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It simulated a landing over the ocean, but there was nothing there to actually catch it.
Guess they didn't want to sacrifice "Of Course I Still Love You" for this test.
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iirc only 3 ignite for the landing burn, those engines are freaking monsters. I love how small they are, the latest Raptor revision is so slim and compact. The power density is just mind boggling.
You can see for yourself in the video - all 13 center engines attempt to light, and all but one do so.
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It did not land. The plan was not to attempt a landing. But it maintained a controlled descent into the ocean and splashed down upright.
Honest question, did they sink the remaining fuel? Or did they just burnt all remaining fuel whilst hovering? I would imagine that's pretty toxic. Edit: Thanks for the answers!
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It did not land. The plan was not to attempt a landing. But it maintained a controlled descent into the ocean and splashed down upright.
Honest question, did they sink the remaining fuel? Or did they just burnt all remaining fuel whilst hovering? I would imagine that's pretty toxic. Edit: Thanks for the answers!
Wait, did it land or not? Retrieved or sunk? Couldn’t tell from the video.
Plan never was to retrieve this one. It was to simulate a landing, but over the ocean and then sink. That looks like it happened successfully... of course we'll need to wait to hear if it actually did things like hover in the right spot, etc. But looked pretty good; despite what looked like some issues with engine lights.
The ocean landing is so cool. I believe they said that the next one they are going to try to land back at the tower? Seems plausible now.
I think that might be a second IFT away personally: I imagine they'd like to see no engine relight issues on descent for at least one more mission first, since slamming it into Starbase would be a shame.
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It did not land. The plan was not to attempt a landing. But it maintained a controlled descent into the ocean and splashed down upright.
Honest question, did they sink the remaining fuel? Or did they just burnt all remaining fuel whilst hovering? I would imagine that's pretty toxic. Edit: Thanks for the answers!
The rate of descent is absolutely astonishing, 8km -> 1km in 20 seconds, then just hovers above the water. Absolutely incredible work by the SpaceX team. Living in central Florida I cannot wait for the new launch facility to come online. We're going to have lines of spectators into the space coast like we did for the shuttle. If any of you are heading to Disney World you should stop by the NASA Kennedy Visitor Comple…
Yeah it’s hard to comprehend how powerful those engines are. The booster is relatively light without all the propellant and starship when it’s attempting to land, but it’s still 30 stories tall and I’m assuming it weighs dozens of tons.
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It did not land. The plan was not to attempt a landing. But it maintained a controlled descent into the ocean and splashed down upright.
Honest question, did they sink the remaining fuel? Or did they just burnt all remaining fuel whilst hovering? I would imagine that's pretty toxic. Edit: Thanks for the answers!