Starship crash-landed today after making a pretty badass flight. Although the landing will make the SpaceX bloopers reel, the mission was still 95% successful. Watch it all from start to finish below.
SpaceX issued the following statement:
On Wednesday, December 9, Starship serial number 8 (SN8) lifted off from our Cameron County launch pad and successfully ascended, transitioned propellant, and performed its landing flip maneuver with precise flap control to reach its landing point. Low pressure in the fuel header tank during the landing burn led to high touchdown velocity resulting in a hard (and exciting!) landing.
Thank you to all the locals supporting our efforts in Cameron County and beyond. Congratulations to the entire Starship and SpaceX teams on today’s test! Serial number 9 (SN9) is up next – Mars, here we come!
13 comments:
Tesla omlet
Congratulations to Musk and SpaceX colleagues. I hope that they continue to innovate and succeed.
Speaking of innovation, my local Electric Power Association has now officially been in construction of its grand fiber-to-the-home effort for one year. They still *CAN NOT* tell me when my rural area will receive fiber internet service. Looks like SpaceX/Starlink will be the only real hope in rural areas like mine...
"...More powerful than a locomotive. Faster than a speeding bullet."
Ima go up to that big tent in Gluckstadt and get me wunna these for New Years Eve.
That big sphincter tower at liberty park off madison avenue has been set to launch for quite some time....?
I'll wager that those engines were not tested at Stennis Space Center.
Since this tin can is supposed to carry passengers, it's that 5% that matters.
Very cool test video. I applaud their technology and transparency. Although, do yourself a favor and skip to 1:48:00.
with every launch he exposes nasa for the fraud they are.
Well you know what they say about practice. I was worried about that Chevy in the parking lot. Looked like it was headed right for it.
7:49 -- you'd lose that bet. SpaceX and NASA/Stennis started working together on the Starship Raptor engines in 2013/2014...
Loss of thrust from below nominal head tank pressure followed by RUD.
Was expected and was still a successful flight due to the information gleaned from the failure. Mars or bust!!
Let us never forget that (gender neutral) "manned" spaceflight is, at the moment, only possible when the travelers are placed at the top of a bomb, utilizing a "controlled detonation" to move them off the ground.
God never meant for helicopters to fly either...
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