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I’m old enough to remember the Apollo program. Not one Saturn V blew up on launch. I guess we had a different notion of “success” back then.
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Isn't reentry supposed to be the hard part? How was this a success?
The largest rocket ever built just got to space for the first time. Even without re-entry this is a milestone. They have a production line to build these things. They’ll roll out the next one and try again. It’s not like SLS where everything is expected to work perfectly.
Now that we have the person who knows more about manufacturing than anyone else alive in charge I’m sure these glitches will get sorted out.
I’m old enough to remember the Apollo program. Not one Saturn V blew up on launch. I guess we had a different notion of “success” back then.
(A fusion bomb generates more power for a minuscule period of time, but that sort of competes in a different class.)
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Probably related to the tons of rocks and dirt thrown up during excavation of the surprise flame trench during the first test.
I think the only one who was surprised by that outcome was Elon.
The engines on the first stage did well in this test. During the first test they were malfunctioning like crazy.
Probably related to the tons of rocks and dirt thrown up during excavation of the surprise flame trench during the first test.
In spite of this, it was still a great success.
> SpaceX Loses Starship Spaceraft During Test Flight It's really a glass half empty headline, isn't it? It's like if someone got bronze at the Olympics and the headline were, "Athlete loses to multiple opponents, fails to get gold or silver medal."
Worth noting, the first stage flight probably constitutes the most powerful machine ever successfully operated by humankind, no? (A fusion bomb generates more power for a minuscule period of time, but that sort of competes in a different class.)