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You are right, and expecting the first launch of a rocket platform to be anything but a bomb is a little unrealistic. But wouldn’t it be amazing if it did make
by b33j0r 4y ago
You are right, and expecting the first launch of a rocket platform to be anything but a bomb is a little unrealistic.
But wouldn’t it be amazing if it did make max Q, then coast, then ORBIT on the first try? It’s never happened before. But imagining the possibility gives my imagination a little bit of awe.
Starship would be the first system to run purely on our optimism! ;p
- SyzygistSix 4y agoIt won't go into orbit, just achieve orbital velocity. Going into orbit would require it going over land that they don't want to go over on the initial flight out of a abundance of caution.