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This story/thread gets my upvote because it is by far the least click-bait headline I saw in a quick scan of /new. I will disagree with you though and say that
by badcppdev 3y ago
This story/thread gets my upvote because it is by far the least click-bait headline I saw in a quick scan of /new.
I will disagree with you though and say that the rocket stage separation failed to work. And this occurred a few minutes after launching.
What would your headline be?
- Q6T46nT668w6i3m 3y agoThe Times summary is solid: > SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Explodes After Launch > The most powerful rocket ever built got off the launchpad in South Texas, but did not achieve its most ambitious goals on Thursday.
- sheepybloke 3y agoStarship achieves liftoff, but fails to stick the landing.
- Spacemanidol 3y agoIt did some pretty sick acrobatics.
- baja_blast 3y agoIf the separation did not fail it probably would have made it to orbit.
- perihelions 3y agoFirst-stage burnout speed was too low for orbit, I think. Telemetry peaked at 2,148 km/hour = 597 m/s – I don't know the nominal values but this seems non-viable to me. (?)