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Starship has made a lot of progress. They will get it right eventually, and when they do, it will be a new era with unprecedented consequences for the civilian and the military space sector
I remember when Elon first introduced the Starship program and he was laughed and ridiculed (even here). Well, who knew that if you work hard and smart enough, everything is possible
Combat fighter aircraft maneuvers in the stratosphere!
Allegedly at NASAspaceflight somebody used the word "immelmann" ... anyway "Congrats SpaceX ! Not everyday you see the world largest rocket ever doing aerobatics above 100 000 ft... !!!" (via Archibald/SecretProjectsForum)
It seems to have problems with control of the first stage engines. Same thing which doomed the Soviet N1 rocket.
They need to make more tests with the first stage I think. They spent a lot of time testing the second stage, but not nearly enough on the first stage.
They need to make more tests with the first stage I think. They spent a lot of time testing the second stage, but not nearly enough on the first stage.
They got screwed by federal agencies a lot lately, pushing testing past the first flight of NASA artemis rocket. Probably on purpose. They will get it after a couple of launch most likely.
It supposedly failed because of separation issues, like I kind of expected before the flight. But it also seemingly had way too many engines out. So they likely need to improve propulsion reliability.
Contrary to people trying to pass this as a win, I think it shows the rocket still needs a lot of development.
The launch also damaged the launch site. So it likely will need to be redesigned at possibly great expense.
Contrary to people trying to pass this as a win, I think it shows the rocket still needs a lot of development.
The launch also damaged the launch site. So it likely will need to be redesigned at possibly great expense.
