Starship Flight Test 4

[delicate trout]

i wonder if it’ll have structural integrity in the thicker part of the atmosphere

mach 2

[keen island]

For now.

[pastel stone]

WE GOING

[young bay]

its still going

[winged stump]

did it live?

[pastel stone]

COME ON 29

[delicate trout]

what the FUCK

[pseudo wraith]

Pitching down

[winged stump]

belly flop

[spiral zenith]

WHAT THE FUCKING SHIT

BELLY FLOP

[pastel stone]

oh

[gritty atlas]

pitching down..

[pastel stone]

the thing

[gritty atlas]

uh.

[pastel stone]

its

[pseudo wraith]

No

[delicate trout]

you can’t have made it THIS FAR

[young bay]

its still going

[tardy stag]

There's no way

[dire glen]

This is the speed F9 LB starts

[gritty atlas]

WOAH

[slender patrol]

is it diving

[winged stump]

uh oh

[pastel stone]

TRANSS0NIC

[keen island]

It did this on sn9

[winged stump]

erm

[gritty atlas]

pitching up, hold on

[delicate trout]

AINT NO WAY💀💀💀

[old quarry]

NOSE DIVE

[gritty atlas]

HOLY SHIT?

NO WAY

[spiral zenith]

🏳️‍⚧️🦔

[young bay]

HOLD ON

[pastel stone]

OMG

[gritty atlas]

NOW WAY

[winged stump]

it is fighting for its life here

[pastel stone]

HOWWWW

[gritty atlas]

HOLY SHIT

[pastel stone]

SUBSONIC

SUBSONIC

[delicate trout]

FLAP MOVING

[young bay]

ITS FLIPPING

[gritty atlas]

COME ON

[winged stump]

yooo

[pastel stone]

ITS STABLE

[queen summit]

GTFO

[keen island]

“ITS DOING THE BELLY FLOP”

[pseudo wraith]

OOOOOOOO

[lofty python]

HOW IS THIS CAMERA STILL WORKING

[delicate trout]

sparks

[gritty atlas]

belly floping

[dire glen]

ain't no way

[pastel stone]

THEYRE GOING FOR IT

[fervent kelp]

flap alive

[hollow rampart]

Probably puffing ullage like crazy to counteract having no fucking flap

[fervent kelp]

holyu shit

[pastel stone]

THERES THE FLA0

[tardy stag]

That flap has a giant hole

[queen summit]

GTFO

[winged stump]

how is flap alive?

[delicate trout]

do they have another camera?

[gritty atlas]

THE FLAP IS FUCKING ALIVE

[young bay]

ITS GOING

[pastel stone]

OMG

[keen island]

What about the aft cam?

[frank turtle]

flap stil works hell

[dire glen]

The flap is fucking actuating

[gritty atlas]

CMON BABY

[slender patrol]

HOW IS THAT FLAP STILL SO INTACT

[dire glen]

what the fuck

[lofty python]

HOW

[gritty atlas]

LIGHT

LIGHT

[pastel stone]

HOW IS IT WORKING

[young bay]

BELLY FLOP

[tardy stag]

No way

[gritty atlas]

LIGHT

[pastel stone]

COME.ON

[tardy stag]

That's crazy

[hollow rampart]

NO FUCKING WAY

[gritty atlas]

CMON

[spiral zenith]

ahem ever heard of a gridfin 🤓

[winged stump]

what height is relight?

[dire glen]

Massive fucking kudos to Starship team

[spiral zenith]

FLAP MOVED?

[delicate trout]

WHAT THE FUCK💀💀💀💀

[spiral zenith]

FLAP MOVED

[pseudo wraith]

THE FLAP IS STILL THERE

[pastel stone]

HERE WE GO

[young bay]

1

[gritty atlas]

THE BIRD MERELY HAS A CLIPPED WING LADIES AND GENTS

HERE WE GO

[tardy stag]

This is illigal

[hollow rampart]

30ish sec

[gritty atlas]

3km.

[winged stump]

we havent seen the other side tbf

[young bay]

FLIP IT

[delicate trout]

it’s joe fucking happening

[lofty python]

WHAT THE FUCK

[gritty atlas]

2km.

[tardy stag]

That's a massive hole

[gritty atlas]

yeah naw.

[young bay]

OH

[spiral zenith]

FUCKING AIRPLAE NUMBERS

WHAT THE GU

HUGHG

[delicate trout]

TERMINAL VELOCITY

[gritty atlas]

WOAH.

[young bay]

its

[spiral zenith]

/PITCHING UP

[gritty atlas]

WOAH!

[young bay]

OH

[pastel stone]

IGNITION

[lofty python]

https://tenor.com/view/monty-python-tisbutascratch-knight-funny-gif-9050905

[delicate trout]

WHAT

[pastel stone]

AAAAAA

[lofty python]

Ship 29:

[dire glen]

IT LIT THE ENGINES

[winged stump]

what

[gritty atlas]

WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH

[delicate trout]

IM DORRY???

[spiral zenith]

SPARKS IN THE DARKNESS

[pseudo wraith]

IT DID THE FLIP

[pastel stone]

WGF

[young bay]

NO FUCKING WAY

[gritty atlas]

HOLY SHIT

[pastel stone]

HOWWWWW

[slender patrol]

HOW

[pastel stone]

HOWWWWW

[pseudo wraith]

HOLY FUCK

[winged stump]

how

[slender patrol]

WHAT

[gritty atlas]

NO FUCKING WAY

[slender patrol]

WHAT THE FUCK

[pastel stone]

AAAAAAA

[delicate trout]

WHAT THE GUCKING FUCK

[spiral zenith]

AHHHHHHHH

[slender patrol]

??????

[young bay]

NO WAY
NPO FICKUONG WAY

[pastel stone]

ITS DOWN

[gritty atlas]

WHAT THE FUCK

[keen island]

THE FLAP

[queen summit]

wtf

[delicate trout]

IT FUCKING

[gritty atlas]

NO WAY

[young bay]

IT L:ANDED

[winged stump]

insane

[delicate trout]

WHAT

[pastel stone]

WHAT THE FKC

[gritty atlas]

OH MY GOD

[pastel stone]

ITS DOWN

[pseudo wraith]

SPLASHDOWN!!!!

[winged stump]

yoooooooooo

[gritty atlas]

SPLAHSDOWN

[delicate trout]

WELCOME TO THE OCEAN

[frank turtle]

wtf

[gritty atlas]

HOLT SHIT

[fervent kelp]

yooooooooooooo

[pseudo wraith]

WHAAAAATTTT

[winged stump]

yooooooooooo

[dire glen]

WHAT THE FUCK

[winged stump]

what

[pastel stone]

LMAOOOOOOOO

[hollow rampart]

THEY JUST LANDED WHAT THE FUCK

[queen summit]

Good landing but

[old quarry]

HOLY SHIT

[queen summit]

Burn

[pastel stone]

HOW HAS THIS HAPPENED

[young bay]

THATS WHAT WE CALL A WIN

[queen summit]

Come on

[light stag]

THEY LANDED IT

[winged stump]

how

[restive laurel]

NO FUCKING WAY

[delicate trout]

LMAOOOOO

[winged stump]

i love how even the speaker looks surprised

[young bay]

NO WAY

[fresh cliff]

How

[delicate trout]

how many engines did we get????

[restive laurel]

FUNNIEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME

[keen island]

Someone get a screenshot of the flap deployed

[ivory mist]

What the fuck hahahaha

[lofty python]

WHAT IN THE FUCK

[spiral zenith]

how

[restive laurel]

HOW DID THAT FLAP WORK????????

[spiral zenith]

iHOW

SLASHOWHF

[winged stump]

all 3 wasnt it/

[keen island]

I wonder what the other flap looked like

[spiral zenith]

SPLASHDOW

[young bay]

IT FUCKING WORKED

[spiral zenith]

WHAT THE FUCKIG SHIT

[hoary wing]

Wooooooo

[spiral zenith]

WHAT THE FUCKIG SHIT

[fresh cliff]

I what how

[split jasper]

idk what i was expecting but it wasnt that

[spiral zenith]

LANDIBGBURD SHOUTNDHN

AHBGJIASGR

[tardy stag]

There is no way

[delicate trout]

PRESCH DAN PREACH

[spiral zenith]

OH MY GOD

OH MY FUCKING GOD

[slender patrol]

HOW DID THAT FLAP SURVIVE

[spiral zenith]

OH MY FUCKIG GO

[harsh hedge]

NO FUCKING WAYAYYYYYYYYYYY4

[delicate trout]

nothing on the graphic

[slender patrol]

INSANITY

[old quarry]

IT LANDED IN ONE PIECE

[pastel stone]

wild

[worthy cedar]

HOLY CRAPPAPSJSJSKSKKSLd

[split jasper]

literally half of the flap was gone wtf

[old quarry]

https://tenor.com/view/one-piece-luffy-luffy-fat-fat-luffy-goofy-luffy-gif-13217773602074167430

[pastel stone]

that flap

[tardy stag]

Hat is actually wild

[violet herald]

just gotta say

[pastel stone]

goated

[violet herald]

that shit was wild

[hollow rampart]

All 3, sensors got fucked

[winged stump]

well 1 + the rest of the flap

[young bay]

"starship will never recover" -the news after this

[restive laurel]

i am in disbelief

[tardy stag]

The other rflaps probably had giant holes

[pastel stone]

wassup clancy

[summer cargo]

I wonder how that flap interface can be strengthened in the future

[spiral zenith]

OH MY GOD

[void temple]

WTFFFFFFFFFF

[restive laurel]

stainless on TOP

[delicate trout]

AINT NO FUCKING WAY

[bitter roost]

How the actual hell did it do that

[void temple]

HOW TF YOU WANT TO STRENGHTEN THE STURCUTRE

[violet herald]

how the fuck did that flap even live

[winged stump]

talk about redundancy

[gritty atlas]

would'nt have landed otherwise lmao

[hollow rampart]

I don't fucking know

[void temple]

THAT SHIT HELD ON MORE THAN ME

[delicate trout]

nah could’ve lit 2

[violet herald]

this thing built like a tank

[grand totem]

You could write a script like that but I'd toss it out as unrealistic

[tardy stag]

The raptors survived

That's crazy

[gritty atlas]

fair

but still this is insane

[tardy stag]

With those giant holes

[bitter roost]

Terminator looking ass

[winged stump]

2 engine outs, lots of shield loss, a HOLE IN THE FLAP but still managed to land

[spiral zenith]

oh my god

[past violet]

did it survive all the way?

[spiral zenith]

bro

[pastel stone]

so flight 5 july right?

[spiral zenith]

we are so fuckig goig

[winged stump]

bro it landed

[pastel stone]

what is going on lmaooo

[slender patrol]

WTF

[young bay]

https://tenor.com/view/terminator-im-back-gif-19144173

[brisk moth]

if it isn't on july 4th i will be mad

[tardy stag]

Booster and ship landed that's crazg

[bitter roost]

Desperately need pics

[winged stump]

it did the flip and burn and it landed

[spiral zenith]

SCA is being coverted into a seaplane and is on its way

[pseudo wraith]

LMAO

[tardy stag]

Ship rn

[pseudo wraith]

The marshmellow is burning

[violet herald]

i was just in complete disbelief

[young bay]

flight 5 will be orbit

[brisk moth]

the opportunity is too good

[winged stump]

that marshmallow holding up worse than the ship

[slender patrol]

starship:

[dire glen]

That's the craziest Starship test flight yet

[tardy stag]

The marhamello is on fire

[spiral zenith]

REAL

[delicate trout]

flapcore

[young bay]

that was so fucking peak

[violet herald]

when the thing pitched over at like 15km i thought it was cooked LMAO

[delicate trout]

kate tice is iconic

[spiral zenith]

may be the last

[restive laurel]

howwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[spiral zenith]

well it was cooked

[restive laurel]

what the fuck just happened

[tardy stag]

Vrazy

Idk

[delicate trout]

no mishap investigation !!!

[winged stump]

successful flight

[young bay]

only wins

[languid willow]

Live stream partually ended.

[violet herald]

okay true

it cooked a bit

[winged stump]

not even a semi-success like the last 2, but a full on success

[tardy stag]

Now we need the bingo locations

[slender patrol]

pretty much the only mishaps that occurred were

• one booster engine
• flap

[winged stump]

2 boosters

[violet herald]

two engines

[spiral zenith]

anyway enjoy my live reaction

[ivory mist]

I'm not sure how much I believed the first call of peak heating up 70 km

[slender patrol]

oh another died?

[violet herald]

one on the outer ring at liftoff the 2nd at landing burn on the middle ring

[young bay]

nailed it

[winged stump]

and people said that it would never work

[spiral zenith]

they were on the same corner

[old quarry]

i want it

[winged stump]

i bet a few people will have to eat a shoe

[brisk moth]

yet the flap still survived and worked

[spiral zenith]

ok how is the bing board goig

[languid willow]

Live stream fully ended.

[spiral zenith]

dude what the fucking shit ma

what even

[tardy stag]

Jeez that flap

[keen island]

Flap started turning vertically

[pastel stone]

the flap still working is unreal

[delicate trout]

something tells me they’re gonna makes the flaps smaller bc evidently they don’t need the whole thing

[spiral zenith]

css in shambles

[winged stump]

add the hole in prior to launch

[delicate trout]

propulsive landing? in the lunar regolith? good luck

[keen island]

Massive grid fins

[spiral zenith]

insane

[queen summit]

He blamed SpaceX for Starliner problems yesterday

[lofty python]

How in the god damn fuck did that camera survive

[delicate trout]

i wonder how the other flap did

[slender patrol]

fr 😭

[delicate trout]

pure willpower

[winged stump]

same

[gritty atlas]

I think they'd have lost control if it fell off, no?

[restive laurel]

that flap:

[spiral zenith]

yeah like i said

[gritty atlas]

probably got just as toasty as the other one

[versed grotto]

That was unbelievable. That was amazing it survived.

[winged stump]

cybertruck

[delicate trout]

yeah but it definitely could’ve survived being beat up

carbon fiber could never

[brisk moth]

who is css /srs

[spiral zenith]

crackpot

[gritty atlas]

no one of importance, let's move on

[young bay]

https://tenor.com/view/terminator-burning-fire-red-eyes-vengeful-gif-7968997

[winged stump]

counter strike source?

[young bay]

ship:

[violet herald]

literally terminator flap

[violet herald]

its not small its an average sized flap!

[gritty atlas]

literally 😭

[pastel stone]

so I guess this is the first fully successful starship flight test

[keen island]

Someone took a bite out of the flap

[violet herald]

sorry guys

i was hungry

[spiral zenith]

ok we have determined that hinges >> valves

[delicate trout]

the face that all 3 RSeas lit when there absolutely had to have been plasma intrusion is wild

i wonder how the rvac date

[delicate trout]

lmao

https://x.com/DrChrisCombs/status/1798716595847794983

Chris Combs (iterative design enjoyer) (@DrChrisCombs) on X

Starship sticking that landing post reentry like

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 2:00 PM

[spiral zenith]

plasma? nah weve got our own

[languid willow]

Depends on how you describe "successful".

[fallen trench]

https://x.com/DJSnM/status/1798716448443187238

Scott Manley (@DJSnM) on X

Clearly, SpaceX needs to mount a mission to recover that flap so it can be given a medal

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 1:59 PM

[languid willow]

and "fully successful"

[young bay]

oh

yes

[spiral zenith]

wait wheres sussyelo

[delicate trout]

i want this ship in a fucking museum lmao

[young bay]

this is fully successful

[spiral zenith]

does he count this as a success now

[young bay]

29 👑

[slender patrol]

did booster survive the tip

[spiral zenith]

my goat

probably not

[languid willow]

I describe it as "If it didn't go boom during the flight/launch"

[spiral zenith]

although actually no given ift1 maybe it did

[pastel stone]

achieving all objectives

[spiral zenith]

abso fucking lutely

[pastel stone]

booster making it back and ship making it back

[void temple]

https://vxtwitter.com/sovereignofkent/status/1798717393990275272

[delicate trout]

https://x.com/planet4589/status/1798715774854644174

Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) on X

Starship splashdown in Indian Ocean, mostly intact, with landing burn just before splashdown

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 1:57 PM

[languid willow]

Actually I agree

[keen island]

How do you believe they are going to fix the flap issue

[delicate trout]

that mostly is carrying a lot of weight

[delicate trout]

more tiles/sealing

[void temple]

like in terms of what was ahcievied on paper complelty succesful mission, qatleastsd by milestone events

clearly some stuff did go wrong

[spiral zenith]

what flap issue

[void temple]

but based on milestones

holy shit

[young bay]

welp

that was awesome

[gritty atlas]

https://x.com/DKiSAerospace/status/1798717042867990811

DKiS (@DKiSAerospace) on X

Live view of reentry like

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 2:02 PM

[worthy cedar]

https://x.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1798717412881408243

📸Trevor Mahlmann🚀 (@TrevorMahlmann) on X

"we're done when I say we're done" -ship 29

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 2:03 PM

[young bay]

but im heading off now

[ivory mist]

Just went to rewatch, the flap folded during the flip. It had about 3 seconds left lmao

[light stag]

nah this is like actually unequivocally a success of objectives as stated, both booster and ship got to the desired end states, perhaps in a more degraded state than expected

[spiral zenith]

REAL

[languid willow]

Downloading in process...
It's 1GiB already.

[spiral zenith]

hey "rapid reuse" was not an objective for this test

[spiral zenith]

ho lee

[slender patrol]

starship fr said https://youtu.be/s52ShGmBK-k

[languid willow]

Done, yay!

[delicate trout]

fwiw surviving once is hard but surviving once and having the ability to fly again is harder, and obv this ship isn’t reflyable

[spiral zenith]

woa

[delicate trout]

i wonder how it would’ve held up to tower catch lmaoooo

[keen island]

I don’t know, that flap seemed pretty strong

[slender patrol]

they should recover both and stack them for funsies

[void temple]

but it deserves to be presnted at the white house with a medal of honor

[slender patrol]

im sure they have that kinda money

[delicate trout]

would you fly that flap again…?

[spiral zenith]

space force 1 when

[void temple]

no

[delicate trout]

oh 100%

[spiral zenith]

presidential starship

[delicate trout]

the attachment points are definitely distorted lmao

[grand totem]

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1798718549307109867

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on X

Despite loss of many tiles and a damaged flap, Starship made it all the way to a soft landing in the ocean!

Congratulations @SpaceX team on an epic achievement!!

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 2:08 PM

[keen island]

Put in the Rocket garden

[tardy stag]

SpaceX shrinking the tiles because they don't need all of them

[pastel stone]

tbf im curious to see what the ship looks like

[winged stump]

didnt even mention the two engine otus

[delicate trout]

can’t wait for some billionaire to make oceangate2 to go visit this thing

[lofty python]

Anyone got a clip of the flap melting

[keen island]

The flap broke off on splashdown

[spiral zenith]

ship tiles will be the external tank white paint of this generation

[winged stump]

honestly, starship might be the safest rocket, like just looking at how robust this thing is

[lofty python]

I mean from when it was first breaking apart

[keen island]

Right above

[lofty python]

This moment

[keen island]

Right here

Skip towards the end

[spiral zenith]

wow ok so it basically split open

[delicate trout]

if only we had this in 4k

[tardy stag]

hold on im making one thats not instagram

[keen island]

Imagine if the camera didn’t get damaged

[versed grotto]

I wonder why they didn't switch to the other camera.

[tardy stag]

i screne recored

[versed grotto]

Maybe it got destroyed.

[lofty python]

I'm guessing it melted

[delicate trout]

the flap was the most interesting thing i think

[spiral zenith]

no but they went back to it later

(right?)

[lofty python]

I don't think they did

[versed grotto]

No, never did.

[spiral zenith]

o

interesting

yeah its probably dead the

[languid willow]

ffmpeg time! Place your bets at how long will it take.

[versed grotto]

Ya, again, amazing this thing survived.

[frank turtle]

how did the engine survived that

[fathom void]

Holy shit

That was crazy

[formal nebula]

S29 best ship

[spiral zenith]

ok anyway time for swimming burn ignition were going to perth

[fathom void]

The booster landing was amazing

[frank turtle]

tim dodd should have ridden this ship

[fathom void]

The grid fin looked like it was still freaking out

[frank turtle]

they say it was the camera

i think

[languid willow]

Done. Finally.

[worthy cedar]

Yeah it did

[fathom void]

In kinda disappointed with the engine out on ascent

[slender patrol]

that is an insane amount of flags lmao

[fathom void]

Looks like they took an engine offline for landing burn it never started up

[worthy cedar]

https://x.com/djsnm/status/1798721152740888752?s=61

Scott Manley (@DJSnM) on X

So to sum up my commentary on the Starship/Superheavy test launches:
IFT1 - 'Holy Shitballs! It's Moving!'
IFT2 - 'Holy Shitballs! It's staging!'
IFT3 - 'Holy Shitballs! It's burning up!'
IFT4 - 'Holy Shitballs! They landed!'

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 2:18 PM

[versed grotto]

Hearing the SapceX employees was so much fun. It amplified my own excitment for sure!

[spiral zenith]

i can hear scott saying "holy shitballs" in my head

[worthy cedar]

Unfortunate but not completely unexpected, I’m sure we’ll see engine issues from time to time for a while

[frank turtle]

probably the ship sunk down now right?

[worthy cedar]

Same

[spiral zenith]

nah its just reentering the ocean

different fluid less heating but same shebang

(probably has sank)

[lofty python]

https://fxtwitter.com/hibikiw/status/1798716584405643723

[delicate trout]

they had over 1000 changes so

elon told EDA that some regressions might occur

[winged stump]

insane how that flap survived

[delicate trout]

starlink mvp

[winged stump]

and the engines

a couple time, the plasma actually went over the engine bay

[tardy stag]

sorry left the audio in

[languid willow]

pippipipipipipipipipipipipipiiipipipipipipipiipipipipippippipipiiiiiipppipipippipi

[delicate trout]

the expansion on the fin is crazy

[slender patrol]

cicadas really got something to say about the flap huh

[languid willow]

lol

[delicate trout]

Audio muted

[keen island]

Add no time for caution

[tardy stag]

https://imgur.com/ROBh6ya

[spiral zenith]

yooo

[gritty atlas]

https://x.com/laure_mar/status/1798716481334878626

Lauren Potterat (@laure_mar) on X

The past 10 mins 🥴

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 2:00 PM

[delicate trout]

https://x.com/Jack_Frodo/status/1798714430118912269

Jack J (@Jack_Frodo) on X

the starship fin half way through reentry

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 1:51 PM

https://x.com/SpaceBasedFox/status/1798693424847315360

SpaceBasedFox 𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖊𝖊𝖆𝖊𝖗𝖔.𝖈𝖔𝖒 (@SpaceBasedFox) on X

Every Starship orbital flight test has had a little Easter egg in the steam, todays was this cute little marshmallow animation

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 12:28 PM

[tardy stag]

animal corssing incresingly concerned

[winged stump]

"avoids blowing up" thats a bit of an understatment

[tardy stag]

tim couldve lived

[gritty atlas]

https://x.com/sovereignofkent/status/1798717393990275272

aaron 🌌🔮🌿 (@sovereignofkent) on X

"raptors are unreliable"

"the heat shield is uneven"

"one tile missing and its over"

2 MISSING ENGINES

2 DELIBERATELY REMOVED TILES

MULTIPLE THAT FELL OFF

HALF A FUCKING FLAP MELTED OFF

AND YET, SUCCESSFUL SPLASHDOWN OF STARSHIP AND SUPERHEAVY

IFT-4 A COMPLETE SUCCESS

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 2:03 PM

[gritty atlas]

💀

[delicate trout]

maybe

[pastel stone]

the conditions inside were probably like this

[tardy stag]

https://imgur.com/tC6zHiE

[slender patrol]

the lens not completely breaking off was insane

[tardy stag]

well i assume its in a protective case

[frank turtle]

man stainless steel rocks

[winged stump]

no it metals

smh

[gritty atlas]

it is uncanny how easy it is.

also the fourth flight was also the first successul one for falcon 1

so

nice like coinkydink

[delicate trout]

https://x.com/peterrhague/status/1798716353605472392

Peter Hague PhD (@peterrhague) on X

Acquisition of signal from Starship:

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 1:59 PM

[winged stump]

4 seems to be the lucky number

[winged stump]

unless its a starship hop

[delicate trout]

F9F4 was its only partial failure

[hazy turtle]

Called it

Engine shut down on the booster

[delicate trout]

. F9F4 🤝 SSF4
losing an engine on ascent

[winged stump]

same time next week?

[spiral zenith]

this was a hop 🙂

yeh

[hazy turtle]

A very, very big one

[delicate trout]

250km hop

hopefully in the future the cameras will come out cleaner

[winged stump]

250km up, a lot further sideways

[delicate trout]

that should come in tandem with not turning into crisp

[delicate trout]

preach

i wonder if they lost any tiles on reentry

[winged stump]

i mean they nearly lost the entire flap

[delicate trout]

oh yeah

true

[winged stump]

and there were tiles on the other side of the hole

[delicate trout]

but the forces might’ve kept them on?

even with it ballooning out

there would’ve been gaps though you’re right

https://x.com/NosuSuishin/status/1798715946544304429

Nosu ⚙️ 《COMM OPEN 1/2》 (@NosuSuishin) on X

THEY DID IT LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 1:57 PM

[winged stump]

question is, was it a loss of tiles that caused the burnthrough, or were the tiles just not effective enough

[delicate trout]

i want engine bay cammmm

[winged stump]

same

[pastel stone]

lets goo

[winged stump]

i still dont understand how they lived

[pastel stone]

belly flop is back

[delicate trout]

it looked like it creeped through the gap between ship and it

[winged stump]

maybe next time put a flameproof towel over the gap?

[delicate trout]

WHITE STARSHIP WOULD BE SO GOATED

[void temple]

https://x.com/peterrhague/status/1798716353605472392?s=46&t=AjQd6E12o0mJpMxo4nKHMA

Peter Hague PhD (@peterrhague) on X

Acquisition of signal from Starship:

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 1:59 PM

[delicate trout]

retvrn

[winged stump]

so when do you all think the next flight will be?

bc no mishap

[gritty atlas]

Uh

[delicate trout]

haven’t the already staticed flight 5 hardware

[gritty atlas]

not the booster

only the ship

[winged stump]

in theory they could do expendable ship reusable booster launches from the next flight

[gritty atlas]

I'd say that the earliest time for IFT-5 is late July
but more realistically somewhere in August

[delicate trout]

how well do yall think the “first orbital starship” would’ve faired

[tardy stag]

completely forgot about stage sep and hsr

[winged stump]

it wouldnt

looks like tinfoil

[tardy stag]

orbit 2019!

[spiral zenith]

reflect the heat trust

[gritty atlas]

That would've Skylab'd so fast 😭

[tardy stag]

say no to the heat

[gritty atlas]

insta breakup

[winged stump]

real question is how well did the backup tile work

unless it fell off

[gritty atlas]

🤷‍♂️

[light stag]

https://fxtwitter.com/mcrs987/status/1798726196353733071

[gritty atlas]

we'll have to wait and see what spacex says about it

[light stag]

alr who wins with the prelim coordinates lol

[gritty atlas]

no one, actually

[lofty python]

This is the energy I felt while watching Ship 29
https://youtu.be/3FtBAGMSw-I?si=5wc6kpE5UVN9L80l&t=212

[gritty atlas]

no one picked A2

[gritty atlas]

that's like D1

so

yeah

no one got that

[tardy stag]

wow

[gritty atlas]

F

💀

[winged stump]

wait isnt that outside the safe range?

ah great

[tardy stag]

shouldve made the map without the safety zone thing

[winged stump]

mishap not avoided

[gritty atlas]

what 😭

[winged stump]

"cannonballs"

[toxic agate]

That looks to be just the US NOTAM

There's another area south

[spiral zenith]

this should be pined

[delicate trout]

oof that’s very off i assume

if true no tower catch

[delicate trout]

oh nvm

[tardy stag]

that was like E4

[spiral zenith]

that is so close to land wtf

[gritty atlas]

I'm really hoping some of the fellas across the border caught it

I doubt it considering the weather but a guy can hope

[tardy stag]

so whos guess is closest

[winged stump]

STREAMS's

[tardy stag]

yeah

[young bay]

rip

nobody

[gritty atlas]

Gonna start finding the headlines and ranking them

https://apnews.com/article/spacex-musk-starship-launch-rocket-81c9279f30ca98be1c01b84ceb895e90

[tardy stag]

now for ship

[lofty python]

wtf did I actually get the closest guess

[tardy stag]

yeah

[lofty python]

HOW TF

[tardy stag]

slugpium way out there'

[lofty python]

I WAS JOKING

I said it was gonna land on the beach lol

[tardy stag]

i had no idea it woul dbe that close

[young bay]

so where did the ship land/

[tardy stag]

hopfully for s29 somone got it

we dont know here it landed yet tho

[summer cargo]

Very apt title

[tardy stag]

i hate headlines

[gritty atlas]

I hate misleading ones.

[gritty atlas]

with that the test is officially over ig

hell yeah high fives all around

[gritty atlas]

better give the flap installment team a raise

[void temple]

@tardy stag where is that on the bigno card?

[void temple]

oh damn

so FAA mishap report then?

[slender patrol]

stop

[tardy stag]

to stop

[young bay]

prob not

[delicate trout]

girls too smh

[fathom void]

https://x.com/spacex/status/1798732434026172509?s=61

SpaceX (@SpaceX) on X

Flight 4 liftoff from Starbase

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 3:03 PM

[tardy stag]

imagine guy from mexico out fishing or something

and booster lands neaby

[delicate trout]

don’t think so?

[tardy stag]

if only flickr

[pastel stone]

spacex flickr page has been dead for ages

[delicate trout]

big day for starblanks

[lofty python]

did anyone get tracking footage of the booster this time

[spiral zenith]

ugh does anyone know what weather satellites have good coverage over the indian ocean

[delicate trout]

https://x.com/Space_Josiah/status/1798718560145113579

Josiah 🚀 (@Space_Josiah) on X

I suppose he never mentioned resiliency to losing a flap or two

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 2:08 PM

[fathom void]

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1798732390313218305?

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on X

@Kristennetten @SpaceX I think we should try to catch the booster with the mechazilla arms next flight!

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 3:03 PM

Oh no

[spiral zenith]

theres at least one meteosat over there but they update data every 6 hours, neither goes has a clear view of the reentry area, and himawari's website is incomprehennsible

[worthy cedar]

LETS GO

[tardy stag]

rip tower

[spiral zenith]

actually not true himawari my goat

[light stag]

RIP OLM1: i forgor-2024

[delicate trout]

so flight 6 is gonna be a while

[tardy stag]

its gonna be really cool sigh ttho when booster takes out the tower at mach 1

[delicate trout]

i mean actually i could see it happening

i wonder when they’ll start recovering ship

[young bay]

So sft 5 is gonna be a full orbit right?

[fathom void]

Honestly i don’t think it’ll be for a while anyway I can’t imagine s31 and s32 flying

[delicate trout]

i kinda doubt the gov wants it reentering over land atm tho

[spiral zenith]

o staship hunting aside this is such a cool view of the earth (water vapor ir)

there is a little something over here but probably isnt starship

[delicate trout]

yeah it might be a SN15 situation

so guys

went S29 reflight

[tardy stag]

i agree

s29 is fit to fly

just watth they gonna drag it back into port

[young bay]

Give it 2 weeks

[split jasper]

No need to replace the flap either

[spiral zenith]

what if s29 falls over and b1058s

[spiral zenith]

flaps? you mean camera mounts?

[tardy stag]

i want a fligth prooven tile

[delicate trout]

it already has

[delicate trout]

personally i think it’s just an innovative weight saving initiative

[spiral zenith]

possibly true

[cosmic pond]

Did it happen yet?

[spiral zenith]

gets better every flight

[delicate trout]

i have an IFT-1 tile

[spiral zenith]

yeah t worked

[hazy turtle]

wait did it fall or did the engine (s) even attempt to restart?

[tardy stag]

https://imgur.com/tC6zHiE

[delicate trout]

yuh

[spiral zenith]

2 engine landig burn i think

[light stag]

yeah, full test profile

[tardy stag]

i have a chunk of one

[delicate trout]

i’m scared of mine

i need a case for it

[tardy stag]

same

[cosmic pond]

Wait did it make it through re-entry?

[delicate trout]

yes💀

[tardy stag]

https://imgur.com/ROBh6ya

[delicate trout]

soft landed and everything

[pseudo wraith]

Yes, all the way to splashdown

[delicate trout]

with half a flap missing

[split jasper]

Somehow

[tardy stag]

just barely

[cosmic pond]

Holy shit

[delicate trout]

x to doubt

[spiral zenith]

yes

[delicate trout]

booster also soft landed

[pastel stone]

so doable

[spiral zenith]

one raptor early shut down on ascent, one didnt relight for booster landing, and one didnt relight for ship landing (i think)

[pastel stone]

i swear for flips they did SN15 with two

[delicate trout]

i heard all 3 lit

[delicate trout]

light 3 pick best 2

[spiral zenith]

got damn

[pastel stone]

yeah

[delicate trout]

elon musk got the idea from a twitter user

[spiral zenith]

[tardy stag]

forgot how cool the booster landing was

[worthy cedar]

And the fact that that’s real time is crazy too

[tardy stag]

yeah it as going FAST

booster is gonna have a crazy sonic boom

[delicate trout]

gridfins are so cute

[pseudo wraith]

https://x.com/Jack_Frodo/status/1798731771627859969

Jack J (@Jack_Frodo) on X

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 3:00 PM

[young bay]

Remember when it was just grain silos?

[brisk mica]

Has ship 29 died yet?

[pseudo wraith]

[lofty python]

https://fxtwitter.com/DJSnM/status/1798725532131147900

[delicate trout]

(spoiler: they did)

[brisk mica]

Did it survive or not

[spiral zenith]

YEA

[brisk mica]

I’m at work so not able to be following fully

[split jasper]

Survived until splashdown

[tardy stag]

this photo is so amazinf.

soft splashdown

[brisk mica]

Honestly that’s not too bad

[pseudo wraith]

It was able to successfully complete the landing burn and soft splashdown, but it was significantly damaged (mostly the fins)

[brisk mica]

Ah awesome

[brisk mica]

That’s at least fixable! For flight 5 you’d hope

[split jasper]

Didn't look like a vertical splashdown to me so wouldn't have lived it if it was on land but like, not bad for losing half a grid fin 60km up

[spiral zenith]

well uh i think we can say that ship did the first successful in-flight fin-gridfin conversion

[hollow rampart]

false, I definitely teared up a bit lol

[spiral zenith]

🫡

[light stag]

that was an experience

[split jasper]

Yeah it looks like the dude is depressed in that which is the incorrect emotion smh

[tardy stag]

the tiles flying off the flap is so funny

wonder what luckly person finds those

[fathom void]

I’d love to see the internal cameras during re entry

[tardy stag]

yes

[delicate trout]

they zeroed the velocity so

[split jasper]

Do they float? Bc otherwise it'll be a fish

[tardy stag]

ye

[hollow rampart]

fairly sure yeah, they're primarily air

[cosmic pond]

Alright I'm gonna have to watch the stream later because I have shit to do today but wow I did not expect it to make it through re-entry

[tardy stag]

they are like foam i have some peices of one it feels liek packing foam

[delicate trout]

with all the holes it just acquired?

[tardy stag]

the black part is hard though

[hollow rampart]

jesus fuck lmao I don't even know what to say

[delicate trout]

not only reentry, it had a successful transition out of the bellyflop into a virtual landing

[hollow rampart]

I still don't think they'll get any of them in recoverable condition

[split jasper]

Yeah it was awesome

[delicate trout]

goalpost mover smh

[split jasper]

At this point, what's the logic behind this?

[light stag]

oops i eated it

[delicate trout]

https://vxtwitter.com/starshipgazer/status/1798738061389692930

https://x.com/joebarnard/status/1798737404528095265

Joe Barnard 🚀 (@joebarnard) on X

There are at least 32 working raptor engines in the Gulf of Mexico if anyone wants to start a really unsustainable/unreliable small sat launch business

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 3:23 PM

[hollow rampart]

To paraphrase Louis Rossmann: "It's best to always be pessimistic about everything, because things suck and most of the time you have the satisfaction of being right, and when you're wrong, the world is slightly better than you imagined it to be"

[tardy stag]

A little bit salty

[hollow rampart]

worth noting that KORD is alive and well
the opposite RB throttled to compensate for the engine out

[pastel stone]

neat

[split jasper]

I mean at this point there's very little actual reason why they wouldn't be able to create a functional version of Starship. Meeting the lofty eventual goals for payload and operational frequency is another story but like

[spiral zenith]

holy n1

[tardy stag]

Remember the jankness of the first flight

[delicate trout]

kinda crazy it’s only been 14 months

[pastel stone]

4 flights in just under 14 months

[spiral zenith]

what the fuck they went from there to here in just over a year

[delicate trout]

https://x.com/ScottLikesSLS/status/1798731951203115131

SLS ☄️ (@ScottLikesSLS) on X

There was 3 CLEAR flashes from S29, Not only did we get successful landing, ALL 3 RAPTOR 2s RELIT!!!
Take that SN15

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 3:01 PM

i wonder if they’ll fly more block 1 or go straight to block 2

https://x.com/robert_savitsky/status/1798723758787801263

afec7032 🇷🇺 (@robert_savitsky) on X

@Truthful_ast Anybody else saw hot staging ring decelerating in the background?

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 2:28 PM

[hazy turtle]

S30 has to launch tho

[delicate trout]

BANGER

[lofty python]

gays I need a good photo of IFT-4 for my list

[split jasper]

You heard her gays get on it /j

[worthy cedar]

Guess I can’t help since I’m not gay 🤷‍♂️

[tardy stag]

true

[hollow rampart]

two or three more

[hazy turtle]

maybe not S31 but definitely S30

[delicate trout]

oh?

[tardy stag]

https://imgur.com/OGZs9DW

the flashes and particals are so cool

[hazy turtle]

genuinely cannot believe we got those views

also

[tardy stag]

yeah

[hazy turtle]

how did that flap not fall off

[tardy stag]

it broke during the flip

i think

but its crazy

it made it that far

[pastel stone]

i dont think jt did

i think it looked like it broke but its when they fold inwards

[hazy turtle]

looking at the footage it's still there

somehow

[tardy stag]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1242868070112821318/1248287536510533744/flap.gif

[pastel stone]

like after the flip they fold in

[hazy turtle]

despite literally everything holding it to the ship not being there anymore

[tardy stag]

look slike flap debris broke the camera

[pastel stone]

or a tile

probably flap debris

[hazy turtle]

could be change in pressure tho

going from 1 atmosphere to 0 then back to 1

[tardy stag]

lens got splattered with stuff first

then brok

[spiral zenith]

yeah no that looked like a debris strike

partially bc the crack coincided with a shift opposite to where the crack was

[pastel stone]

defo isnt cuz booster also did the same and the lenses didn't crack

[hazy turtle]

good point

[pastel stone]

its debris most likely

[hazy turtle]

it got splattered with molten metal, possibly hit by a tile or a few, survived re-entry, then still worked (ISH)

crazy to think about

[pastel stone]

true

some solid cameras they got

[delicate trout]

it definitely was

[hollow rampart]

certified clownguy5 moment

[fathom void]

I never fully realised how much noise the pad made before launch

[winged stump]

turn it into the artemis 3 lander, no flaps needed

[pseudo wraith]

https://fixupx.com/elonmusk/status/1798745841836110239

[gritty atlas]

I know the wings feel very nice Icarus but let’s not fly too high

[toxic agate]

🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡

[split jasper]

tbf when I saw the flap start breaking i thought explosion was imminent

[light stag]

yeah I thought that was the joever point

expected a loss of control if nothing else

[delicate trout]

https://x.com/littlebluena/status/1798723527027343713

Little Blue Stars are the Best 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (@littlebluena) on X

Oh boy, there are going to be so many gems from this stream.

"It's gone, your taxpayer money... OH NO! IT'S BACK AGAIN! IT'S BACK AGAIN!"

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 2:28 PM

[light stag]

bro even his comments are filled with people calling him out

that was like, live coping 1000

[cursive vault]

Did SpX publish mission patch btw?

[pseudo wraith]

Not on their website unfortunately

[cursive vault]

💀

[pseudo wraith]

But it is listed on their store

[cursive vault]

good enough

[hazy turtle]

ngl when the grid finds started fluttering i thought it was joever

[delicate trout]

who is that lmao

[worthy cedar]

Same

[winged stump]

MVPs of this flight: grid fins and forward flaps

[delicate trout]

GNC teams in general

[delicate trout]

https://x.com/spacesudoer/status/1798748641173319828

Space Sudoer (@spacesudoer) on X

Weird

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 4:07 PM

[pure solar]

God damn

She really just did that

[delicate trout]

https://x.com/scottlikessls/status/1798760751680851978?s=46

SLS ☄️ (@ScottLikesSLS) on X

Holy shit they were bang on!
That confirms to me they were pretty much on target.

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 4:55 PM

[delicate trout]

what a queen

[fathom void]

I wish we could of actually had views during that it’s such a shame

I bet it looked like an absolute mess from the outside as well

[delicate trout]

i think all of the cameras were kerfucked

eventually we’ll have ground tracking views

[pure solar]

The flap

Jesús christ

[fathom void]

Ye I imagine both fwd flaps were to

[pure solar]

What a trooper she was

[hazy turtle]

Or what was left of them

[worthy cedar]

I can’t wait to have ground views

[winged stump]

so i assume the engine fires of the ship and booster at splashdown were bc of the water pushing into the engine nozzles, causing the output to go through the sides?

[languid willow]

Well, I guess SpaceX is not that popular anyways-

[winged stump]

booster looked a bit cooked at hotstaging

it isnt meant to be that colour, right?

[delicate trout]

white?

[hazy turtle]

it's probably just lighting

[delicate trout]

yeah it looks fine

[winged stump]

fair point

[winged stump]

i was talking about above the frost

[untold yarrow]

Soviet N1 technicians seeing this and knowing finally someone figured it out

[winged stump]

wait i forgot about how its reflective 🤦‍♂️

[untold yarrow]

Btw what is/was final status of ship
Seems we got that flap cam and see it fall apart and than just some sparks and stuff through a not happy camera

Or did I miss anything

[delicate trout]

probably the exhaust melting some ice

[cursive vault]

it did splish splash and I assume when it flipped on the surface, the fin got broken (or it got rotated due to inertia)

[winged stump]

so final results of launch bing?

[untold yarrow]

Oh Scott Manley video

That should do the trick

[delicate trout]

https://x.com/braindrink/status/1798766895241498669

Inyo Enjoyer (@braindrink) on X

in the atoll. straight up “landing it”. and by “it”, haha, well let’s justr say. my starship

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 5:20 PM

[spiral zenith]

holy shitballs hes already made a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m0TY6i1Kuo

[winged stump]

rewatching footage, it seems the flap started cooking after it moved out into the plasma stream

T+51:15

T+51:50

[untold yarrow]

I like Scott's theory

Hot hot hot hot hot gass moving through gaps in the hinches, and than cooking from the inside

[winged abyss]

the opposite one would be one engine counterclockwise I think this is unrelated

[delicate trout]

https://x.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1798772854257012863

📸Trevor Mahlmann🚀 (@TrevorMahlmann) on X

In loving memory...
23 Sept 2021 - 6 June 2024

RIP Ship 21's forward flaps, which perished today reentering earth's atmosphere on Ship 29

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 5:44 PM

[hollow rampart]

yeah, I noticed that too, but it's probably just an artifact of how ignition happens

[delicate trout]

ship 21’s flaps??

[hollow rampart]

oh yeah I forgot it was S22's afts and S21's forwards

[untold yarrow]

Pretty sure all flaps died today

[hollow rampart]

^^

[untold yarrow]

Or got mangled to similar degrees

[hollow rampart]

you can vaguely see the same thing happen to the aft flaps

[untold yarrow]

all the SpaceX employees conflicted about happiness about the success or fear of Elon deciding flaps are an issues and they should come up with a new solution

[hazy turtle]

Did mechazilla's arms move to demonstrate a catch?

[delicate trout]

weird asl

[delicate trout]

oh??

[hollow rampart]

yes

[hazy turtle]

nice

[untold yarrow]

We saw a plume off hot gas come through on the opposite end of the other aft flap

Which the internals the ultra high pressure gass is forcing it's way through don't like

Also wouldn't surprise me if the 2nd camera isn't in a well happy space

[winged abyss]

well, they moved very slowly and after the booster had splashed down

[gritty atlas]

Yeah this
Very unrealistic to see one flap get mangled and assume nothing happened to the other ones

[void temple]

So we have like no idea where the ship landed right?

[formal nebula]

nope

[delicate trout]

https://x.com/mcrs987/status/1798778573840634345

TheSpaceEngineer (@mcrs987) on X

@HusbandOfAyn @SpaceX That's SpaceX's recovery OPS vessel. Normally a Dragon recovery vessel. it's out there checking the vehicle out

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 6:06 PM

THERES A BOAT

[hollow rampart]

ma'am

scroll up a bunch lol

I was gonna reply to myself but I never named it here oops

it's GO America

and yeah RGV just flew over the LZ

[spark wraith]

Deluge from earlier

[ Credit: NSF Starbase Live ]

[summer cargo]

JUNE 6, 2024
STARSHIP'S FOURTH FLIGHT TEST

Starship’s fourth flight test launched with ambitious goals, attempting to go farther than any previous test before and begin demonstrating capabilities central to return and reuse of Starship and Super Heavy. The payload for this test was the data.

Starship delivered.

On June 6, 2024, Starship successfully lifted off at 7:50 a.m. CT from Starbase in Texas and went on to deliver maximum excitement:

The Super Heavy booster lifted off successfully and completed a full-duration ascent burn.

Starship executed another successful hot-stage separation, powering down all but three of Super Heavy’s Raptor engines and successfully igniting the six second stage Raptor engines before separating the vehicles.

Following separation, the Super Heavy booster successfully completed its flip maneuver, boostback burn to send it towards the splashdown zone, and jettison of the hot-stage adapter.

The booster’s flight ended with a landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico seven minutes and 24 seconds into the flight.

Starship's six second stage Raptor engines successfully powered the vehicle to space and placed it on the planned trajectory for coast.

Starship made a controlled reentry, successfully making it through the phases of peak heating and aerodynamic pressure and demonstrating the ability to control the vehicle using its flaps while descending through the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds.

Starlink on Starship once again enabled real-time telemetry and live high-definition video throughout every phase of entry, with external cameras providing views all the way to the flight’s conclusion.

Flight 4 ended with Starship igniting its three center Raptor engines and executing the first flip maneuver and landing burn since our suborbital campaign, followed by a soft splashdown of the ship in the Indian Ocean one hour and six minutes after launch.

The fourth flight of Starship made major strides to bring us closer to a rapidly reusable future. Its accomplishments will provide data to drive improvements as we continue rapidly developing Starship into a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on an inspired fourth flight test of Starship! And thank you to our customers, Cameron County, spaceflight fans, and the wider community for the continued support and encouragement.

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-4

https://x.com/mcrs987/status/1798775316648956068?s=46&t=9j2-lzDcIbRK6McrWkEb9g
Bingo needs a review

TheSpaceEngineer (@mcrs987) on X

Exact coordinate within a hundred or so meters.

25°58'8.19"N 96°30'45.47"W

65km downrange

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 5:53 PM

[winged abyss]

c’mon can’t even say “despite significant damage?”

I guess it’s just PR speak but it does bug me

[hollow rampart]

https://fxtwitter.com/Malky0010/status/1798732941683830882

[untold yarrow]

Why are you upset that a PR statement is in PR statement

[winged abyss]

because as always it’s a missed opportunity

[remote aspen]

fucking lol

[gritty atlas]

“Despite significant damage” isn’t a universally positive phrase so
Don’t blame them for not including that

[remote aspen]

I'd post get Berger'ed but I don't have it on my phone

[hazy turtle]

just eric being eric

[winged abyss]

not everything that happened was universally positive either, it was cool to see but a flap melting isn’t exactly part of the plan

[cursive vault]

https://x.com/Truthful_ast/status/1798712513665913183

Truthful🛰️ (@Truthful_ast) on X

Rainbow

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 1:44 PM

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈

[fathom void]

This thing flew the other way around

[delicate trout]

weren’t 100km hops a plan at some point

[delicate trout]

left camera is on bottom right camera is on top

[spiral zenith]

@lofty python woop

[fathom void]

No? And why would that make a difference

[delicate trout]

it definitely is that

therefore it looks like the booster is going a different way when it’s the same from 2 different perspectives

[spiral zenith]

yep booster dives towards the shielded side of ship both times

[fathom void]

It’s the same camera I swear

[delicate trout]

one camera is on the zenith and one is on the nadir i think

[light stag]

Wait no

The heatshield is on the bottom for both

[fathom void]

The booster goes the same way but it’s just a different orientation

[spiral zenith]

oh shit actually you may be right the frost patterns on top tripped me up

hm

[light stag]

Yeah looks like either the roll attitude between the two is different or the booster is actually going on a different angle

[fathom void]

Yep it rolls the other way during ascent for this flight

Just compared them

[delicate trout]

iirc starship flies like a knife, one flap on bottom and one flap on top

[spiral zenith]

did they just launch the vehicle with a different roll orientation this time

[fathom void]

Yes

[light stag]

Yeah but it looks like it's flipped 180

[toxic agate]

Lol no not a Dragon recovery vessel. It's been ages since it did such work

[fathom void]

No it rolls the other way

[light stag]

Oops wrong reply

[delicate trout]

downrange direction

[light stag]

Thats what I'm saying

The vehicle is flipped 180 degrees from picking the different roll direction

[winged stump]

yoo within safety bounds

[lofty python]

WHAT

I ACTUALLY GOT IT RIGHT???

[spiral zenith]

i think it might be slightly south of the line bc the overlay wasnt scaled perfectly but it is definitely in that square

heres a more accurate version, youve still got it

[fathom void]

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1798735261645369806?t=hedWZb3gLPDl_u-BgA50Kw&s=19

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on X

@krassenstein Speaks to the incredible resilience of stainless steel at temperature.

We will further hone our SX300 alloy to withstand even higher temperatures.

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 3:14 PM

[hollow rampart]

definitely Dragon recovery team though because they do be trolling

[spiral zenith]

woop

[delicate trout]

https://x.com/CSI_Starbase/status/1798788926599016908

Zack Golden (@CSI_Starbase) on X

I think the WB57 should have some good footage of the landing burn. The final loop that it made lines up with the time of soft touchdown.

I can’t imagine them not sharing this footage in the recap video!

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 6:47 PM

LIT

i really really wish we would’ve gotten to see starship post entry from a 3rd person perspective

[tardy stag]

wheres it at

migth give rough area for landing

[hazy turtle]

[winged stump]

this either means no IFT 5 until 2nd tower, or risk of no IFT 6 until tower rebuild

[hazy turtle]

the only way tower gets destroyed is if superheavy fails in the last 30 seconds or so until landing

anything before that and it'll probably just fall into the ocean

like F9 in a way

[hollow rampart]

just for the record this is a few km off

close enough for bingo purposes though

pretty much due east of the Mexican border

TSE's estimate is slightly southeast

[unique merlin]

Oddly enough that's not the exact opposite one

[hollow rampart]

you're the third to point this out to me

[cursive vault]

Flight 5 aka OLM-1 Reconstruction Day

[winged stump]

is it within the zone?

[unique merlin]

What can I say. I'm just 🐢

[hollow rampart]

(I'm stupid, wrong direction) but I thiiiink so? not super sure

does someone have a google maps or earth overlay with the zones

[winged stump]

i meant the FAA safety zone

[hollow rampart]

yeah I know

[hollow rampart]

if this is accurate it's likely within the zone yeah

[spiral zenith]

it agrees with erffli's so i trust it

[fathom void]

What’s up with the grid fins

During booster descent

They go crazy

[hazy turtle]

flutter I think is what's happening

[tardy stag]

alot of force

booster is going fast