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The ocean landing is so cool. I believe they said that the next one they are going to try to land back at the tower? Seems plausible now.
by wilg 2y ago
The ocean landing is so cool. I believe they said that the next one they are going to try to land back at the tower? Seems plausible now.
- XorNot 2y agoI think that might be a second IFT away personally: I imagine they'd like to see no engine relight issues on descent for at least one more mission first, since slamming it into Starbase would be a shame.
- chasd00 2y agoyeah one out on the way up and on the way down, that has to be very frustrating. It makes my issues with trying to get a stupid website working correctly seem easier hah.
- bluescrn 2y agoIt does seem like they could do with a more isolated launch site (with the tank farm in a huge concrete bunker) before trying to catch Super Heavy
- rtkwe 2y agoThey'd have to build the whole launch complex again which makes me doubt they'd do it.
- rtkwe 2y agoYou could however mock one up, either with just a big concrete pad or with a pad and tower, and the booster "return to launch site" and prove it can hover in a specific location long enough for the chopsticks to close to get a very low risk approximate test.
- bpodgursky 2y agoThey could keep the option open to splash down off the coast if the relight isn't acceptable. Default splash.
- rtkwe 2y agoThere were definitely some big chunks tossed out during that relight so I'd also be very surprised if they tried it during the next test flight. https://youtu.be/2G-L0u_L0qU?t=2665 https://youtu.be/2G-L0u_L0qU?t=2665