by indoordin0saur on 6/6/2024, 5:14:46 PM
by mjamil on 6/6/2024, 5:14:24 PM
Has SpaceX shared plans on where Starship goes from here? Other than the minor hiccups (a couple of engine misfires; a damaged flap), this looked like a wildly successful test. I'm especially curious to know when they'll start successfully recovering the booster and Starship.
by Raydovsky on 6/6/2024, 5:09:31 PM
The internet is weirdly quiet about this achievement
by bandyaboot on 6/6/2024, 6:43:13 PM
It seems like a lot of people are making too much out of the fact that the ship survived re-entry. On a test flight, the difference between “the heat shield failed around the flap causing severe structural damage, but it held together enough to make it through re-entry” and “the heat shield failed around the flap ultimately resulting in a RUD” is not particularly significant. The implication for both is that there are major engineering challenges yet to be solved for managing re-entry. Don’t get me wrong, this was a successful (and wildly entertaining) test flight and I think SpaceX will get re-entry sorted out.
by gnabgib on 6/6/2024, 5:38:15 PM
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by gandalfian on 6/6/2024, 5:56:51 PM
So what now? do they go recover the capsule from the ocean? Did it land near where it was expected? Or are they just sinking stuff in the ocean?
If you haven't seen the video yet... it's amazing. The re-entry in particular had amazing footage. Looked like something out of a sci-fi movie.