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That roar once the sound hits, amazing. It's a real shame they had nothing in the indian ocean waiting to film the upper stage. I mean cmon, people build solar
by moffkalast 2y ago
That roar once the sound hits, amazing.
It's a real shame they had nothing in the indian ocean waiting to film the upper stage. I mean cmon, people build solar drone boats as college projects for relative pennies, don't tell me spacex couldn't have one autonomously sail to the projected point and launch a drone to record what happens if it makes it that far.
- XorNot 2y agoI think the upper stage missed by something like 6 km from its intended target (which is not surprising given the toasty state of the fins) - even with drones you couldn't really bracket a large enough area to get good camera footage. Basically it definitely wouldn't be worth the expense for the benefit - I think they'd prefer just to film the one which nails it.
- moffkalast 2y agoWhere are they getting the material for their next blooper reel though? But yeah you're probably right.
- _Microft 2y agoI’d bet that Starship will have a continuously updated, estimated landing point throughout the whole maneuver anyways. A plane can easily go 6km in about a minute (at a mere 360km/h), so if there was a plane trying to film the descent and landing, it will have some kind of footage.
- whamlastxmas 2y agoWhat’s the source on that? The feed said trajectory was nominal the whole time
- XorNot 2y agoInterview with Elon by Ellie in Space - this is around the time stamp: https://youtu.be/tjAWYytTKco?si=Iz1k7sfNsGK3vZp7&t=141 https://youtu.be/tjAWYytTKco?si=Iz1k7sfNsGK3vZp7&t=141 He says it was 6 kilometers off geographically, but executed the landing well.