I miss the time before X broke so many things, like official streams being on Twitch where I've already paid for ad free viewing.
My big gripe is that X videos don't seem to support Chromecast at all. I used to watch SpaceX launches on my TV :(
Starship Flight 7
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#52Oh no they lost the ship after the booster landed! Seems like they lost an engine, then I saw fire around the rear flap hinges in the last images before they cut out, and then the telemetry showed more engines shutting down until it froze. During ascent I also noticed a panel near the front fins that seemed to be loose and flapping. Probably not related but who knows. Edit: Here's a video of the aftermath. Strangely…
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#53I like how chopsticks catch (a very impressive feat) completely distracts everyone from totally fucked timeline and already spent budget on mars mission. Its like any criticism is being drowned in loud cheers. Only time will tell, but I hope I will be wrong on this one
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
They may have lost the second stage, though.
Yes, very much looks like it. I wonder how much of the second stage flight is autonomous and if they need to continually need to give it a go to continue, or if it aborts automatically after some time of lost telemetry. But maybe it already exploded anyways.
Probably self destructs if anything goes wrong
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Telemetry showed them lose engines one at a time, which isn’t a great sign.
I think that’s the normal shutdown order to reduce shock, the timing was exactly the expected second stage shutoff time if I understood it correctly.
One of the three sea level engines went out and stayed out. It didn’t look normal. The numbers stopped updating with one engine still on.
Re: Starship Flight 7
#56Oh no they lost the ship after the booster landed! Seems like they lost an engine, then I saw fire around the rear flap hinges in the last images before they cut out, and then the telemetry showed more engines shutting down until it froze. During ascent I also noticed a panel near the front fins that seemed to be loose and flapping. Probably not related but who knows. Edit: Here's a video of the aftermath. Strangely…
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#574M viewers. comparable to top politics events.
ship looks to be lost. this was the main part, so it's almost complete failure.
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#58What happens if the ship has exploded? Is there any kind of danger?
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#59Seems they lost the ship , it is supposed to be v2 and had several changes
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#60Amazing. 2nd ever catch of the booster via the 'chopstick' arms. Looks like the starship itself won't be splashing down west of Perth, instead telemetry has been lost (assuming RUD - "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly").