump. I still hope he makes America better. But god I fucking hate him. I think his policies are garbage, but I'd love to be proven wrong. All I see is bribery and nepotism... but yknow, he (finally) nominated Jared Isaacman. I'll fucking take it.

Musk is anathema. But yknow, I'm glad he's started the companies he has.

Re: SpaceX Starship Flight 13 livestream [video]

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Post by tuhx »

maxlin wrote: post #25
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.

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Re: SpaceX Starship Flight 13 livestream [video]

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Post by WalterBright »

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.

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Re: SpaceX Starship Flight 13 livestream [video]

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Post by ChuckMcM »

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)

And I sit corrected as it was able to lay down without rupturing the tanks and 'sploding. So that's another win.

What I find really amazing and cool is that while its reentering the engineering team can drive it around and look at heating effects on tiles/spars/etc all while retrieving telemetry by Starlink. What many people don't realize is that early capsules were the shape they were because that was the limit of what they could simulate for re-entry forces. The ability to get real time confirmation of systems response in re-entry is a capability that we've never had. So there's that.

So at this point it looks like they are down to un-reliabile raptor relights on the booster.

Congrats to everyone who worked on this.

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