SpaceX's fourth Starship launch approved for Thursday

by mmwelt on 6/5/2024, 6:25:10 AM with 45 comments

  • by trollied on 6/5/2024, 6:59:27 AM

    The reentry videos during the 3rd launch were unreal. Live images of plasma dancing.

    Just looking at the 2 vehicles stacked also looks sci-fi.

    It's great being part of another space age, having missed the first one when it was at its peak. Exciting times.

  • by xixixao on 6/5/2024, 6:58:55 AM

    The most interesting part of the announcement is the agreed failure modes which won’t require the lengthy FAA mishap investigation afterwards (if they occurred).

  • by xnx on 6/5/2024, 7:09:11 AM

    11 hours ago. 11 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40578585

  • by choeger on 6/5/2024, 7:29:17 AM

    Let's hope they continue making progress. Expected failures are fine. Unexpected failures have the potential to derail such a program for years.

  • by ETH_start on 6/5/2024, 7:55:04 AM

    SpaceX's advances are one of the biggest sources of excitement about humanity's future for me.

  • by avmich on 6/5/2024, 2:59:57 PM

    Elon suggested SpaceX is going to have ~5-6 launches of Starship this year. It's interesting where we could expect the next launch, if everything goes reasonably well with this one.

  • by ChrisArchitect on 6/5/2024, 2:42:47 PM

    [dupe]

    Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40578585

  • by matthewfelgate on 6/5/2024, 10:23:38 AM

    I get the feeling it's going take several attempts before re-entry is a success.

    I have a feeling this launch will end exactly as the last one did.

    Just a personal opinion.

  • by baggy_trough on 6/5/2024, 8:50:37 AM

    Starliner or Starship launch next?

  • by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on 6/5/2024, 10:21:05 AM

    Hopefully they make it to orbit this time.