Successful Capture!

[Sneakers]

Hope you were all watching. Space-X just launched and recovered their booster with a pair of grappling arms on landing. Just amazing. The stuff of science fiction coming true.

 

[Sneakers]

Starship is now preparing for re-entry.

 

[stgislander]

Thank you Elon for the excitement.

 

[stgislander]

The suspense is killing me.

 

[Czar]

Hope you were all watching. Space-X just launched and recovered their booster with a pair of grappling arms on landing.

Sounds like Democrats forcing the Covid shot!

 

[Sneakers]

Aw hell. But mission accomplished!

 

[Grumpy]

why the aw hell? Seems like it was a success...or you wanting a blowup?

 

[Sneakers]

why the aw hell? Seems like it was a success...or you wanting a blowup?

I thought it did blow up? Hard to see.

 

[Grumpy]

Maybe I missed that but saw it on the landing pad, maybe I left the feed before that happened

 

[Sneakers]

Watching the J. Christina live, and he said it did.

 

[glhs837]

Watching the J. Christina live, and he said it did.

So the Starship blew up when it tipped over, as was halfway expected to do. This was after mission complete, which was to land it upright at zero velocity. Then it settled and tipped, then blew.

 

[Sneakers]

So the Starship blew up when it tipped over, as was halfway expected to do. This was after mission complete, which was to land it upright at zero velocity. Then it settled and tipped, then blew.

No only to land upright, but to land on point, where they wanted and intended.

 

[glhs837]

Also, reentry and landing was accurate that the damn thing was in sight of the buoy they had there waiting for it.

Unqualified success. We did see some burn through on one flap, but that was also expected. This Ship was the last of the old flap design. Next ship to fly will have a better design. And Flight Sixs profile already has FAA approval. Hardware is built or close to, /could fly before the end of the year.

 

[Grumpy]

Watching the J. Christina live, and he said it did.

Left the feed early...oops

 

[Sneakers]

Left the feed early...oops

I'll forgive you this time...

 

[Kyle]

The videos I found only show it being caught.

No accident.

 

[Sneakers]

The videos I found only show it being caught.

No accident.

That was the booster. Some 45-50 minutes later the Starship touched down.

 

[Kyle]

So the booster landed successfully and the part that would have been carrying people exploded?

Not sure how that would be a win. :scratchinghead:

 

[Sneakers]

So the booster landed successfully and the part that would have been carrying people exploded?

Not sure how that would be a win. :scratchinghead:

The mission was 2 fold: successful capture of the booster with the salad tongs, and the delivery of the main stage back to a specific landing point. Both boxes got checked. It was unfortunate it fell over on landing, but it won't be re-used anyway. There is a new variant to be tested next, new style fins and other mods.

 

[glhs837]

So the booster landed successfully and the part that would have been carrying people exploded?

Not sure how that would be a win. :scratchinghead:

The mission was 2 fold: successful capture of the booster with the salad tongs, and the delivery of the main stage back to a specific landing point. Both boxes got checked. It was unfortunate it fell over on landing, but it won't be re-used anyway. There is a new variant to be tested next, new style fins and other mods.

I mean I wouldn't call it. Unfortunate that it tipped over it had no choice. It landed on the ocean. Once it achieved a straight vertical position in zero velocity meaning it could have been caught this test article's job was done.