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Booster executed a successful landing burn and had a soft splashdown. Starship survived reentry, did the flip and landing burn, and splashed down. There was vis
by yayitswei 2y ago
Booster executed a successful landing burn and had a soft splashdown. Starship survived reentry, did the flip and landing burn, and splashed down. There was visible damage to the flaps.
- toephu2 2y agoHow do they recover the booster? After the soft splashdown isn't it going to sink to the bottom of the sea? Or they have nets or something?
- jantissler 2y agoThey don't right now, because they are still testing. They can't risk bringing the booster or the ship back over land, because they don't know yet how well and precise they can steer and maneuver them. When they've figured that out, we will see the first landing of a super heavy booster for recovery and that will be pretty spectacular I bet …
- mjamesaustin 2y agoBooster is designed to land directly on the launch mount, but that won't be attempted until they are confident it won't blow up the whole base. Starship is designed to land on any flat surface (earth, moon, mars) but again they won't attempt ground landing until they feel confident in the design.