Starship Flight Test 4

[fathom void]

Surely they should be more stable though

[hazy turtle]

it goes nuts

[winged stump]

decided to watch thunderfool's video on IFT4, and the amount of times he was just completely wrong is amazing

[hollow rampart]

why would you give that jackass a view

[winged stump]

"what is that which came off the top of the booster? thats not right?" (it was, in fact, the hotstage ring)
"the booster is out of oxygen, its gonna make a big splash" (it was not, in fact, out of oxygen)
"the booster is done for" (it was not, in fact, done for)

[short mesa]

Real

[void temple]

Do you not watch stuff that is wrong?

[winged stump]

"oo we have an image.. of one of the grid fins" (it was, in fact, a flap)

[winged stump]

"there's something wrong there" (it was, in fact, night time)

[fathom void]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/700041518018330715/1248306090081259580/image0.gif?ex=66632f24&is=6661dda4&hm=cc9d0828ce3742b726afedca285ea76cd3078e4715635142203a3fd95f4f3857&

[light stag]

I think it's more the "no need to give this guy youtube clicks"

Though I'll admit I watched it for the lolz

[delicate trout]

he unfortunately has 1mil subs so kinda past that

[tardy stag]

For sure thought s29 was done for

[gritty atlas]

https://x.com/MaxFagin/status/1798747577694978120/photo/4

Max Fagin 🚀🔴🌐☄🌘 (@MaxFagin) on X

First pass at the entry profile for Starship along with the timing of major events from the video. We can see the effects of the flaps being used to mitigate deceleration and heating. A textbook lifting entry!

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 4:03 PM

[bitter roost]

Have we got a pic of starship

[bitter roost]

Love how we're all talking about that one flap when we dunno if the other flaps burnt through

[bitter roost]

Post entry

[fathom void]

Well id imagine so

[fathom void]

No

[delicate trout]

i feel bad for the other flap if so💀

[hollow rampart]

other forward did

[bitter roost]

Is there pics

[bitter roost]

They exist but spacex obviously doesn't wanna release them

[formal nebula]

from eda’s insta

[fathom void]

Probably suffered the same fate as the other camera though

[bitter roost]

I mean from the ground when they went to go disarm the tanks and pick it up

[fathom void]

I think they don’t have anything to go and sink it

Why’s the door open

[bitter roost]

Oh

[tardy stag]

Fits?

I wonder if they sunk by now

[fathom void]

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1798837841319141829

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on X

Starship separates from booster

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 10:02 PM

[tardy stag]

If only flickr

This is so cool and all but there's little things that make me so mad like not streaming on YouTube and now high res photos or anything

They have really good cameras on the ground

They have the photos might as well release them in full resolution

No way they can't spare some social media person to do that real quick

[delicate trout]

https://x.com/Erdayastronaut/status/1798839719964618998

Everyday Astronaut (@Erdayastronaut) on X

The night before #Starship's 4th flight, @elonmusk described one of the main concerns about Starship's heat shield. He turned out to be right as it was the exact spot that burned through. More video to come!

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 10:09 PM

https://x.com/littlebluena/status/1798815257730994468

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

So @C_S_Skeptic finally woke up and commented on the flight.

Nothing of note. 😂

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 8:32 PM

[queen summit]

Who is Rhi and why is her supposed to be on there last year matter

[light stag]

pretty sure she was one of the dearmoon crew

[queen summit]

The last 2 sentences are so weird

[light stag]

he mentions her specifically probably because she did rant about it a bit on twitter when it was cancelled

[queen summit]

Ok… but who cares. It wasn’t ready for people then and people still aren’t on it

[light stag]

either way though its CSS

its worth no mental strain making sense of it

[hollow rampart]

it's so fucking over

Red alert

[light stag]

who is that

[hollow rampart]

Joe Petrzelka has returned to Starbase

[light stag]

did he do something specific?

[hollow rampart]

shitty management

he's basically the Reagan of 2020-2022 Starbase

[delicate trout]

💀

[fathom void]

He’s probably on there for the flight all high ups would be there

[pastel stone]

insane flight today

hopefully flight 5 soon

[hollow rampart]

how's less than a month for ya?

[tardy stag]

Imagine

[bitter roost]

Looks like rear flap burn through?

[toxic agate]

I think that's the engine chill vent

[bitter roost]

Ohhhhh

[toxic agate]

Burn through looks a lot more violent given what we see from the forward flap

[bitter roost]

Why did one of the raptors fail on the booster

[toxic agate]

We don't know

Good thing is SH has engine out capability on ascent and descent and it demonstrated that today

[fathom void]

I’d say that’s never gonna happen but under 2 is doable

[bitter roost]

We demonstrated that on ift1

[hollow rampart]

oh yeah there's absolutely no way it happens

but they'll get a lot closer with no major hardware failures and no mishap investigation

[fathom void]

Yep it’s gonna speed things up gonna get through these last few ships quickly hopefully

[young bay]

its spacexs style to always do better on the next launch and speed of launches

[toxic agate]

Uhhhhhhh well.....

Lol

[hollow rampart]

my guess is July 17th atm

[toxic agate]

Flight 1 demonstrated that the whole engine section was in danger lol

[hollow rampart]

fuck you mean, 18 engines on fire with no fight computer or TVC can't carry on to orbit?

can't be

oh yeah some dude set up a remote in the mudflats and holy fuck

these shots are gonna be great

[tardy stag]

Wo

Ship also demonstrated it doesn't need all tiles or whole flaps

[young bay]

lol

ship with gridfins

[hollow rampart]

the forward flap was literally held on by the actuator

absolutely insane

[tardy stag]

We have yet to hear anything about hip location

[fathom void]

The sea

[tardy stag]

That's crazy

[toxic agate]

I thought the flap was never gonna move again and then I saw it moving for the skydiving maneuver and I was like WHAT?!

[tardy stag]

Yeahh same

Well I thought it was about to break off and ship would tumble

[fathom void]

I was certain I was about to watch the flap just fly off

[tardy stag]

Yeah

[hollow rampart]

I literally said out loud and in multiple chats "oh fuck that ullage has to be going crazy right now to counteract loss of flaps" only for me to get multiple pings of "THE FLAPS ARE STILL MOVING!!!!?!!!!!!"

[tardy stag]

Do you have a chat with spx employees or some

[fathom void]

It was incredible the landing shouldn’t of happened yet S29 powered through

[hollow rampart]

I will plead the fifth

[hollow rampart]

yeah absolutely not

[toxic agate]

https://tenor.com/view/zipped-mouth-wont-tell-keep-a-secret-secret-genie-gif-7353714

[young bay]

should have happened with 4/20 stack

[fathom void]

That thing shouldn’t of even lasted as long as it did but I’m surprised within 4 flights we’ve gone from that to a successful re entry

[young bay]

lol

[tardy stag]

Flap flying off would've been kinda funny

But it ignoring the fact that half of it is missing is more

[fathom void]

Do we know the condition of the aft flaps?

[tardy stag]

Who knows what other damage ship has too

[toxic agate]

🤔 https://x.com/SpaceXPad39A/status/1798864132483215534

Andrew/Pad 39A (parody) (@SpaceXPad39A) on X

A Dassault Falcon 900EX was circling around the area in the Indian Ocean where Ship 29 was expected to splash down. Hopefully they were able to get some nice footage. @NASASpaceflight

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 11:46 PM

[fathom void]

Just gotta hope it wouldn’t of sunk by then or that they even saw it

[tardy stag]

so that would be

aorund d19 maybe

map is rotated a bit btw

[young bay]

hm we will see

[hollow rampart]

oh THATTTSSS...

[young bay]

I may have been closer than i thought

[toxic agate]

Classy https://x.com/stoke_space/status/1798847633118646337

Stoke Space (@stoke_space) on X

@sivanithu @SpaceX @AndyLapsa @Erdayastronaut @DJSnM Actually, I'd say the biggest winner of today is humanity! Every single day we test and get closer to 100% reusable rockets 🚀 is a huge win for all of us! #teamspace

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 10:41 PM

[hollow rampart]

no fucking WAY they got views holy fuck

[bitter roost]

I desperately want pics or video of the ship post entry

[hollow rampart]

I will deny until proven otherwise

that would be absolutely legendary

[tardy stag]

yess

[gritty atlas]

well it was dark, so I wouldn't rule it out-out

[fathom void]

What?

[gritty atlas]

It would be insane though.

[tardy stag]

rough

[young bay]

map is still off

we will see

[fathom void]

The ship is gonna look so beat up

[fathom void]

So close

[tardy stag]

yeah a bit but once we get more exact location ill do it more accurate

[delicate trout]

did weeeeee

it did yknow

[gritty atlas]

I really do think that the Ship will look okay aside from the melted flaps

[delicate trout]

fall over and blow up bc it wasn’t fast enough or high enough

[bitter roost]

I mean it went up without a lot of engines

[gritty atlas]

if there was a proper burnthrough in the hull then there would'nt have been a landing

[delicate trout]

if it survived that shockwave

[tardy stag]

https://tenor.com/view/starship-spacex-spacex-starship-starship-spacex-superheavy-gif-13878785826462494971

[young bay]

https://tenor.com/view/starship-its-uncanny-how-easy-it-is-gif-1930532251748134250

[delicate trout]

debatable

[fathom void]

What side did it fall over on, like would we be able to see the tile side or steel?

[delicate trout]

and as soon as that would happen it would be joever

[tardy stag]

i think it fell on belly

you can see it fall over in the video

cand camera seems up

whatvers left of the camerea

[delicate trout]

prob would’ve been loss of control to

[tardy stag]

definately

[delicate trout]

FUCKING PLEASE

[tardy stag]

well if it fell off during landing burn that would be funny

[gritty atlas]

doesn't need all tiles or whole flaps to have a chance at landing safely, sure

[fathom void]

I wouldn’t expect much tbh

[gritty atlas]

it pushed through and the flap held on for dear life

[tardy stag]

in the same sense as flight 1

[gritty atlas]

in something like say
peak solar activity, where the re-entry is slightly longer in duration

[delicate trout]

i wanna see where all of the missing tiles are

[tardy stag]

put airtag on each one

[delicate trout]

that’s not engine out capabailirt

[bitter roost]

The ocean

[tardy stag]

fish in the indian ocean dealing with a surplus of black hexagons once every few months

[bitter roost]

What

The black hexagon fans are going wild rn

[fathom void]

Probably seeing the fwd flap floating away

[delicate trout]

thank you

i’m going to put my tile in a proper container tomorrow

[tardy stag]

do you have a intact tile?

or is it chunks

[hollow rampart]

little fragment

[gritty atlas]

https://x.com/daily_hopper/status/1798823020020277278

The Daily Hopper (@daily_hopper) on X

The little fin that could

#spacex #ift4 #starbase #starship #hls

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 9:03 PM

[tardy stag]

i need to put mine in a fram e or something idk how tho

[hollow rampart]

oh btw EDA tour is wrapping up now

filming outro

probably gonna be at least 2-3 weeks before it drops, knowing tim twice that

[tardy stag]

you have eyes evrywhere

[hollow rampart]

you may refer to me as the goddess whenever you wish

[tardy stag]

mr ohare

[hollow rampart]

second time this week I've had to say that lmao

[bitter roost]

?!!??

[worthy cedar]

I think I’ll pass on that

[delicate trout]

absolutely not lmao

[delicate trout]

a single chunk

from IFT-1

i’ll take a pic when i get the anti cancer jar

[toxic agate]

Knowing SpaceX's legal teams, probably three months until it drops lol

Don't ask me how I know

[delicate trout]

lmao💀

[hollow rampart]

I'm hoping they can fast track it a bit lol

[winged abyss]

you absolutely did not have to say that

[fathom void]

Eda seems to think it won’t take to long so maybe some agreement with Elon or something

[hollow rampart]

EDA is the king of soontm

possibly even more so than Elon

actually I'll revise that

the king of scope creep

once he gets started he never stops

[short mesa]

what ever happened to the EDA van

[delicate trout]

he used it today lmao

[fathom void]

He ain’t that bad lol

[bitter roost]

Everyone's reactions to the booster catch idea is basically the same as how people used to react to reuse

It's impossible and stupid until someone proves it might actually be feasible

[fathom void]

Doing it on flight 5 is just stupid

[delicate trout]

meh

not really

as long as they don’t hit the tank farm or the mobile home office buildings i’m not that worried

but at the same time if it was a center engine out instead of a middle ring out on landing idk if it would’ve been as nice of a landing

[bitter roost]

Wasn't it one of the centres like right at the end as well

[fathom void]

Even though the pad needs to be fully replaced it can’t be damaged yet especially if they plan on catching above it

And that landing was not as smooth as I would’ve liked

[toxic agate]

I think if it fails the landing it'd be more of a crater in the beach kind of situation

[bitter roost]

Yeah

[fathom void]

I suppose but it could easily hit the pad as well, either way the environmentalists will go crazy if it hits the mudflats

[hollow rampart]

honestly my line of thinking is if it works well enough to not ditch it'll probably get close enough to not destroy anything important

[bitter roost]

Imagine surviving an entire entry then falling off when it hits the water

Flapcore

[fathom void]

Not if it just slams into the pad

[bitter roost]

It won't lol

It does a slide

[tardy stag]

what are you gonna store yours in

[tardy stag]

ohh

[delicate trout]

RIP turtle eggs

[bitter roost]

Environmentalists when uh there's more locations in the world

[tardy stag]

nature preservation makes sense but its not like theres gonna be boosters landing in the mud flats or beachfor the next 5 years straigh

maybe a couple times

idealy no more than once or twice

but once its working its gonna have ocean abort modes or something

[bitter roost]

Funny thing about nature is it recovers and grows

[tardy stag]

yeah eventually but one or 2 boosters of damage will recover in not to long probably

if it was a constant

For some reason I really want to see a booster Crater though

[restive laurel]

sad we never got a stream of a ship impacting the ocean at terminal velocity

[bitter roost]

I love how you can see the HSR falling

Scogg magley is wrog

[worthy cedar]

Why

[delicate trout]

huh?

the hot stage ring?

[spiral zenith]

wait was that in view of the side booster cams

[tardy stag]

Yeah there's a video of it from booster

[spiral zenith]

that wouldve been wild

cam on the side of the booster

[tardy stag]

It was in the view of the top cam

The top tank dome cam

[spiral zenith]

yeh

[light stag]

thats the flap

[spiral zenith]

i thought they meant there was more

[light stag]

he flipped the image upside down

[fathom void]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/700041518018330715/1248306090081259580/image0.gif?ex=66632f24&is=6661dda4&hm=cc9d0828ce3742b726afedca285ea76cd3078e4715635142203a3fd95f4f3857&

[bitter roost]

You can also see the flap fall off yeah

[light stag]

wdym by "see the HSR failing" tho?

[fathom void]

Falling

Not failing

[light stag]

https://tenor.com/view/jeremy-clarkson-sometimes-my-genius-almost-frightening-driving-car-ride-gif-16463163

[fathom void]

You can see it here

[light stag]

no ik

i just misread the post originally lol

[split jasper]

W stoke

[lofty python]

Live Nova 2nd stage test flight onboard reentry video...

[nimble basin]

(Who's thunderfool?)

OHH THAT ONE DUDE?

[delicate trout]

this flight landing cleaner than any of the suborbital hops the funniest thing

[fathom void]

Idk what the suborbital ships were complaining about S29 was clinging on and did better lol

[gritty atlas]

ok I'm gonna pull a Von Braun here and say that IFT-5 shouldn't test a catch

the SH landing should at least land with all engines relit first

the FAA isn't holding them back here, they can easily get another launch done in like late July/early August

[worthy cedar]

Fr

[gritty atlas]

they could also use the flight to see how the flap hinge improvements - whatever they may be - work out
or maybe any tile pattern adjustments?

[delicate trout]

the problem is an easy fix

i’m not worried

[gritty atlas]

I know that "better safe than sorry" isn't exactly spacex's philosophy
but I just think another rehearsal makes sense

[void temple]

They need to fix landing in the designated zone as well too lmao

[delicate trout]

nah

they were bang on iirc

[gritty atlas]

wait-
were they actually?

[delicate trout]

booster left no crumbs today

[gritty atlas]

huh.

okay I didn't know that

hm.
I still think that another water test is preferable
but I'm definitely more receptable to the idea of a booster catch attempt next flight

[delicate trout]

i don’t think itd be that bad if it failed ngl

[gritty atlas]

eh? it depends.

the booster would have next to no fuel at that point...

...

ah.

yeah you're completely right it wouldn't be too bad.

[void temple]

Really?

Sources?

Or was where it landed the actual target point?

[delicate trout]

[redacted]

[void temple]

Casue I was under the impression that they were still attempting landing like 20km downrange?

[void temple]

Oh like insider?

[delicate trout]

[redacted]

[void temple]

Ah so it's [redacted]

[delicate trout]

i mean

its not redacted redacted but yeah

[delicate trout]

idk any more

[young bay]

so? Anymore news?

[worthy cedar]

I’m still in utter shock that this thing still worked

[bitter roost]

Wow it even rotates forwards and backwards too

[worthy cedar]

I see no difference

[delicate trout]

i gotta watch this later

[worthy cedar]

GAME OVER FOR FLAP!!!!1!!!1!

You also gotta give the video to the right a watch

[tardy stag]

nope

havent heard anything

[void temple]

VIZIO

I still have a relic Vizio tv

From 20010

It's a champ

[tardy stag]

I have one but the backlight died in the middle

[delicate trout]

the BPS one?

[delicate trout]

similar story

our old TV was a CRT

got all fucked up color wise when lightning struck the power box behind my house while watching spongebob

[void temple]

Noooooooo😭

I still have a CRT from '93

[tardy stag]

i found mine on a sidewalk

[slender patrol]

mf got a tv from the future

[fathom void]

https://x.com/emlynspace/status/1798997042083344734?

Emlyn (@EmlynSpace) on X

So, about this.
I was tipped off that VH-MXJ (an Australian Falcon 900EX) had something to do with Flt 4.

I overlaid its flight path with the debris/keepout areas and it matches up. They were watching it reenter and MAY have got some footage

More in the thread about FOIA etc

Twitter · Jun 7, 2024, 8:34 AM

Hopefully they managed to get some footage but it would’ve been dark so unsure

[pastel stone]

updated

[winged stump]

i mean with the plasma, i would have thought it would be easier in the dark, bc it would be a huge bright streak

unless youre talking about the flip and burn

[languid willow]

What is this about?

[winged stump]

launch providers of the artemis program?

idk

superheavy launch vehicles maybe?

but then itd include FHeavy

[winged stump]

wow

that is.. wow

right between two prongs of the exhaust

(speaking of, anyone know why the exhaust plume went out in a star shape?)

[pseudo wraith]

Legs of the OLM

[winged stump]

oh yeah that makes sense

i havent seen any pictures of the olm, has it held up well?

[slender patrol]

seems so

there are images but you gotta scroll way up

[hollow rampart]

yes

RGV has a top down photo, so far best condition yet

top panels got blown out again but that's a given

[winged stump]

ooo

probably the best condition post-flight we'll see for a few flights

[toxic agate]

SpaceX and FWS are gonna be soooo happy about this

[hollow rampart]

https://tenor.com/view/kermit-not-my-problem-sip-tea-time-gif-11560723

[toxic agate]

Yeah well that's what gets you cameras being bagged

[winged stump]

at the end of the day, its someone trespassing, so if they got torched, their fault

unless it was set up by a SpaceX employee

[hollow rampart]

it was not

[winged stump]

(Which it doesnt seem to be)

thought not

[hollow rampart]

no burnthrough on the experiments

at least on the bottom of the ship they literally do not need tiles there lmao

or at least can have a fair number missing in theory

[winged stump]

i mean it can land with at least half missing one flap (probably more, only one confirmed to be half-missing)

thing is resilient

[fathom void]

You can see the spacex sign where the property line starts so wasn’t trespassing

[winged stump]

huh

so it was actually quite far away

it looks so close

given a 10 degree angle and a height of the tower of 146m, the camera was 828m from the pad

[pastel stone]

SHLLVs in the last few years (excluding FH)

[languid willow]

Oh, ok

[hollow rampart]

https://fxtwitter.com/brkgkc16/status/1798731979569119521

[worthy cedar]

[fathom void]

The noise the stream made was awful

[tardy stag]

Love 50 hz buzz

[cosmic pond]

I remember back in the mid-2010s we had an old CRT TV in my room because my dad got it for cheap and it still worked fine, I was so excited to watch the new episodes of Gravity Falls whenever they came on it.

Man I feel old now that "back in the mid-2010s" is an actual phrase I can use.

[hollow rampart]

stop it.

[cosmic pond]

I wish I could

[delicate trout]

h o w

[tardy stag]

how did they find out?

did they go see it

[hollow rampart]

sensors

[tardy stag]

ohh

[summer cargo]

https://vxtwitter.com/esherifftv/status/1799101674138579381?s=46&t=9j2-lzDcIbRK6McrWkEb9g

Apparently Ship 29 only landed 6 km off target!

[split jasper]

6km is... well, close enough to see the target

To land on the tower they need to be accurate to within like half a meter though no?

[tardy stag]

hate the thumbnails she maeks

[worthy cedar]

I’ve just never liked her at all

[tardy stag]

same

atleast she relased he rinterview right away tho

shouldve asked more about the flight tho instead of random stuff

[summer cargo]

I don’t expect an attempt for the ship to land on the tower to happen for quite a long time
1/2 years minimum in Elon optimistic mode, and IMHO 2+ years is possible, if not even plans being completely changed.
Still 6 km is probably more precise than almost any capsule coming back from space, and an error AFAIK that Space Shuttle Orbiters can easily deal with during the gliding phase. Especially considering probable serious structural damage on S29 after re-entry

[tardy stag]

assume damged flaps would decrease crossrange

[hollow rampart]

only thing of value here is 6km off lmao

[tardy stag]

yeah

imagine getting an interview with elon musk on the day of the flight and not aksing anything useful

[split jasper]

Oh my b I misread that the booster was the one 6km off lol

[blissful pewter]

Have the shuttle performed skipped reentry before?
I imagine its not a Orion/Apollo exclusive profile

[hazy turtle]

two idiots perfectly captured in the same photo

[hollow rampart]

"did you see a soft touchdown"
yes actually I did, they hit the water slower than any of the suborbital hops lmao

[hazy turtle]

most crew capsules touch down faster than starship did lol

[formal nebula]

6km/h touchdown

and theyre claiming it wasnt soft

..

[hazy turtle]

I can fall faster than that easily

[toxic agate]

I saw about 20km/h before the big jump down in velocity from the water impact

But it's still slow

Capsules normally touchdown at that speed (about 5m/s)

[hollow rampart]

visually based on the shitty cam it's ~15km/h (4.166m/s) -> 2km/h (0.55m/s)

the on screen telemetry isn't always the best though

[delicate trout]

didn’t they hover?

then cut off the engines

[hazy turtle]

it didn't show the engines lighting for landing burn on ship oddly

[hollow rampart]

https://tenor.com/view/bunny-fire-fire-bunny-elmo-fire-elmo-bunny-fire-gif-12222550385480711011

the raptors

[fathom void]

How come it stayed at 68km for so long I thought it had frozen

[hollow rampart]

gliding for a bit I guess idk

[hazy turtle]

plasma interferences with starlink connection probably

[fathom void]

Nah cause then it started counting down again

What altitude did starship break up on flight 3 as they said 65km but there’s no way it made it that far

[formal nebula]

it did

it got to the start of peak heating

65km as said

48m into the flight

so S28 was a bit steeper as S29 was at 70km at 50m

[hollow rampart]

49:28

[delicate trout]

are they what was on fire at 11km?

[fathom void]

Ah that makes sense then as getting to 65km was much longer and harder then it seemed on flight 3

[hollow rampart]

idk if anything was actively on fire but something definitely fucked up to just not show the engines on the overlay lol

[young bay]

Twitter being hell like always, its like 10 guys echoing at each other let them be

[delicate trout]

i mean something was making orange adjacent light

[hazy turtle]

and there were tiles intentionally missing around the engine bay

[winged stump]

the fact that sparks were still flying well after the plasma dissipated confirms that something sub-optimal was happening to the ship

[gritty atlas]

I mean there was definitely glowing well before the raptors lit

so something was on fire (or at least superheated)

[tardy stag]

Meathane vent lit ?

[gritty atlas]

maybe?

[worthy cedar]

https://x.com/BCCarCounters/status/1799206430039544188?t=GAaI84Cp59hNmwgBJVf_8Q&s=19

Adrian Beil (@BCCarCounters) on X

In case you are wondering. The FAA is still asscessing the operation and will determine if a mishap investigation is warranted, regarding Starship Flight 4.

Twitter · Jun 7, 2024, 10:26 PM

[fathom void]

Well obviously no

[gritty atlas]

https://x.com/kate_tice/status/1798803791652983252

kate_tice (@kate_tice) on X

Update on my marshmallow
#Starship #IFT4

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 7:46 PM

(one of the commentators who flame torch'd a marshmallow at the end of the IFT4 stream)

[winged stump]

could the engine explosion on booster landing burn count as a mishap?

[fathom void]

No as it wasn’t a failure

[winged stump]

according to the FAA exceptions, the failure of raptors (such as an explosion) during reentry and landing burn might only apply to the Starship, not the Superheavy Booster, depending on the reading, but i may be wrong, and if i am, feel free to correct me

[fathom void]

Ye it does only count for the ship but the booster having an engine out didn’t result in a failure and didn’t effect the mission so it shouldn’t cause anything

[winged abyss]

it was an engine failure that’s for sure

[fathom void]

Wasn’t a vehicle failure though

[hollow rampart]

Which way

[hollow rampart]

Can you send the thingy

[hollow rampart]

yeah that reads as ship only

they're fine

[fathom void]

Even if it was the ship that had the problem they would still be fine

[hollow rampart]

Failure of ship LB would require one, single booster engine out on LB does not

[fathom void]

It literally saids failure of the ship landing burn wouldn’t require a mishap

[winged abyss]

Maybe not, but it’s certainly wrong to say it wasn’t a failure like in a message that says

No as it wasn’t a failure

[hollow rampart]

Oh I'm stupid lol

huh okay so they're like more than set

I likey

[fathom void]

Ye it’s quite good so no reason a mishap report is needed and the license covers the next flight as well unless they go for catch which might need a amendment to it but I’m unsure

[hollow rampart]

me when I can't fucking read

[formal nebula]

that’s called dyslecsia

[fathom void]

Dyslexia lol

[formal nebula]

[tardy stag]

Me

[delicate trout]

well iirc the raptors on lb worked well?

[winged abyss]

One failed on ascent one failed during the landing burn from the telemetry (and visuals)

For the booster

[delicate trout]

https://x.com/devenperez/status/1799216037919154281

Deven Perez (@devenperez) on X

starship liftoff as if it were seen from the spacecraft development era of the 1960s

Twitter · Jun 7, 2024, 11:05 PM

[winged abyss]

Now whether that failure for the landing was caused by something upstream we dunno

[delicate trout]

yeah but that’s booster not ship

[winged abyss]

yeah, it was

[delicate trout]

an engine out with a successful landing very likely isn’t gonna trigger a mishap investigation

[winged abyss]

I feel like if it were from that timeframe we’d get better technical info

[delicate trout]

1059 went engine out and failed a landing and it didn’t get a mishap investigation so

[winged abyss]

Maybe not, yeah

Rockets aren’t planes after all

[hollow rampart]

in fairness falcon was a well understood system by then and it was not integral to the flight plan

[winged abyss]

(most of the time)

[delicate trout]

it was integral to the level it was yesterday ngl

it still completed the mission without endangering the public

that not gonna be a mishap investigation

idk why it would be

[fathom void]

I reckon the landing burn engine out was intentional

[winged abyss]

I don’t

there’s not much reason to believe it would be, and something down there exploded

[delicate trout]

it wasn’t lol

i’m like 99% sure it was an energetic failure

engine shielding flew past the gridfin right when it went out on the graphic

[hollow rampart]

why would they intentionally kill an engine on LB...?

[delicate trout]

redundancy testing idk

[hollow rampart]

there's really no benefit to that

[fathom void]

It never turned on according to telemetry

[formal nebula]

could have very well tried to

[delicate trout]

^

[formal nebula]

ending in an energetic explosion

[hollow rampart]

it certainly turned, turned on is a different story

[formal nebula]

well no it did

[hollow rampart]

really depends how you define turn on

[formal nebula]

it was commanded to

no doubt

[hollow rampart]

did it ignite? Yes
did it go well? no

[delicate trout]

lmao

accurate

it’s giving SN11

but for a different reason iirc

[hollow rampart]

ehhhhh

well actually sorta ish?

[delicate trout]

wait WHAT

lmao

[hollow rampart]

I mean not really but you can make an argument lol

[delicate trout]

they’ve gotta stop with that💀💀💀

[formal nebula]

well didn’t the raptors on SN11 like die

on ignition

so yeah basically the same

[fathom void]

You sure I didn’t think it even ignited

[hollow rampart]

again define ignited

[formal nebula]

Well why would it not try to ignite

[delicate trout]

i don’t remember what the root cause on 11 was though

[formal nebula]

It’s literally programmed to

[fathom void]

That it didn’t even attempt it

[hollow rampart]

ancient ass bodged together engines

[delicate trout]

there was an attempt✨

[fathom void]

To test redundancy

[formal nebula]

????

that makes no sense and is pointless

on the landing burn

[delicate trout]

so it wasn’t [redacted]?

[fathom void]

Not necessarily

[formal nebula]

sure maybe ascent (which is a far fetch in itself) but landing burn

completely not

[delicate trout]

it lit lmao

[formal nebula]

Yes necessarily

[delicate trout]

i know that with certainty

[hollow rampart]

I use [REDACTED] way too much for me to know which redaction you mean lol

dm me it

[delicate trout]

nah ascent wasn’t a planned failure

[formal nebula]

yeah i don’t believe it is either

some people do

i’m just saying it’s more viable but still not
possible really

[fathom void]

If they want to try a catch then it’d be good to make sure it’s still possible even with an engine out, bit like how they left some tiles off

[winged stump]

engine out, sure, engine explosion? more questionable

[delicate trout]

it was energetic

[formal nebula]

their goal is to make a soft landing, they’ve never done that before, why risk it with an engine out?

[winged stump]

there were chunks of engine flying past

[formal nebula]

why not wait until B12

[delicate trout]

if it was planned they would’ve said it on stream

[fathom void]

There goal was to also have a controlled re entry and descent and they risked that with some tiles off

[winged stump]

in non-critical areas

[formal nebula]

exactly

this engine shutdown could have very well been critical

it just wasn’t in this case

thanks to engine shielding

[winged stump]

and they were going to lose tiles anyway, they just wanted to see the effects of one where they knew where it was

[formal nebula]

which prevented the shrapnel going everywhere

[delicate trout]

the goal was to fly all 33 on

[hollow rampart]

I do love that we've euphemised engine go boom to energetic event

[fathom void]

Ye and the engine wasn’t in the center which wasn’t critical technically

[hollow rampart]

it FINALLY worked lmao

[delicate trout]

yeah it only went a little bit out there

[delicate trout]

IT WAS NOT ON OURPOSE 😭😭😭😭

[fathom void]

Btw this conversation is complete pointless if the engine did “have an energetic event”

[formal nebula]

this is another level of coping

[delicate trout]

iirc it’s what spacex used and i like it

[delicate trout]

it was an energetic event lmao

watch that post flight blog post and remember what i’m saying

[fathom void]

I was joking lol

[formal nebula]

oh that’s a good card to play

but it’s not believable lmfao

[fathom void]

I was joking since she called it an energetic event

When it did explode

[delicate trout]

at relight

[hollow rampart]

whuh

[formal nebula]

[hollow rampart]

if SpaceX doesn't I will be very disappointed

hey Maddie you do know people with message logging on can see deleted messages right lmao

[delicate trout]

welp

oops lmao

[formal nebula]

what did she delete i’m not on PC

[hollow rampart]

dw

[formal nebula]

fuck u

[hollow rampart]

mean

[formal nebula]

[delicate trout]

it was a joke about raptors being picky eaters bc on flight 3 it ate some stuff and got constipated (a filter got blocked)

[formal nebula]

tf

[delicate trout]

it’s on the spx website

https://www.spacex.com/updates

idk what caused the energetic event but would not be shocked if it was something similar

[formal nebula]

it was me

[fathom void]

Filter blockage is really an issue for it

[delicate trout]

i think i might’ve just dreamed up energetic event

i can’t find it anywhere lmao

[fathom void]

It was in a nasa thing if I remember correctly

[formal nebula]

Something similar eas said on the IFT-2 update

‘During this burn, several engines began shutting down before one engine failed energetically,’

[delicate trout]

there it is

[light stag]

Ice constipation

[delicate trout]

was it ice???

how tf

isn’t that supposed to be on the outside of the tank lmao

[hollow rampart]

https://tenor.com/view/thats-how-its-supposed-to-work-mildred-gunning-alex-essoe-midnight-mass-book-vii-revelation-gif-23603552

[light stag]

Tim said it was during his launch stream and thered be "more details" when the musk interview drops

spitter in shambles

[hollow rampart]

oh he did say that? Do you have a clip/timestamp

[light stag]

yeah lemme get it rq

[delicate trout]

huh interesting

[light stag]

https://youtu.be/8VESowgMbjA?t=26320

[tardy stag]

Yeah

[blissful pewter]

IFT-2 vs IFT-4

[tardy stag]

MP4.mp4

[worthy cedar]

🫡 https://x.com/bocachicagal/status/1799252741207790072?s=46&t=Ni7EcRbNUZXpvKhfEsP0Bw

Mary (@BocaChicaGal) on X

The little cam that could.

This is the camera that toughed it out for us to watch that forward flap hang on and show Ship 29 complete its mission. 🔥🚀🔥

⁦@NASASpaceflight⁩

Twitter · Jun 8, 2024, 1:30 AM

[void temple]

Its the same thing as like if there is an engine out on falcon ascent, but the rocket still meats all mission requirments and objectives right?

[worthy cedar]

I’m still mad about the fact it didn’t get decals

[hazy turtle]

depends how early on the merlin shuts down

[void temple]

In asking in terms of a failure investigation

[winged stump]

from TheSpaceEngineer

its even more imporessive that the flap was moving

[hazy turtle]

I just had a thought

If S29's flaps are from S21, does that mean that S21 is technically the first prototype to successfully re-enter?

[slender patrol]

how tf did it not fall off

let alone move

[hollow rampart]

bold of you to assume it didn't

[formal nebula]

it broke off after landing

[slender patrol]

i mean by that point starship’s already completed its flight

[formal nebula]

Yeah little thing held on until its job was done

Then just died

[void temple]

Yeah I too noticed weird out of line movement from the flap

I thought it was just a weird camera angle

[cursive vault]

I think that's what happened to the flap after the splahsdown, not how it was the whole duration 💀

[void temple]

It actually looks like the pods from 2001

[void temple]

Obviously not but definitely like the last 5km for sure

Did you notice how weird it moved

[fathom void]

https://x.com/spacex/status/1799458854067118450?

SpaceX (@SpaceX) on X

Super Heavy landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico

Twitter · Jun 8, 2024, 3:09 PM

[restive laurel]

HOLY SHIT

[summer cargo]

https://vxtwitter.com/spacex/status/1799458854067118450

[fathom void]

That’s insane

[cursive vault]

checked past 30km and I saw nothing unusual

only when it splahsed it started doing weird shit

[hollow rampart]

oh my gourd
https://fxtwitter.com/SpaceX/status/1799458854067118450

[void temple]

It started doing weird stuff like during the landing, and a lil bit like seconds before the landing burn

[hollow rampart]

lol bad cell service go brrr

[toxic agate]

That vapor cone is so amazing

[void temple]

There's no way that's real

[toxic agate]

Also finally the SpaceX buoy is real 😛

[void temple]

That looks like an actual animation

Wtf

[summer cargo]

One thing is sure - that booster certainly landed pretty accurately given the ship’s right next to it

[void temple]

Yeah ntociingtthat too

It also looks like it did a little slide maybe simulating it getting caught by the arms?

[fathom void]

The engines look like they’re fighting for there lives

[worthy cedar]

GOD DAYUM THATS BEAUTIFUL

[hollow rampart]

footage from 1/2 vehicles released ☑️

[light stag]

bro I thought that was a render at first looking at the thumbnail

that is amazing footage

[void temple]

Same bro

That looked sick af

I wonder if the boat there was unscrewed or creweed

Probably uncrewed right?

[slender patrol]

unscrewed lmao

boat would've gone under

[fathom void]

No way they catch next flight the engines were fighting to stay on

[toxic agate]

It's not a boat, it's a buoy

[delicate trout]

was all that fire from the kablooed engine?

[toxic agate]

The SpaceX buoy that a lot of people were asking for Falcon 9 landings

[fathom void]

Please release the ship footage now lol

[hollow rampart]

[light stag]

imagine if there was no clouds...

[void temple]

[pastel stone]

OH MY GOD

THIS IS INSANE

[tardy stag]

That's so cool but I'm mad they didn't show it falling over

[worthy cedar]

Real

[tardy stag]

Like I wanna see it tip over so bad

[tardy stag]

They could've lived streamed this if starlink was on the bouy

[pastel stone]

I wonder if we will get S29 footage

[void temple]

If it was an accurate landing where they wanted maybe but I about you'd see anything good because it was night time where landing was

[pastel stone]

because if s29 made it close to where it should've then surely there were some buoys there

[pastel stone]

still u could see the flip cuz of the light from the engines

[void temple]

Oh true yeah

[hollow rampart]

the conspiracy theorists are going to go WILD with this one

[pastel stone]

😭

lag

[spiral zenith]

SPACEX CLOAKING TECHNOLOGY

GAME OVER CHINA

[worthy cedar]

This is nuts https://fxtwitter.com/Jack_Frodo/status/1799476259937816738

[worthy cedar]

I think I saw someone already say something about it

[delicate trout]

apparently it exists

according to rumors anyway

idk anyone who’s seen it

[hollow rampart]

uh oh https://fxtwitter.com/JohnPau88413033/status/1799298538276311249

arguments in 5 4 3 2 1

[delicate trout]

there was an airplane

and bc it entered the keep out zone it’s probably spx

which lends to the rumor

but also there might not be anything bc it was dark

but hopefully the rumor is true

[cosmic pond]

✨semantics✨

[hollow rampart]

wouldn't be any other way from space twitter

[spiral zenith]

high-hydrostatic pressure mobile water tower

[gritty atlas]

THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN I SAW IT IM SO GLAD SOMEONE ELSE NOTICED THIS

[hollow rampart]

noticed it lol

I just found it funny

compression artifacts go brrrr

[gritty atlas]

good luck convincing them that it's compression lmao

[pure solar]

Holy fuck

There’s no way

tiiicbwgtstiol

[cursive vault]

btw, barely any soot (and steel "shadeness")

[pseudo wraith]

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1799497454812844047?t=C6bGA7Ge-0kua9kjJ7sgxg&s=19

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on X

Starship booster makes soft landing in water, next landing will be caught by the tower arms

Twitter · Jun 8, 2024, 5:43 PM

[formal nebula]

#1025052459447619614

[tardy stag]

It's a part of flight 4

[winged stump]

well, looks like they'll need to work on tower 2 for flight 6

[fathom void]

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1799510160592834764

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on X

@DJSnM Booster landing was on target, ship landing was several km off due to flap damage, but both were soft landings

Twitter · Jun 8, 2024, 6:33 PM

[winged stump]

how close does he mean by "on target"

that could be 10cm or 10m

one is vastly preferable for tower catches

[gritty atlas]

close enough for the team to be confident in a booster catch

and considering that there is only one tower and a failure essentially puts launches on hold for as long as a few months

i'd say the team is pretty damn confident

[fathom void]

Wouldn’t be the worst thing if they had a break in flights

They’ve done ours they can with block 1 if they had a break they’d just go straight onto block 2

[gritty atlas]

I mean, sure?
I'm just thinking about the schedule they're on.
Given that the HLS is to be ready for an unmanned test next year, and that requires a Falcon 9-esque cadence

Granted, the schedule can just slip further down, and Artemis will probably take the flak for that instead of SpaceX, but still

[fathom void]

Yes which means they need to move onto block 2 very soon and get the 2nd pad up and running

Block 1 they’ve done the main objectives the main last one I’d say is doing the de orbit burn

[amber blaze]

Anyone has its digital image?

[hollow rampart]

just me and the buoys

[tardy stag]

Oooo

[hollow rampart]

You failed

[worthy cedar]

NOOOOO I FORGOT

DAMN IT

[bitter roost]

literally is tho

[bitter roost]

several km off

only

several

km

[fathom void]

Not very much for the first attempt and with the flaps destroyed

[winged abyss]

six of them specifically

[amber blaze]

6*

[hazy turtle]

There should probably be a channel of IFT-5 now

[woeful shoal]

At this point just put everything in #1025052459447619614

[pastel stone]

once the launches match starlink cadence

[young bay]

No

But yeah make a flight 5 thread

[worthy cedar]

Nah the threads aren’t usually made until we’re relatively close to launch

[worthy cedar]

DAYUM https://x.com/doggydogworld__/status/1799683047882907919?s=46&t=bTYtp30X72O3KKqDkONPTg

Doggy dog world (@DoggyDogWorld__) on X

Ship 29 reentry

Drawn by me

Twitter · Jun 9, 2024, 6:00 AM

[zenith wing]

Did it launch yet

[hazy turtle]

Nope

[spark wraith]

Yes a few days ago

[void temple]

Domi207 is lying

It never launched

Ship 29 got too scared and chickend out of the flight

[hazy turtle]

Ship 29? What's that? We just watched SN15 land!

Wake up, it's 2022

[void temple]

OMG

Your right!

I've been asleep and dreaming this whole time

[languid willow]

GUYS LOOK AT THIS!
The moment when a hole appeared in the flap looks like a freaking LAZER STRIKE!
What do you think?

Just like a beam of heat

That literally made a hole in the flap.

[pastel stone]

yep

that is pretty hot

[languid willow]

Yeah but it really looks like lazer tho

[pastel stone]

i mean a laser is just a stream of highly energetic particles

this is the same

[languid willow]

So I can call it a lazer?

[pastel stone]

technically yes but not really

[languid willow]

yay

[pastel stone]

you can think of it as a wall of lasers rather than a single beam

[languid willow]

sure, that works too

[delicate trout]

that’s what reentry will do to ya

[split jasper]

"lazer" will never look like a correct spelling of the word to me

[languid willow]

I absolutely agree, but "lazer" sounds much cooled that "laser".

[split jasper]

I... strongly disagree

Lazer is too close to "lazy" and also simultaneously looks like it's trying too hard to be cool

in like a gen z spelling their name weird way

Also Laser is an acronym so like

yea

[bitter roost]

no that's #1025052314848997396

[bitter roost]

maybe when we're a week out

[bitter roost]

a directed precision stream*

[bitter roost]

that's because laser is an acronym

light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

[worthy cedar]

You can always tell whenever Haylee gets on discord because she just fills every channel with replies lol

[bitter roost]

I have a lot to say and I'm not on here super frequently

[lofty python]

this means we should be writing LASER in all caps

[void temple]

Actually technically yeah because iirc laser is actually an acronym

"Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation"

[spiral zenith]

mfw lasing is a commonly accepted verb in the literature

[tardy stag]

Autism discussion

[worthy cedar]

This guys a wizard https://fixupx.com/mcrs987/status/1800189756346954224?s=46

ITS HERE ITS HERE ITS HERE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wZligwZMODU&feature=youtu.be

[hollow rampart]

[tardy stag]

Was mykul in mission control

[toxic agate]

Why would he?

[tardy stag]

Idk one of the people talking sounded like

[toxic agate]

Do you have a timestamp?

[tardy stag]

"vehicle is supersonic" but I listened with headphones and nvm doesn't sound like

[languid willow]

Fair enough

[dire glen]

https://fixupx.com/SpaceX/status/1800709666382770304

[worthy cedar]

GIVE SHIP REENTRY FOOTAGE

[untold yarrow]

COPIUM they are slowly building hype to drop that absolute bombshell of footage

[restive laurel]

saturn vibes

[gritty atlas]

The True Successor to the Saturn

[light stag]

https://twitter.com/BCCarCounters/status/1801003212138222076

Adrian Beil (@BCCarCounters) on X

BREAKING: FAA will not require mishap investigation for IFT-4 of Starship

"The FAA assessed the operations of the SpaceX Starship Flight 4 mission. All flight events for both Starship and Super Heavy appear to have occurred within the scope of planned and authorized activities."

Twitter · Jun 12, 2024, 9:26 PM

[pseudo wraith]

[hazy turtle]

[void temple]

LESS GOOOO

STARSHIP GOOD!

FAA LOSES

[split jasper]

LET'S FUCKING GO

[gritty atlas]

sorry but did we not know this already

[light stag]

I mean, kinda, its just the official confirmation

[split jasper]

Yeah like they would've told us a while ago if it wasn't the case but now it's been confirmed it is the case

Still worthy of celebration

[gritty atlas]

huzzah

[pastel stone]

ayoo

flight in july maybe

[split jasper]

Flight tomorrow

[hazy turtle]

they're flying it on July 1st

[pastel stone]

they will fly july 4th to make a big firework display at the OLM

[cursive vault]

real

[hazy turtle]

real

[gritty atlas]

real

[split jasper]

real

[remote aspen]

real

[blissful pewter]

https://tenor.com/view/trump-fact-check-fact-check-fact-true-gif-12858825335537766451

[worthy cedar]

I cannot wait to see this https://youtu.be/RpIOayd0zCQ?si=Z2WerYbWLmKJd2RI

[gritty atlas]

camera ain't close enough smh

i want engineering pad views >:C

[worthy cedar]

https://youtu.be/am7M3Imh1jU?si=hPUsiRrQ40qp5NuC

[light stag]

Man didn't know starship hotstaged in LEO

[winged abyss]

Any reason why that name isn’t as silly as it sounds

[tardy stag]

Bigger stage boosted the whole stack up there

That's so high up it looks dumb

Cool transitions through the booster but then they are goofy animation

[worthy cedar]

STARTING NOW https://youtu.be/RpIOayd0zCQ?si=kY7qOWp0hV_gO7II

[tardy stag]

I was expecting a lot higher quality

Looks like a GoPro hero 7 stuck in the bushes set to 4:3

Cool views though

[hollow rampart]

it pretty much is lol

I saw some of it early, crazy shots

they're cooking

[tardy stag]

Yeah the close ones especially

[hollow rampart]

next flight

[tardy stag]

New app name

That slowmo is cool

[toxic agate]

Now if only everyone was allowed the same stuff that'd be great

[tardy stag]

They were the only ones allowed to do that?

[toxic agate]

Them being that close they had to be right inside of the SpaceX property line

And you can only do this kind of thing if allowed by SpaceX

[tardy stag]

Ohh that's weird

Why would they allow them in particular

[toxic agate]

Idk

[hollow rampart]

they didn't lol

[spiral zenith]

🇨🇳💬

[fathom void]

Some very nice footage, I feel they’re being a bit to overhyped currently

[restive laurel]

https://x.com/spacex/status/1808900954730942940?s=46

SpaceX (@SpaceX) on X

The fourth flight of Starship brought us closer to a rapidly reusable future

Twitter · Jul 4, 2024, 4:29 PM

RECAP

[gritty atlas]

IT'S HERE

HOLY HELL

new view of the HSR jett

[pastel stone]

https://youtu.be/j2BdNDTlWbo

[gritty atlas]

new views of Starhip in space as well

no new re-entry views

MISSON CONTROL FOOTAGE THO

ayyyy

and obv the sneek peek for the booster catch

no new re-entry views, 2/10

[pastel stone]

incredible

cold

[gritty atlas]

the HSR view of the booster coming down through the clouds is hella cool

[tardy stag]

Ok so kinda disappointing

Cool but disappointing

Didn't show the booster fall over

No other re-entry views

No images of either after landing

[gritty atlas]

yeah

it is what it is

[gritty atlas]

(probably didn't have post landing images, only re-entry footage)

[hazy turtle]

Showed it to a friend who's not really into rockets and he said
"cool... but it's not the Saturn V so I don't like it."

[gritty atlas]

valid

[pastel stone]

tell him its bigger than the saturn V

[gritty atlas]

nah

[unique merlin]

Based friend

[gritty atlas]

Saturn V has irreplacable vibes

[pastel stone]

that is true

im not saying to replace saturn V vibes

[hollow rampart]

There will be bigger, there will be better, but the 747 will always be the queen of the skies and the Saturn V the king of rockets

[pastel stone]

just to add another sort of vibe

[winged stump]

I'd say the Saturn V and the Shuttle

[hollow rampart]

no lol

[hazy turtle]

Titan IIIC

best rocket IMO

[winged stump]

the shuttle was horrendously dangerous, and nowhere near as good as Saturn V, but it did build the ISS, and it had an instantly recognisable silhouette

[pastel stone]

SHUTTLE KING OF ROCKETS

seethe miranda

seethe

[pastel stone]

Atlas V

[gritty atlas]

not the same

[winged stump]

shuttle was always talked about with female pronouns, therefore Shuttle is Queen of Rockets, and the Saturn V is the King of Rockets

[hazy turtle]

Phat boosters

Also dyna-soar

[tardy stag]

This shot tho

[fathom void]

They better give us some of these views during the catch

[tardy stag]

Yk what they could do is stream a clean feed exactly like that

But noo

SpaceX try not to gatekeep media challenge

Wish they would show the camera that's on the back during re-entry

The shiny side

[cursive vault]

dudes literally got to capture MFS20 ahh clouds

[tardy stag]

Fr

[fathom void]

Seems we will never get any other ship descent footage

[cursive vault]

Anyone can figure out what's the music it is? Tried to remove the lyrics and still nothing

It's either (1) a requested unpublished music, (2) a few combined tracks or (3) just my software can't detect the track

We were able to get music on past Starship SpX vids, worth to note

[cursive vault]

tho it's hard to remove cheers and engine noise

[delicate trout]

so ig we are getting the catch

ik there was a public meeting like a week ago where they still weren’t sure

[gritty atlas]

Oh?

The E man has been touting the whole booster catch attempt thing since mid-June

[cursive vault]

and there were some plans even before F4

[fathom void]

She wasn’t very reliable tbh

I wouldn’t take much notice of what she said

[light stag]

False, Delta II king of the rockets : )

❤️

[gritty atlas]

ok

ok

I hear you

counterpoint:

[hazy turtle]

worlds biggest unintended firework

[tardy stag]

Awesome

[light stag]

such a king it put on the worlds best firework display

[young bay]

Have you seen the largest firework?

[bitter roost]

We live in a world where soon falcon 9 will be the king of rockets

[void temple]

seems like all they got

[bitter roost]

Has anyone got like really high res re-entry screenshots

This doesn't look so good

Compared to this

[light stag]

unrelated but do you happen to know what it was for IFT-1 recap?

[cursive vault]

The preps or recap? Cuz they did 2 promo vids

[tardy stag]

This one's really cool actually

Is that fight 4?

Witch part of the vid

[bitter roost]

that's flight 3

[tardy stag]

Oooo can you send

best ive got for flight 4

Looks weird sideways

[bitter roost]

yea sure

[tardy stag]

I want shiny side cam view

Of the stream behind

But they no show

[tardy stag]

Wo orang

Very orange

Thanks

Wish we had higher res photos of re-entry yeah

Kinda sucks having x quality wallpapers

Does anyone got an ai upscaler

[slender patrol]

goes hard

[bitter roost]

erffli do you have a pixel now

[tardy stag]

Yes

Pixel 7

Got for cheap

[split jasper]

Im thinking of getting a used pixel in like a year or so

[tardy stag]

Yeah by then you could probably get a 8

This 7 was 200

[light stag]

recap specifically, but both ig

[cursive vault]

I will send it sometime soon once I get time (too much work & stuff to do )

I think u can run music recognizer and it'll work

[bitter roost]

nice

[bitter roost]

what

[tardy stag]

What

[delicate trout]

how was there that much fuel left

[delicate trout]

https://x.com/OliverNerd7/status/1809405309468963142

Oliver The Space Nerd (@OliverNerd7) on X

The clouds during splashdown and rud are different. This would imply that the booster did not explode on impact from tipping over and was rather terminated somehow several minutes later. FTS is safed at this point so I believe Spacex crews shot the booster after inspecting it.

Twitter · Jul 6, 2024, 1:53 AM

[tardy stag]

Where did that image come from?

Someone leak?

[bitter roost]

Which image

[tardy stag]

https://x.com/BocasBrain/status/1809390911782367455?t=HSDArFbWSfT4SpFjI802_A&s=19

BOCA'S🧠BRAIN (@BocasBrain) on X

Here comes a 12 hour ban from X
Sorry, you don't get the footage.
See you tomorrow after the scolding :

Twitter · Jul 6, 2024, 12:56 AM

https://x.com/BocasBrain/status/1809398948492374065?t=OKlD0EEhJT6yVuAAzXnmWQ&s=19

BOCA'S🧠BRAIN (@BocasBrain) on X

@UNIVERL_Rockets 🦿
That, you don't get lol

Twitter · Jul 6, 2024, 1:28 AM

[bitter roost]

Yeah it's a leak

[tardy stag]

He's got the whole video

He has footage of booster falling over

And bragging about it kinda

"yeah I have it but nu uh" basically

Im assuming for good reason but if you can't share something don't say you have it????

[hollow rampart]

michael paul is a fucking idiot but he gets little snippings here and there