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I laughed loudly at that ending. The explosion seems so comical. The test was great, it proved the concepts in principle do work in practice, and proved that t
by betwixthewires 6y ago
I laughed loudly at that ending. The explosion seems so comical.
The test was great, it proved the concepts in principle do work in practice, and proved that the design fundamentally works. Launch, high altitude, belly flop and flip and burn landing. I'm excited to see the coming tests, design improvements, and to watch the thing land without blowing up.
- cma 6y agoTo fundamentally work it needs to handle reentry speeds with that same geometry.
- aardvarkr 6y agoNext one should have heat shields for them to try for a real re-entry attempt but the terminal velocity was surprisingly slow with that geometry so I’m not sure it’s really going to change much.
- sq_ 6y agoKinda hoping that we get an updated "How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster" video [0] covering Starship development eventually... [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ