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re: SpaceX Starship Test Flight #7 | Booster Tower Catch GOOD!! Starship engines fail

Posted on 1/16/25 at 4:51 pm to
Posted by DarthRebel
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 4:51 pm to
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Thats scary as shite, no comms with the ship... Who knows where it is at this point.


Will probably have some fail safe program to destruct or burn up and crash in ocean
Posted by KosmoCramer
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 4:51 pm to
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Weren't they testing some different heat shield materials on this launch?


Yes, but not that much different. And that wouldn't have likely been a factor yet, only on reentry.
Posted by Bobby OG Johnson
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 4:51 pm to
Posted by DarthRebel
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 4:52 pm to
This is V2 ship, so failure is an option. Just like V1 first 2 launches.
Posted by rt3
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 4:52 pm to
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Ship has been pretty solid, interesting to lose it.

Lots of redesign being tested since this is the 1st flight of v2.0

It could be something that was redesigned which failed
Posted by Lsut81
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 4:54 pm to
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Will probably have some fail safe program to destruct or burn up and crash in ocean


Yeah, have to imagine theres a self destruct mechanism.
Posted by DarthRebel
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 4:54 pm to
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Lots of redesign being tested since this is the 1st flight of v2.0

It could be something that was redesigned which failed


Luckily we are having an administration change, so the FAA cannot drag out the investigation. Hopefully.
Posted by Btrtigerfan
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 4:55 pm to
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Yeah, have to imagine theres a self destruct mechanism.


Yes the FTS splits it like a zipper and boom.
Posted by Bobby OG Johnson
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 4:55 pm to
Posted by 50_Tiger
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 4:55 pm to
Yeah still though this is probably going to be a two month at minimum halt.
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 4:55 pm to
It does have a flight termination mechanism, and it's been used before.

Engines dropping out early isn't a good sign obviously.
Posted by Pfft
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 4:58 pm to
Ain’t got no gas, um hmm
Posted by rt3
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 4:58 pm to
Well... there was hope this would be the final water landing for Starship and they might do a catch attempt of Starship back at the the launch site in flight #8

Guess that's off the table
Posted by DarthRebel
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 5:00 pm to
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eah still though this is probably going to be a two month at minimum halt.


I would be happy if that is all, it was 2 months ago for flight 6.
Posted by The Pirate King
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 5:01 pm to
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Well... there was hope this would be the final water landing for Starship and they might do a catch attempt of Starship back at the the launch site in flight #8 Guess that's off the table


Success isn't 100% linear..2/2 on booster catches is really freaking impressive. Even more impressive if there was some issue with the main ship yet the booster got back with zero issue.
Posted by 50_Tiger
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 5:01 pm to
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I would be happy if that is all, it was 2 months ago for flight 6.


Agreed. It's just now impossible for them to hit their 25 ship launch metric this year 16 days into the year
Posted by KosmoCramer
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 5:02 pm to
2/3 booster catches when it was in the flight plan.
Posted by DarthRebel
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 5:02 pm to
Yeah, flight 9 at earliest. Especially if they catch Booster for a 3rd time.
Posted by Bobby OG Johnson
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 5:02 pm to
Did they update FSD for this launch?

Sorry I'll see my way out
Posted by 50_Tiger
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 5:03 pm to
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Actual good find. Theres a fire coming out the hinge
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