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re: SPACE X Starship 8 mile test flight incoming soon
Posted on 12/9/20 at 4:57 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Posted on 12/9/20 at 4:57 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Yes it was
The huge explosion was not
I wonder how many G's involved in that little maneuver.
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Posted on 12/9/20 at 4:57 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I have no idea what just happened. My stream had too much latency. It was soaring, then falling, then smoking.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 4:58 pm to rt3
The nasa guys were giddy as hell that the test was a great success.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 4:58 pm to 50_Tiger
I think it was way more violent than intended. It looked like that whole sequence happened too late and it had to very violently try to save itself.
shite was amazing to watch
shite was amazing to watch
Posted on 12/9/20 at 4:59 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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think it was way more violent than intended. It looked like that whole sequence happened too late and it had to very violently try to save itself.
The nasa dudes seemed excited it made it that far.
All I know is that shite was cool as frick.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 4:59 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Yeah they seemed pretty shocked it was even close
Posted on 12/9/20 at 5:01 pm to Pettifogger
The way it just stalled and then rolled into the controlled dive was crazy.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 5:01 pm to LEASTBAY
seems like they waited way too long to light the engines and reorient it, or just one of the engines just failed to ignite, they had a good trajectory but didn't have enough room to slow it down, or couldn't slow it down fast enough
Posted on 12/9/20 at 5:01 pm to beerJeep
Yea no doubt. It was amazingly acrobatic and hit arse-first right where they wanted it to. Just came in hot.
I think only two of the engines relit, not sure if that was by design or not.
I think only two of the engines relit, not sure if that was by design or not.
This post was edited on 12/9/20 at 5:02 pm
Posted on 12/9/20 at 5:03 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Too cool.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 5:05 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:And in slo-mo it looks like one of the ones that did light burned out just before it touched down
I think only two of the engines relit, not sure if that was by design or not.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 5:05 pm to beerJeep
That thing exploded pretty good
Posted on 12/9/20 at 5:06 pm to DVinBR
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seems like they waited way too long to light the engines and reorient it, or just one of the engines just failed to ignite, they had a good trajectory but didn't have enough room to slow it down, or couldn't slow it down fast enough
from the side angle I could only see 2 flames... meaning only 2 of the 3 Raptors relit for landing
I could just be blind... there's a reason I'm not an aerospace engineer
Posted on 12/9/20 at 5:06 pm to Korkstand
Where's a good replay at? I gotta go show the wife
Posted on 12/9/20 at 5:07 pm to rt3
From the engine bay camera it looked for sure like only 2 restarted
Posted on 12/9/20 at 5:07 pm to Korkstand
Also, on the slow mo you see the landing legs don’t look like they deployed.
The fact it did the belly flop maneuver, re-ignited the engines, and was oriented perfectly to land is amazing. All of those have never happened before.
The fact it did the belly flop maneuver, re-ignited the engines, and was oriented perfectly to land is amazing. All of those have never happened before.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 5:07 pm to rt3
the man gives his thoughts
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Elon Musk @elonmusk
Successful ascent, switchover to header tanks & precise flap control to landing point!
Posted on 12/9/20 at 5:08 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Where's a good replay at? I gotta go show the wife
Everyday astronaut channel is showing replays
Posted on 12/9/20 at 5:09 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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From the engine bay camera it looked for sure like only 2 restarted
just wait like 15 minutes
there will be 15 different uploads on YouTube of the event coming
1 of them will probably be from SpaceX's own YouTube
Posted on 12/9/20 at 5:09 pm to TigerV
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Elon Musk @elonmusk
Fuel header tank pressure was low during landing burn, causing touchdown velocity to be high & RUD, but we got all the data we needed! Congrats SpaceX team hell yeah!!
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