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Interesting re: good result...I've sort of lost track because the program's timeline has been extended several times: what sort of results are they shooting for
by refulgentis 3y ago
Interesting re: good result...I've sort of lost track because the program's timeline has been extended several times: what sort of results are they shooting for?
- kranke155 3y agoFully reusable rockets ?
- LanceJones 3y agoGood one. :-) SLS, anyone?
- refulgentis 3y agoGood one? Silly Lizard String? Consider a more substantial contribution the next time, this reeks of some sort of internalized battle the rest of us don't know about, and projection of it onto others.
- merman 3y agoIf you're trying to elevate the discussion here, I recommend you stop being so aggressive and sarcastic when chastising someone for being playful
- ben_bai 3y agoGathering data and making orbit. Plan was to return the booster near the launchsite and make a water splash down. The ship should make a single suborbital flight with orbit velocity to simulate reentry and should have splashed down near hawaii.
- frederikvs 3y agoI believe the primary goal was stage separation. Secondary goals were for the booster to make a controlled splashdown, and Starship to make almost a complete orbit, before splashing down near Hawaii. So they achieved the primary goal, which is a good result. It could even be argued that they got pretty close to one of the secondary goals. Starship was fairly close to shutting off its engines. If it would have completed that part of the flight, the next hour or so it would just be coasting. Physics alone would guarantee they'd end up near Hawaii.