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re: SpaceX Starship Flight Test 9 | Booster explodes over Gulf, Starship tumbles after SECO

Posted on 5/27/25 at 6:56 pm to
Posted by HeadCall
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 6:56 pm to
Payload door won’t open
Posted by CrazyTigerFan
Osaka
Member since Nov 2003
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 6:56 pm to
Payload bay doors stuck.
Posted by rt3
now in the piney woods of Pineville
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:00 pm to
quote:

Payload bay doors stuck.

Oh darn... oh well... gives them something to fix for the next flight

ETA: will be a bit heavier than anticipated for reentry/landing
This post was edited on 5/27/25 at 7:01 pm
Posted by Btrtigerfan
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:00 pm to
Nothing a little WD-40 won’t fix.
Posted by rt3
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:02 pm to
Posted by rt3
now in the piney woods of Pineville
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:02 pm to
Posted by Btrtigerfan
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:06 pm to
We twirling again.
Posted by 50_Tiger
Arlington TX
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:06 pm to
Ship is gone lol
Posted by rt3
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:07 pm to
Losing attitude control
Posted by CrazyTigerFan
Osaka
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:08 pm to
"still on a path to reentry" lol That's one way to phrase it.
Posted by 50_Tiger
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:14 pm to
V2 of Starship has been like Season 8 of GOT
Posted by rt3
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:15 pm to
No surprise that the relight test has been canceled

But yeah... Starship about to have a very fiery reentry... fiery in the wrong way
Posted by CrazyTigerFan
Osaka
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:17 pm to
The rotation with the leaked fuel looks like the Milkdrop winamp vizualizer from 20 something years ago.
Posted by HeadCall
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:18 pm to
This is a bummer
Posted by Btrtigerfan
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:18 pm to
quote:

Starship about to have a very fiery reentry... fiery in the wrong way


Every second they get data before its demise is valuable.
Posted by rt3
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:20 pm to
quote:

Every second they get data before its demise is valuable.

Of course... and this ship did take a step forward from the last 2
Posted by rt3
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:27 pm to
Posted by rt3
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:27 pm to
Posted by fightin tigers
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:30 pm to
So what area of the world is going to see the cool pics of the pieces on reentry?
Posted by rt3
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Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:32 pm to
quote:

So what area of the world is going to see the cool pics of the pieces on reentry?

Indian Ocean towards the Pacific Ocean
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