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re: SpaceX Starship Flight Test #12 | Window opens 5:30 PM CDT Friday
Posted on 5/22/26 at 7:39 pm to rt3
Posted on 5/22/26 at 7:39 pm to rt3
quote:Then why the retrieval ship in the vicinity and all the talk about inspecting the tiles? I thought they made a point to mention both.
Yes... it's a designed explosion to make sure it sinks to the bottom of the ocean
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Posted on 5/22/26 at 8:19 pm to MSUDawg98
I don't think there was a retrieval ship, that was drone footage.
They sink them currently.
They sink them currently.
Posted on 5/22/26 at 8:23 pm to 50_Tiger
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1st Launch of a V3. Maybe my anticipation didnt meet reality this go. Hopefully FL13 will fix the issue with the booster and the rvac loss on the ship.
It was the first launch for the pad, engines, booster, and ship.
It's pretty incredible it worked out so well honestly.
The data from the engine out on ship is definitely invaluable. Doubtful they'd have ever tried that if it wasn't required due to failure.
Posted on 5/22/26 at 8:24 pm to KosmoCramer
quote:I must have misheard that bit then. It certainly explains why the room was going nuts while it was blowing up.
I don't think there was a retrieval ship, that was drone footage.
This post was edited on 5/22/26 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 5/22/26 at 8:31 pm to ell_13
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They had planned for 3 but one cut out early during the first burn.
Ah so it was one of the six that malfunctioned. Gotcha.
Posted on 5/22/26 at 8:55 pm to Btrtigerfan
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No. Elon is a Space alien stranded on Earth. All of his companies and efforts have been to build a ship to get back to his home planet. The reusable part is to efficiently ferry fuel to depots along his path home. It's not a perfect system, but he's working with what's available to him on Earth. We are a primitive sort of planet.
This is the season 2 reveal and plot of Pluribus…
Posted on 5/22/26 at 9:14 pm to CocomoLSU
Another failed launch for Space X. They sure don’t mind a ton of trial and error no matter the expense.
Posted on 5/22/26 at 9:21 pm to RedHawk
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Another failed launch for Space X. They sure don’t mind a ton of trial and error no matter the expense.
Wait, what?
Aside from a couple of hiccups this was a pretty raving success I’d imagine. They basically accomplished all the shite they were trying to do.
Posted on 5/22/26 at 9:27 pm to KosmoCramer
quote:Yep, I was wrong. I'm surprised some climate nutjob hasn't sued/made a big deal with the media over the amount of materials we dump into the ocean. With the extra propellant perhaps they could've (should've?) sent it into the earth's Pacific space dump instead of of the coast of NW Australia/S Indonesia. I'm not making an argument against today's outcome but I could see Greta and her simps pulling a stunt that puts them inside an exclusion area during future missions.
I don't think there was a retrieval ship, that was drone footage.
They sink them currently.
Posted on 5/22/26 at 9:34 pm to CocomoLSU
quote:Correct, one of the big three. I do wonder how quickly they can investigate, make adjustments, and roll it out to the launch pad. I think late 2027 was the target for A3 if everything went perfect between A2 and then. SpaceX will have to dedicate more resources to SS tweaks now, so does this push A3 back to early 2028? Or they are willing to do A3 without a turnkey lander from both contractors?
Ah so it was one of the six that malfunctioned. Gotcha.
Posted on 5/23/26 at 9:02 am to Volvagia
Starship HLS isn’t expected to land on the moon until after 2030 also. Which is fine since the suits won’t be ready until then either.
Posted on 5/23/26 at 9:40 am to LSU Jonno
It blows my mind at the dumb fricks that are actively rooting for Elon to fail and the even dumber fricks that think this was anything but an overwhelming success.
Elon isn't advancing his own companies, he's advancing humanity.
Elon isn't advancing his own companies, he's advancing humanity.
Posted on 5/24/26 at 8:03 am to ell_13
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They always explode.
No lies detected.
Posted on 5/24/26 at 8:55 am to bamarep
I’m not rooting for him to fail. Two things can be true at the same time: you can root for the guy; but also call a spade a spade and point out how terrible Starship is (if the point is beating China to the moon)
I want to point out to everyone that getting a two stage rocket to orbit is the easy part of this mission. We are 12 launches and 3 versions into this thing and we haven’t started tackling the hardest parts of the mission. Prop transfer, boil off and rapid re-launch are the hard parts. And that’s to say nothing of landing a skyscraper on the moon.
How many years will it take to reliably complete the hard parts of this mission?
How focussed will SpaceX be on the moon when it becomes a public company and its quickest path to income will be to use Starship as a Starlink delivery ship in low earth orbit?
I’m not rooting against Elon, but I am pointing out obvious hurdles that nobody on YouTube wants to acknowledge.
I want to point out to everyone that getting a two stage rocket to orbit is the easy part of this mission. We are 12 launches and 3 versions into this thing and we haven’t started tackling the hardest parts of the mission. Prop transfer, boil off and rapid re-launch are the hard parts. And that’s to say nothing of landing a skyscraper on the moon.
How many years will it take to reliably complete the hard parts of this mission?
How focussed will SpaceX be on the moon when it becomes a public company and its quickest path to income will be to use Starship as a Starlink delivery ship in low earth orbit?
I’m not rooting against Elon, but I am pointing out obvious hurdles that nobody on YouTube wants to acknowledge.
This post was edited on 5/24/26 at 8:56 am
Posted on 5/24/26 at 9:34 am to CocomoLSU
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I thought only two were supposed to activate in order to flip it. Is that wrong?
I finally got to see it with some audio and yes it apparently was a test to flip it with 2 engines instead of 3... I didn't know that before so... my bad
Posted on 5/24/26 at 11:26 am to rt3
Posted on 5/24/26 at 11:27 am to rt3
IFT 11 and 12 side by side comparison.
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