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Posted on 4/20/23 at 9:16 am to Jobu93
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Something positive about the failure to separate:
It's amazing that the first and second stages held together through a number of rotations. You've got to figure the forces pulling at them were incredible.
Maybe- one way to look at engineering is the successful prediction of failure modes.
If it wasn't supposed to do that, then the strength might be physically impressive and amazing, but that doesn't necessarily make it a positive thing from an engineering perspective.
Sometimes things intentionally breaking are just as important as things intentionally not-breaking.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 9:17 am to LSURoss
Likely June or July
This launch license covers up to 3 launches I think
This launch license covers up to 3 launches I think
This post was edited on 4/20/23 at 9:18 am
Posted on 4/20/23 at 9:18 am to rt3
Looks like 6 to me
Posted on 4/20/23 at 9:22 am to rt3
There's 27 lit = 6 out.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 9:22 am to AutoYes_Clown
Just stop.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 9:25 am to Jobu93
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It's amazing that the first and second stages held together through a number of rotations. You've got to figure the forces pulling at them were incredible.
Scott Manley tweeted "This looks a bit to Kerbal". I was thinking the same thing. But half the fun of KSP is blowing shite up.
https://twitter.com/DJSnM/status/1649044517465595905
Posted on 4/20/23 at 9:26 am to CocomoLSU
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They said on the feed it was supposed to flip over before separation. And it did. But then it kept flipping and rotating.
But unless I misheard them several times, it was definitely supposed to flip over BEFORE separation.
I... don't think that's correct. Maybe they did say that, but they also sounded confused like they didn't know what to say during those first 2 loops until the BOOM.
The booster was supposed to flip for its return burn, but the 2nd stage wasn't supposed to be demonstrating any return/ maneuvering abilities, separated or not.
They weren't even going to do the bellyflop maneuver they did on the last flight, because they wanted to be sure of the reentry location more than anything else.
Doing an attached maneuver doesn't make much sense, but then I wouldn't put anything past Elon. Maybe that's the "for the lols" failure mode.
This post was edited on 4/20/23 at 9:32 am
Posted on 4/20/23 at 9:39 am to castorinho
Posted on 4/20/23 at 9:59 am to beerandt
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They said on the feed it was supposed to flip over before separation. And it did. But then it kept flipping and rotating.
But unless I misheard them several times, it was definitely supposed to flip over BEFORE separation.
The roll sequence was supposed to sort of "fling" starship apart from B7. Starship does not "blast" off the first stage, it is supposed to separate from the roll THEN fire off.
Obviously it didn't separate but just continued to roll. Once it didn't work (there's no certainty they even planned for it to work this test) you get tons of data from letting it go for a bit i'd assume.
This post was edited on 4/20/23 at 10:01 am
Posted on 4/20/23 at 10:09 am to rt3
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This post was edited on 4/20/23 at 10:16 am
Posted on 4/20/23 at 10:09 am to Roll Tide Ravens
Shits fricked.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 10:09 am to rt3
Sum Ting Wong
Posted on 4/20/23 at 10:10 am to YumYum Sauce
Typical participation trophy generation response. This was a failure, back to the drawing board.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 10:15 am to Blaeke
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Typical participation trophy generation response. This was a failure, back to the drawing board.
SpaceX does a lot of things in a sort of “trial and error” way. They do a launch, see how it works, and then learn from it. If there is an issue, they learn from it. If things go smoothly, they learn from it.
SpaceX is pushing human space exploration forward with every launch they do, regardless of how smooth each launch goes.
This post was edited on 4/20/23 at 10:16 am
Posted on 4/20/23 at 10:15 am to Blaeke
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Typical participation trophy generation response
you weirdos who love poking at these things are fricking weird
Posted on 4/20/23 at 10:15 am to Blaeke
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Typical participation trophy generation response. This was a failure, back to the drawing board.
Yes, launching the world's most powerful rocket with a massive spaceship attached to it several miles into the sky was a failure! Scrap the program, back to our mundane lives.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 10:19 am to 1MileTiger
I'm no rocket scientist but it looked like aliens fricked over the carbonator on engine 4. They should have tried to land on Juniper and refrickulate it.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 10:21 am to Blaeke
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Typical participation trophy generation response. This was a failure, back to the drawing board.
You people really don't have a clue.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 10:22 am to rt3
"Boca Chica we have a problem"
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