Starship Flight 5

[wheat kayak]

so the flaps were intact... but there was that way too bright glow on the left aft flap

it's probably not rapidly reusable

[glad vortex]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfuxxqc5yaI
For those who want to rewind the webcast w/o Twitter account

[oblique osprey]

Moving

[wheat kayak]

I hope they release a report on how the heat tiles and ablative held up

[earnest abyss]

My favourite words today:

• "The command was sent for the booster to come back"
• "Mechazilla has caught the booster"
• "Starship has landed."

hey did NS-27 go?

[wheat kayak]

maybe once they move the aft flaps a bit towards the re-entry back end that will mitigate the failure point issue

uhhh

good question!

[oblique osprey]

It was fwd flap

[main patrol]

no, scrubbed

[oblique osprey]

It’s fixed on block 2

[earnest abyss]

no

[main patrol]

also called leeward

[wheat kayak]

ah

wait it was a forward flap? gotta rewatch

[oblique osprey]

Chopsticks lowering

[earnest abyss]

OOO

[wheat kayak]

forward side takes more heat right? because they don't want plasma roasting the rocket engines

[earnest abyss]

I'm too busy watching SBL replays

it sounded like super-heavy had a triple sonic boom?

there's still ice on there... is it actually empty??

[rugged girder]

We got two double sonic booms on our audio: booster and HSR

HSR sonic boom came up about 50 seconds after booster sonic boom

[earnest abyss]

HSR?

[low phoenix]

hotstage ring

[earnest abyss]

the hotstage ring had a sonic boom??

wow

[low phoenix]

yes cuz it got jettisonned after boostback burn

[earnest abyss]

huh

[proven jasper]

they jettisoned the HSR following boostback shutdown to prevent it falling off again to save mass

it fell a few km offshore

it was first done on flight 4

[main patrol]

not flight 3? 🤭

[proven jasper]

not intentionally on flight 3

[main patrol]

oh you referred to that here with "again"

[wheat kayak]

so anyone know what got damaged on booster?

[proven jasper]

raptor nozzles

got warped

chine fell off

basic engine shielding damage

[main patrol]

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845483651590389863?s=12

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on X

@MarcusHouse Some of the outer engine nozzles are a little warped from high heating & strong aero forces. Easily fixable.

Twitter · Oct 13, 2024, 3:16 PM

why did starship explode

[flat drum]

Fire + excess fuel = BOOM

[main patrol]

so sn10

literally b11

[proven jasper]

tipping over

and yeah the fire stuff

made a small hole and that shit can make the thing just go poof

[warped plaza]

So uh

What are they gonna do with the booster now

Disassemble for analysis?

[still hollow]

Probably

[idle badger]

relaunch on Flight 6

scrap

[main patrol]

museum piece

[rugged girder]

pls sf

[still hollow]

They did that with the first F9 that landed

[outer bobcat]

static fire is such a shout

[rugged girder]

B1019 got static fired three weeks after its landing

[idle badger]

B11 landing explosion deniers be like: S30 definitely survived the landing

[wheat kayak]

ships full of explosive substance rolling around in water often go boom

[idle badger]

(rember leaked B11 landing pic after the official video? some ppl claimed it fake )

[outer bobcat]

I thought they triggered the FTS?

[wheat kayak]

due to pressure change and said explosive substance

I thought so too because it was very violent looking

but I don't know

[outer bobcat]

and also from the centre of the ship

[main patrol]

oh right b11 exploded, thats why it was in pieces when they went fishing for it

[main patrol]

tim looks constipated

[wheat kayak]

the large pic on the right is an aft flap, said the SpaceX announcer

[main patrol]

i concur

[wheat kayak]

the bottom left pair look identical

so the top left that's burning would also be aft?

[main patrol]

top left is forward

[idle badger]

how often are they using bottom stabilization pins? cuz seems like it's just hanging on top pins only

[wheat kayak]

okay guess the bottom left two just look similar without actually being the same position

Tim is trying to hold the flap together with his willpower

it worked

if he was in the Indian ocean the ship would probably have survived the bellyflop and water touchdown

[rugged girder]

The stabs are not engaged, they will once the booster is fully centered in the rail

[bold kelp]

https://vxtwitter.com/TheTitanIIIGuy/status/1845468924143427915?t=m18RhFVFWHBYxgO5L7byag

[wheat kayak]

he did say "engine fire" and "I don't think it will make it" quite accurately though

[idle badger]

[true flame]

The more I look at all the different video

The less I can believe what just happened

[wheat kayak]

https://x.com/MarcusHouse/status/1845472366039650592?t=a4Hd4QWB_clmIi9Jy786SQ&s=19

Marcus House (@MarcusHouse) on X

Little bit of minor damage on that chine. Overall vehicle is looking pretty darn clean!

Twitter · Oct 13, 2024, 2:31 PM

https://x.com/interstellargw/status/1845469956890087925?t=g5G_q-fSim_dFUtE0zRx0g&s=19

Interstellar Gateway (@interstellargw) on X

.

Twitter · Oct 13, 2024, 2:21 PM

[glad vortex]

Wow I still remember him from the Max-Q Entertainment days (that was during the last years of Space Shuttle - you gotta watch back all those mission recap music videos!)

https://x.com/theastron8/status/1845494786255417400

Nathan Moeller 🇺🇸 (@TheAstroN8) on X

Fire. Breathing. Dragon.

#Starship #IFT5

Twitter · Oct 13, 2024, 4:00 PM

[lucid tusk]

Holy shit

[outer bobcat]

hello slug

[ashen talon]

What's the name of that youtuber that just says that's not right and not really much else?

[lethal frost]

Thunderf00t?

[ashen talon]

Yeah, that one. Thanks!

[short fjord]

https://x.com/RGVaerialphotos/status/1845496855796293894

RGV Aerial Photography (@RGVaerialphotos) on X

And the rockets' red glare,
The bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night,
That our flag was still there
🚀🇺🇸

Twitter · Oct 13, 2024, 4:08 PM

[cosmic nexus]

I honestly cannot believe he is still relevant

I’ll admit I watched him in the past… I was 12 and in kind of an edgy internet atheist phase I very quickly got over lmao (far before he touched anything SpaceX)

He was just as much of an idiot then as he is now

[warped plaza]

Same

I remember when his content was just "look how stupid these creationists are haha"

Which I mean yeah young-Earth creationists are but he wasn't really contributing anything either

[rare cradle]

[ Credit: SpaceX ]

[lethal frost]

Any idea what ift6 might have? Hoping for raptor relight

[main patrol]

flap hinge burn through (again)

[glad vortex]

Updated mission page:

Starship’s fifth flight test lifted off on October 13, 2024, with our most ambitious test objectives yet as we work to demonstrate techniques fundamental to Starship and Super Heavy’s fully and rapidly reusable design.

And on our first try, Mechazilla caught the booster.

Following a successful liftoff, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn, and coast, the Super Heavy booster performed its landing burn and was caught by the chopstick arms of the launch and catch tower at Starbase. Thousands of distinct vehicle and pad criteria had to be met prior to the catch attempt, and thanks to the tireless work of SpaceX engineers, we succeeded with catch on our first attempt.

Ready to catch a booster? starshipthegame.spacex.com

Prior to catch, Starship executed another successful hot-staging separation, igniting its six Raptor engines and completing ascent into outer space. It coasted along its planned trajectory to the other side of the planet before executing a controlled reentry, passing through the phases of peak heating and maximum aerodynamic pressure, before executing a flip, landing burn, and splashdown at its target area in the Indian Ocean. The flight test concluded at splashdown 1 hour, 5 minutes and 40 seconds after launch.

The entire SpaceX team should take pride in the engineering feat they just accomplished. The world witnessed what the future will look like when Starship starts carrying crew and cargo to destinations on Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Congratulations to the SpaceX team for taking this leap in our quest to make life multiplanetary. And thank you to our customers, Cameron County, spaceflight fans, and the wider community for the continued support and encouragement.

[low phoenix]

wait the hsr detached during flight 3???

wtf

[still hollow]

Does anyone like Thuderf00t?

[proven jasper]

yeah during aero descent

got ripped off

[low phoenix]

dammn

is there any

views of it just ripping off?

[main patrol]

no, only indirect evidence of it being missing

[low phoenix]

ah

[true flame]

Didn’t he also turn out to be massively transphobic ?

[outer bobcat]

I swear half these people u lot talk about are transphobic

[proven jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/starship-superheavy-ift3-gif-1946531320187581188

wonder why it’s spinning?

[low phoenix]

Why not

[frosty timber]

https://fixupx.com/SpaceX/status/1845513038172205376

[still hollow]

Thunderfoot is one of the only people I know who has simultaneously pissed off both the left and right, it's quite funny actually

[still hollow]

WOAH

SpaceX with the banger photos and always

Man when that 4K video starts coming out

We be eating good

[outer bobcat]

can we just appreciate how reliable raptor has become

still remember the SN8 raptor aborts

and all the aborted sf of other early prototypes

[glad vortex]

I see the booster has been lowered onto the OLM
Let's see how they detank it...

[outer bobcat]

and today we had what, 33+10+13+6+3=65 startups

[still hollow]

raptor not working at this point is almost an afterthought

[main patrol]

howd they put the booster into the olm without alignment pins

sf time

[outer bobcat]

is it on the pad?

or is it still held by the chopsticks and is just barely above the mount

[still hollow]

back on OLM

[outer bobcat]

maybe it doesn't need alignment

it can just sit there

[main patrol]

ship 33

[glad vortex]

https://vxtwitter.com/SpaceX/status/1845515959286821285

[idle badger]

sooooo

does it mean they can lift if without this pice of equipment? (I forgro how it's called 💀)

if yes than it's so over for ppl each time yelling "the only way it leaves OLM is by launch"

[rare cradle]

Maybe they just don't really care if these Raptors get damaged or not

[main patrol]

alignment pins

the collection is growing

[wraith glacier]

now was that necessary

[true flame]

NXF having a normal one again

[warped plaza]

https://youtu.be/uXuGDdqXilw?si=UEpCr_s2t28mNRSF

[wraith glacier]

so are they firing again

[main patrol]

👀

yeah why else would they immediately inspect the engines

[wraith glacier]

damage inspection

[main patrol]

chat is we thinkin they keep it on the olm, bring in the work platform, fix the engines and sf

[true flame]

And whatever the fuck happened with IFT-1

[wheat kayak]

yes because he already got blueballs from the scrubbed blue origins

[lunar fulcrum]

Mb

Wrong thing

[wheat kayak]

[lunar fulcrum]

Me when

[wraith glacier]

what😭😭

[wheat kayak]

hey I thought it was good. okay probably not.

the only people who think puns are good are the ones that come up with them

I'll take my leave

[warped plaza]

I'm completely convinced they 100% knew it was gonna fall apart like that and just sent it anyway to get rid of the old hardware and gather data for an actual attempt on IFT-2

Which isn't a terrible approach really

[wraith glacier]

except for the public safety risk

[warped plaza]

Well yeah true

[wheat kayak]

oh man the FAA was probably relax back then. rockets weren't capable of going far. not much work to do

[wraith glacier]

they wouldn’t have sent it if they knew it would be that bad

in a lot of ways they got lucky

[warped plaza]

I mean they probably didn't think it would be that bad but they 100% knew it wasn't making orbit

[wheat kayak]

now it's like orbital flight paths and sonic booms and wow

[wraith glacier]

loss of gimbal control and FTS that didn’t work effectively could’ve gone very bad

[wheat kayak]

they should've rented a Patriot battery

in case FTS doesn't work

[wraith glacier]

no probably the opposite

[wraith glacier]

i wonder how far it would’ve gotten if ship separated

[warped plaza]

IIRC after the booster landed in the ocean on IFT-4 they literally started shooting at it with rifles to make it sink faster

[wraith glacier]

did they actually

[warped plaza]

I don't remember if it's been confirmed

[main patrol]

at least that was planned some years ago

[warped plaza]

Or if it was just a thing they discussed but didn't end up doing

[main patrol]

but on ift4 i think it exploded by itself

[wraith glacier]

yeah i haven’t heard abt that happening

[wheat kayak]

hmm true I mean it did go pretty far. just really tumbly

[wraith glacier]

it deffo did not survive the tilt

[wraith glacier]

also starship had fucked with the faa previously

insane that that was 4 years ago

[wheat kayak]

as a fan of naval history I don't think a ship 9m in diameter would sink any faster with just bullet holes

you can get hit by a torpedo and be limping along for half a day before you're finally flooded enough to sink

[dense pagoda]

indeed

it was truly the craziest thing i have ever seen

i think this ties with SN8's flight

[rugged girder]

Y'all

Y'all

Y'AAL

THEY CAUGHT A BOOSTER

[true flame]

THEY FUCKING DID IT

Like

What the actual fuck

A skyscraper-sized first stage

Caught in the air

By giant robot arms

[dense pagoda]

this is like some sci-fi movie ass shiot

[true flame]

I was sincerely convinced they were going to annihilate the launch site in some way

[blazing jackal]

When Elon announced the plan to catch the boosters, everyone thought he was a madman, and perhaps he still is, but the engineers at SpaceX made it happen

[wheat kayak]

crazy huh

[wraith glacier]

i guess i’m not allowed to be pessimistic about ship catching now am i 😭😭

[wheat kayak]

well I gave it a more than 50% chance of success given the booster was steering pretty well IFT 4

[wraith glacier]

i was expecting an abort to ocean

[main patrol]

they said catching superheavy is not at all similar to landing falcon, its a different beast entirely, and they still succeeded on the first try

[dense pagoda]

i thought they were ouright just gonna abort it

[wraith glacier]

it’s kinda crazy what they’ve done with raptor

[wheat kayak]

it only needed the inner engines after all. I do wonder if they could have lit some outer engines to compensate if an inner engine didn't light?

[true flame]

I completely forgot about this

[wheat kayak]

ship catching oh man bellyflop into the tower

like one of those wrestling moves from the corner

[true flame]

Can’t wait to see that

[wheat kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/liv-livvy-liv-morgan-rhea-rhea-ripley-gif-693143082481483472

[main patrol]

sn9-esque ballistic missile

[outer bobcat]

that was a typical reaction to today's events

they caught a booster

[main patrol]

literally all of crew 8 departure, ns27 and europa clipper were cancelled

[outer bobcat]

delayed

[main patrol]

was there a 5th thing scheduled for today

[outer bobcat]

starlink

[true flame]

Can’t wait for Europa Clipper

[outer bobcat]

but that was delayed a few days ago

[true flame]

We’ll soon have two whole orbiters to study Jupiter and its icy moons

[outer bobcat]

yeah, soon

only 6 years

or 7

solar system is big

[true flame]

Yeaaahhh soon enough

[proven jasper]

oh my fucking god

[wraith glacier]

i deffo wonder how they’ll do it bc theoretically it would be coming by the far side of the tower?

[proven jasper]

so that’s why it’s called JUICE

fuck me why did i just realise

[wraith glacier]

https://x.com/Truthful_ast/status/1845444126327681173

Truthful🛰️ (@Truthful_ast) on X

WE ARE SO BACK.

Twitter · Oct 13, 2024, 12:39 PM

[lethal frost]

why are people saying level 10 on Mechazilla IO is difficult? level 9 was much harder, 10 only took like 3 tries

[true flame]

Yeah ??

The thing is literally gonna end up orbiting Ganymede at the end of its life

[wraith glacier]

those nozzles got fucked up💀

[lethal frost]

apart from the one above the top of the 3

this is fine

[true flame]

https://tenor.com/view/will-smith-thats-hot-cool-amazed-gif-13488740

[glad dirge]

It’ll buff out

[lethal frost]

wait actually, part of that does look like its having an "issue"

whats the black splodge in the middle of it?

[main patrol]

what happened here 👀

[wraith glacier]

an engine bell probably

the glow in the engine bay is wild

https://x.com/TheOldManPar/status/1845523916074123379

Charles Boyer (@TheOldManPar) on X

I asked @FAANews if any investigation would be required as a result of @SpaceX IFT-5.

They replied “The FAA assessed the operations of the SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy Flight 5 mission that launched from Boca Chica, Texas, on Oct. 13, 2024. All flight events for both the

Twitter · Oct 13, 2024, 5:56 PM

2 in a row 🥳🥳

[lethal frost]

IFT 6 next week confirmed

[idle badger]

Flight 6 tmrw

btw what's the progress on Flight 6 hardware testing?

[main patrol]

ship has sf'ed

[proven jasper]

S31 SFd, needs tiles
B13 needs SF

that’s about it

[idle badger]

daymn

[rare cradle]

[ Credit: NSF Starbase Live ]

[idle badger]

and OLM/OLIT inspections

[main patrol]

probably extensive repairs

[outer bobcat]

did they rotate the booster?

or did it come in that perfectly that the bqd port was in line with the bqd

[rugged girder]

They re-aligned it after landing

The booster did not land exactly on the center of the arms but that was expected

They have pins to tweak the location of the booster in the rails

[main patrol]

deluge did indeed go off during the catch

[rugged girder]

Just like on flight 4, on the rehearsal, and per documentation

[outer bobcat]

alright yeah that makes sense

so what do you reckon they're gonna do with B12 now

check engines?

and then roll it to rocket garden or keep it on pad and do testing?

[rugged girder]

No idea

[sand tulip]

Testing at Massey's maybe

[outer bobcat]

cheeky cryo test

[main patrol]

what is that browser

[sage surge]

did.... did you not know its full name was Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer??

[brazen nymph]

spacex needs to stop with these wallpaper materials

can't deicde which one to use

[earnest abyss]

He spent ages trying to figure out what the "black smoke" was during the ship landing burn... it was the ship venting during the landing burn. The flames made it look black but it would have been white.....

also "Finally clapping at something that hasn't blown up" when they caught the booster

[outer bobcat]

road still closed?

[sand tulip]

extended to a 24 hour closure

[dense pagoda]

Flight 6 this Saturday confirmed, B12 reflight with ship 31 ontop

[sage surge]

Aight guys place your bets, will SpeX be able to cram in another flight before the end of the year?

[oblique osprey]

Ye I’d say so unless they wait for S33

[bold kelp]

80% confident

[sage surge]

Given that they have already been doing all the work refitting and testing S31 and S33 probably still needs a lot of work...

[warped plaza]

I'm saying nay for the sole reason of Berger's law

[bold kelp]

time between IFT 3 and 4 would almost make it this year if applied

[warped plaza]

(I hate calling it Berger's law, but it's a good law)

[bold kelp]

Berger law only applies to maiden launches

[warped plaza]

I feel like test flights kinda follow the same principle

But idk don't trust me I'm just an idiot on Discord dot com

[oblique osprey]

They haven’t even begun de tiling S31

[sage surge]

wuh

I thought they were

[vapid sable]

Uh https://x.com/interstellargw/status/1845554481238561098

Interstellar Gateway (@interstellargw) on X

Interestingly, it appears SpaceX is loading Booster 12's CH4 tank with either methane or nitrogen. This is perhaps part of their safing procedures where it is possible to connect the booster to the BQD again.

Twitter · Oct 13, 2024, 7:57 PM

Huh

[frosty timber]

Definitely not methane

But nitrogen would make sense

[main patrol]

they can optimize the landing burn a lot https://fxtwitter.com/Cosmo_556/status/1845554958604657051

[wraith glacier]

oh that is INSANE

[gaunt bramble]

Gunna be watching videos from this launch for a while.

Everyone was loosing their shit at Isla Blanca. Including myself. I’m scared to listen to myself on my video. Lol

[vapid sable]

Hey @ale-

[sand tulip]

is that a PIRATE SHIP?

[small roost]

Yeah

[proven jasper]

oh damn it’s gone from ‘please no pings i won’t help’ to ‘DO NOT FUCKING PING ME YOU IDIOT I WILL KILL YOU’

[blazing jackal]

My crow is that the reentry trajectory will be set up so that the ship slightly overshoots and goes out over the Gulf, just offshore. Then, if all ship and tower parameters are in range, it will shift its trajectory back towards the ground next to the launch site during subsonic descent, then to the tower once the engines light up.

[small roost]

Thought you were taking about a pet crow for a sec

[blazing jackal]

Sorry I spend a lot of time on the labpadre server

[vapid sable]

What did you think of the launch since you had to miss the live part

[wraith glacier]

true

[proven jasper]

i’ve watched the stream 8 times now

bit late but damn it was cool

[vapid sable]

Real

[outer bobcat]

wait so where did S30 go?

did it get destacked?

booster still on the pad so they havent launched yet

[rugged girder]

Oh that's because I was getting annoying DMs literally minutes before launch and I was like ffs go fuck off

[proven jasper]

yknow what that’s fair

[vapid sable]

Oh makes sense

[proven jasper]

timing and cropping of this was impeccable

he posted that message literally right after mine sent

like less than second after

[vapid sable]

It was such a cool view

I gasped when I saw it

[proven jasper]

literally both of us just decided to screenshot and post it at that time and we both turned out to send it like at the same exact second

that’s a hell of a jinx

[vapid sable]

It really is

[wraith glacier]

what view

[proven jasper]

from booster right after sep

it’s like a small view you can see right above the gridfin which makes it even weirder

because like that exact view, exact frame

[lethal frost]

aims for just before the tower, does the flip above-ish the tower, hovers in

at least, thats how its done in most sims (e.g ksp, and that was quite similar with the booster catch, even down to the pointing engines towards the tower base)

like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzgwtOVCekw

[tired pike]

you can def be pessimistic about that

completely different animal from booster catching

booster catching is like shooting a guitar pick across a football field

ship catching will be like shooting a nickel across three

[vapid sable]

I used to be pessimistic about ship catching but after both demonstrations today, my confidence has gone way up. Especially with the highly accurate ship landing. They just need to make the ship not keep almost dying on reentry

[tired pike]

eh.

we'll see how it goes ig

lord knows SpX will keep on trying until it works anyways lmao

[vapid sable]

Yknow

This’ll be the first FTS removal for a super heavy

[wraith glacier]

i feel like the targeting isn’t the issue ngl

they can probably do it

and it’ll be awesome to see

[sand tulip]

How will ship reentry work with it coming east across texas?

[vapid sable]

Well if they lose a tile or debris on entry that could be less than optimal as it could cause property damage or injury if it makes it all the way down

[sand tulip]

Yea that's what I'm thinking, ik Starliner enters into White Sands but white sands is also massive

[vapid sable]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1293009167098839120/1295119637087911987/its-uncanny-how-easy-it-is-starship.mp4?ex=670d7da7&is=670c2c27&hm=c690b9dd7255dc279d2b2fbd5ee06af1785a52109ac7d8195e606de3da7454c1&

[wraith glacier]

i imagine it’ll be treated like a shuttle reentry

it’s more likely to break up bc of the shield being in active development still so

it’s prob gonna be a minute

would be really bad to drop debris on populated areas

https://x.com/KickEmToTheKirb/status/1845560473128681861

kirbspacekirb (@KickEmToTheKirb) on X

B12 rolling back into the highbay to all the other boosters like

Twitter · Oct 13, 2024, 8:21 PM

[vapid sable]

LMAO

[outer bobcat]

lmaoooo

[rugged girder]

https://tenor.com/view/the-shining-creepy-jack-nicholson-gif-6124131707167308713

[sand tulip]

yep that was what I was thinking, seems way too jank right now but who knows once we get the V2 ships

[outer bobcat]

just saw a car go to the pad

[vapid sable]

https://x.com/daily_hopper/status/1845539206988222536?s=46&t=6a3zSjeFT73B23W5K3NVgQ

The Daily Hopper (@daily_hopper) on X

Catch me if you can!

#spacex #space #starship #IFT5

Twitter · Oct 13, 2024, 6:56 PM

[outer bobcat]

[sand tulip]

from the daily hopper ^ 😭

[vapid sable]

||/s||

[tired pike]

ok pal

[worthy rock]

I need to see this now lmao

I guess I missed it

[young totem]

an observation

[glad vortex]

https://x.com/robertpearlman/status/1845464548129534193
Good comment (man 2012 was a century ago)

RobertPearlman (@RobertPearlman) on X

I had about as much faith in Mechazilla working on the first try as I did the sky crane successfully landing Curiosity on Mars. I have to start putting more trust in the engineers.

That was amazing.

Twitter · Oct 13, 2024, 2:00 PM

[vapid sable]

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845633730154545465?s=46

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on X

Just inspected the Starship booster, which the arms have now placed back in its launch mount. Looks great!

A few outer engine nozzles are warped from heating & some other minor issues, but these are easily addressed.

Starship is designed to achieve reflight of its rocket

Twitter · Oct 14, 2024, 1:12 AM

[bold kelp]

https://vxtwitter.com/TJ_Cooney/status/1845458802709008619

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

[tired pike]

yeah the skycrane is the best comparsion in terms of utter insanity at first glance

[verbal fern]

holy

[vapid sable]

Party time

[verbal fern]

big ol party this time

[vapid sable]

I wanna go to that party

[verbal fern]

same

prob sick

[worthy rock]

bro can see into the future

[verbal fern]

future sight

[wraith glacier]

i mean

what else was it gonna do

[verbal fern]

still looks unreal

[verbal fern]

float

[vapid sable]

It does

It looks like magic

[verbal fern]

"this is fine"

[worthy rock]

mmmm crispy ablator

[wraith glacier]

with love a 160ft tall pressurized steel soda can with explosive gases inside will not survive falling over

[blazing jackal]

Real

[iron pelican]

personally i would, i'm built different

[wraith glacier]

ofc ofc i forgot to factor the built different factor in

[iron pelican]

if i were a 160ft tall pressurized steel soda can with explosive gases inside that is

[wraith glacier]

ofc

inhale gas fumes and try it out

[iron pelican]

i do that every day actually

if i stopped i would literally die, i think i might be addicted 😔

[sage surge]

Man... imagine if we had those sort of external heat shield views on the Shuttle

[neon idol]

slave to O2

we must stop this #nomoreO2

[worthy rock]

o2 is a dangerous oxidizer that is a key ingredient in many explosive materials and millions of people are inhaling it DAILY

[blazing jackal]

Together we can stop this

[sand tulip]

smh everyone who inhales this substance dies. We must fight #bigO2

[oblique osprey]

What was different with the engines this flight

[outer bobcat]

33 of them came back this time

[oblique osprey]

No but why was it a different colour and wasn’t it faster

[main patrol]

i dont think the blue color on ascent was because the engines were different

[sage surge]

Might've been due to the lighting at the specific time of day?

[proven jasper]

the cyan was because of the twilight

and then the oranger plume on descent is something i’m still trying to work out but might have something to do with the speed it’s descending at

or the fact that it was the inner 13 only so it looked more concentrated

[main patrol]

hadnt the sun risen by launch?

[proven jasper]

yeah but barely over the horizon to just give it that effect

it wasn’t fully

same for the vulcan launch

check the pics and the plume looks cyan later after SRB sep

simply how methalox reacts to light at that time

[small roost]

Also the orange landing brun plume was real hot you could Feel that heat from Isla Blanca

During liftoff i could feel a little tiny bit of heat but landing had wayy more

[small roost]

Somone needs to like ban repossting i try to find unique footage from people but no its just a bunch of npcs reposting the SpaceX stream footage

[low phoenix]

Probably fire mixing with the plume

[lethal frost]

Any idea why there's always way more methane compared to oxygen in the tanks?

[proven jasper]

raptors running ox rich ig

[lethal frost]

But they run out at the same rate

[proven jasper]

also there’s just the methane in the tank being used by the downcomer compared to the specific landing tank for LOX

so the LOX tank is set to use the exact amount needed for landing while methane just uses whats left

[lethal frost]

(+ if the tanks are both full, shouldn't both bars be full?)

[proven jasper]

no

[lethal frost]

Why not?

[proven jasper]

because the tanks aren’t full

[lethal frost]

Okay, if both tanks are fully fuelled for the mission, surely the bar should start full

[proven jasper]

i think for LOX they combine landing tank and the main residuals

[proven jasper]

they don’t fuel them fully

[lethal frost]

Like at takeoff

[proven jasper]

for these flights

because no payload

[lethal frost]

That's why I said full fueled for the mission

[proven jasper]

thought you meant landing

[lethal frost]

Noo, through the whole flight

There's wayy more methane

Even at t0

[proven jasper]

because that’s just how they fuel it

[main patrol]

but the stream ui goes to 100%, right?

[proven jasper]

no

[small roost]

Did the guy tracking from Florida get it

[glad vortex]

https://vxtwitter.com/astroferg/status/1845502009123782719

[wet forum]

Is the beach open?

[frosty timber]

Not yet: https://www.cameroncountytx.gov/spacex/

[wet forum]

Technically they can open it whenever they want. Was at Hopper Haus last night and that was discussed. The blocks aren’t on Google maps right now. I wonder….

[rugged girder]

Road is opening

[wet forum]

👀 right now?

[rugged girder]

Yes

[small roost]

Woah

[blazing jackal]

Probably has something to do with there being the separate landing tank for the lox

[small roost]

Oh I just remembered at Islablanca 10 seconds maybe after the sonic boom I heard it reflect off something far away

[blazing jackal]

Maybe it isn't measured by the same gauges

[wet forum]

Looking at the nsf live feed it looks like they are going to move the booster off the pad.

[lethal frost]

mightve been the HSR

[rugged girder]

Yes it was the HSR

We heard it on our mics too

There's not really anything in South Texas where it can reflect from

[vapid sable]

How far off the shore did the HSR land, do we know?

[rugged girder]

I know people saw it splashdown from the hotels at SPI

So it might have been 2-3km

[vapid sable]

Someone needs to make this but instead of Twitter and X it’s
WE WILL NOT BE CALLING STARSHIP FLIGHTS “IFT”

[rugged girder]

lol

[small roost]

Ohh right

[small roost]

I was able to see it falling but lost site when it went under the land

It was tumbling

Rotating

[grizzled raven]

Man, I still cannot believe they caught it

[small roost]

Samew

Irl it was wilder getting slap by sonic boom right as catch there was so much happening i didnt know what to focus on

Hsr falling and wb57 tracking

[grizzled raven]

Like I’ve seen so many animations and simulations but they just don’t prepare you for the real thing

[small roost]

For a launch in general watching alot of videos of starship flights pretty much prepared me for the launch part pretty much

Like it was what i expected other than it beeing quieter than i expected

[small roost]

How do you make those

[main patrol]

blender

[small roost]

Oh

[vapid sable]

I love it thank you so much I will use the heck out of this

[tawdry thistle]

do you have blender on speed dial or some shit lmao

[main patrol]

the white came out a little overexposed, im trying to figure out why it looks different in the preview

[small roost]

We need a blender template for this for speedial uses

[main patrol]

better. hereby public domain

[small roost]

Finnly discords letting post my whole videos

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/813742963104284672/1295400270678724669/VID_20241013_0724334.mp4?ex=670e8303&is=670d3183&hm=453718f01d07c42f3b269d331a290354793918c9ee94dcde0fa5d3e983794076&

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/813742963104284672/1295398145022492753/GX014278_17288286627882.mp4?ex=670e8109&is=670d2f89&hm=4a8e961d12ad2edb4ccd3703814ca39cc9a194f9ecaaa5bf3a3924707c9cae94&

Aw i trimmed out the hsr sonic boom oops

[main patrol]

does this work

[small roost]

yes lol its great

joke only thing i coudl thnik just to test

[outer bobcat]

real

[small roost]

heres hsr sonic boom

[main patrol]

good focus

[small roost]

Yeah the phone focused on a bag for the whole time

And then my other phone over heated half way through

Or something idk

Then i left the lens cap on my camera

Only thing that got it was my gopro and i got dslr photos of landing

[main patrol]

pentuple redundancy with 40% success

[small roost]

Yeah

Then i completely killed my main phone the day before

[true flame]

https://fxtwitter.com/TechSpatiales/status/1845471325197881451

Fuck I completely forgot about that

Starhopper was only 5 years ago

This is absolutely insane oh my god

[small roost]

Yeah it crazy

It didnt take 20 years

Imagine in actual 20 years

[true flame]

We truly live in the best time period in human history

[small roost]

Adhd + adrenaline moment

[main patrol]

yeah my performance suffers too under pressure

[true flame]

The more I look at the footage

the more I deeply understand why some people here had exaggerated reactions

[glad dirge]

ugh starhopper was five years ago

[vapid sable]

Wdym

[true flame]

Everything about this flight was absolutely insane

[wraith glacier]

this is the most erfffli thing ever

[twin magnet]

the vertical translation is crazy

[frosty timber]

https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1845866165928697907

Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) on X

Oh wow, it's so apparent now, but of course, with a recovered Booster 12, they need to REMOVE its FTS (Flight Termination System). What a nice addition to Flight 5's milestones!

https://t.co/e3xbqPnwZ5

Twitter · Oct 14, 2024, 4:36 PM

[vapid sable]

Called it yesterday

[tired pike]

Do they still have those double decker cheeseburgers

[gaunt bramble]

Shortened video to stay under the file size limit.

[verbal fern]

From this angle you can really see it, no where near hitting the tower

[lethal frost]

is it confirmed that the upper stage sank?

[verbal fern]

I mean

[lethal frost]

or is it still just bobbing in the indian ocean

[verbal fern]

What else would it do

It exploded

[lethal frost]

it was floating pretty well after the explosion

[verbal fern]

Still probably sank

[lethal frost]

ye

i hope we get to see buoycam

like with the booster

also

[vapid sable]

Yeah same

[wraith glacier]

they do in the indian ocean apparently

[wraith glacier]

hell yeah

banger shot

[wraith glacier]

that visual combined with the audio is INSANE

[vapid sable]

https://x.com/interstellargw/status/1845887909637116127?s=46

Interstellar Gateway (@interstellargw) on X

YALL ARENT READY FOR THIS 🤯🤯🤯 MY GOODNESS

Twitter · Oct 14, 2024, 6:02 PM

[lethal frost]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/838179395990323210/1295446175465476177/caption.gif?ex=670eadc4&is=670d5c44&hm=676ae2fa365b97502404617bd77fc1bc98b9314b902c353027fcbfb0e09ac249&

[mild aurora]

live Joey reaction: "okay so we won"

[oblique osprey]

Better not be hyping us up to early

[rugged girder]

Interestellar Gateway not hyping up stuff is like me not breathing and still being alive, it would not be natural

[vapid sable]

[sage surge]

(who is Interstellar Gateway again)

[mild aurora]

newish Cosmic Perspective-esque group

with more money than is advisable and working on a couple crazy projects

pulling GoPros now, stay tuned lol

[small roost]

Oh yeah especially irl

Also j just noticed you can see the sonic boom bouncing off the ground back into the smoke

[vapid sable]

https://x.com/whoisheartbreak/status/1845595047355683070

Jessie Anderson (@whoisheartbreak) on X

Your Starship Flight 5 hosts all together! Kate, Dan (live on video call so he could be in the photo 🤣), & Mechazilla! 🚀🦾

Twitter · Oct 13, 2024, 10:38 PM

[still hollow]

He looks like Jack in that lol

[vapid sable]

https://vxtwitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1845476453204283537

wholesome

[oblique osprey]

Is it the dune cam?

[small roost]

I feel like the sonic booms were louder from furthur

[small roost]

Wow

[oblique osprey]

https://vxtwitter.com/spacex/status/1845922312207712396

https://fixupx.com/spacex/status/1845922924315938922?s=46

[rare cradle]

https://x.com/spacex/status/1845924467966726229⠀

[vapid sable]

MMMMMM

so pretty

[oblique osprey]

How’s ur one a video

[rare cradle]

Using fixupx

[oblique osprey]

Oh it shows the normal x link

[proven jasper]

he hides it using hyperlinks

because the fixup links don’t send you to the app when you click them

so it’s easier to view while also having video

very smart

[verbal fern]

Maybe

[proven jasper]

i think it’ll close

but flight 6 will push into early jan

[oblique osprey]

Oh ye

[verbal fern]

New years flight

[tired pike]

I'm thinking one more in late December

probably post-christmas

[foggy gate]

That's awesome 😄

[dense pagoda]

This was such a brainfuck

[dense pagoda]

Like when It was coming down i was thinking in my mind how it would fail in the next 20s but I couldn't cause it was just fucking with me that this massive thing was coming so fast

And then seeing it actually light it's engines and like smoothly move into the arms

It felt like cgi

Didn't feel real

[outer bobcat]

those videos are beautiful

[tired pike]

well that's because it was just spacex playing footage in reverse

[small roost]

Any videos showing boom from brownsville or far

?

Everyone just keeps reposting SpaceX views everywhere

Theres 1 i know of but they stoped recording before landing

Acording to somone i know that lives in brownsville the sonic boom woke them up

[warped plaza]

Sometimes I wonder what else goes on in the life of Eddie Treviño Jr. after seeing these notices. He's been in office since 2016, so... there's presumably an actual guy in that office who spent years working his way up in community politics to get the position of county judge. And now thousands of people across the world just know him as "the road closure guy" from these notices and nothing else.

[proven jasper]

oh he’s a happy fella dw

[vapid sable]

LITERALLY

That’s all I know him as

[wraith glacier]

it’s gonna be weird as hell when he retires

[still hollow]

https://www.cameroncountytx.gov/county-judge-eddie-trevino-jr/ From his website he seems like a perfectly fine guy

[rare cradle]

https://x.com/spacex/status/1845966756579627167⠀

[vapid sable]

https://fixupx.com/spacex/status/1845966756579627167?s=46

[grizzled raven]

YIPPEE ONBOARDS

[vernal dirge]

https://x.com/michaelnicollsx/status/1845969722212540601

Michael Nicolls (@michaelnicollsx) on X

Amazing performance by @starlink during Flight 5 - with coverage aggregated across all terminals on the ship and booster, only 20 ms of outage on the 66 min flight (>99.999% uptime). Now using very similar software to serve rockets as we do to serve airplanes.

Twitter · Oct 14, 2024, 11:27 PM

https://fixupx.com/SpaceX/status/1845977050592723312

[grizzled raven]

oooh, HSR correct?

[vapid sable]

Yup

From NSF

but she’ll never admit that

[small roost]

Omg hsr

[grizzled raven]

they should go get it

[vapid sable]

Considering they went and picked up B11 I wouldn’t put it past them

[small roost]

Go dive it

[blazing jackal]

B11 had a bunch of Raptors on it that a lot of people would probably want to get their hands on. The HSR is... Well... Just a bunch of sheet metal.

I doubt SpaceX will bother recovering it.

[vapid sable]

It’s so close off shore though

Way easier recovery

[blazing jackal]

Idk. I don't really see it being recovered unless for some reason fish and wildlife asks for it to be recovered since it's so close to shore.

It's gonna be all smashed up from hitting the water at high speed so would only be worth it's weight in scrap

[vapid sable]

Well then I hope someone else goes out there and gets it

[blazing jackal]

I could see that happening maybe.

Someone might want to put it in a museum or something or someone who does scrap metal recovery as a business might go and get it.

It just doesn't seem like it would be worth SpaceX's time to rent a ship with a crane and dedicate workers to go out there and recover a hunk of metal with little proprietary value when they could be working on hardware for IFT-6 instead.

[sand tulip]

how nice of spacex to create an artificial reef /s

[vapid sable]

Basically S30

[dense pagoda]

UFO sighting confirmed

aliens helped build starship

[small roost]

Somone post it to a ufo group for them to debunk lol

Actually they probably wont be doing any debunking just believing

[worthy rock]

https://x.com/sovereignofkent/status/1845956328235401589?t=N5n0TNlrFJyK4wdkTedv4Q&s=19

aaron 🌌🔮🌿 (@sovereignofkent) on X

oh my fucking god it's all over the monitor

Twitter · Oct 14, 2024, 10:34 PM

[rugged girder]

Spitter try not to be horny about rockets challenge impossible

[idle badger]

[wraith glacier]

i-

no.

[outer bobcat]

haylee that was literally you before, during and after the launch

[worthy rock]

yes I know

[dense pagoda]

[lethal frost]

fair reaction tbh

[vapid sable]

WHAT THE FREAKY

[vapid sable]

Real

[still hollow]

listen they could be taking about acidic goo

[grizzled raven]

So, was that better then the SN flips? I think it was, granted I was more of a lurker when those were happening, but yea

[worthy rock]

weird cum but ok

[main patrol]

acidic goo is stored in the balls

[vapid sable]

Idk it looked like it was drifting kinda when it landed

[grizzled raven]

ah I should have clarified, I mean more in a spectacle kinda way, like was that cooler to see

[vapid sable]

Oh

Yeah definitely for sure

[vapid sable]

B12 being removed from OLM

[earnest abyss]

B12 has been lifted!

[lethal frost]

again

[earnest abyss]

is this supposed to be see-through?

[vapid sable]

https://x.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1845659862799147110?s=46
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845663777254961224?s=46

Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) on X

@elonmusk Hope some of those engines get sent to McGregor. Flight-proven Raptors put through their paces on the test stand will be amazing data points for future reusability.

Twitter · Oct 14, 2024, 2:56 AM

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on X

@NASASpaceflight 💯

Twitter · Oct 14, 2024, 3:11 AM

[earnest abyss]

they've also put the stabaliser thingys onto the side of the booster

oh it's turning!

[lethal frost]

and they dropped it

kaboom

[earnest abyss]

also, that booster looks in remarkably good condition considering it came back from (depending on who you ask) space. Just a few scratches 🤣

[vapid sable]

95km*

[rugged girder]

Yes

[earnest abyss]

That's why I said depending on who you ask. According to virgin galactic, that's space.

[vapid sable]

Virgin galactic is wrong

[earnest abyss]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[outer bobcat]

it is 100km

end of

[idle badger]

It's not VG's opinion/definition. It's USAF's definition and VG simply follows it

[idle badger]

USAF

☝️

[vapid sable]

USAF is wrong

[main patrol]

does the starship cloud plume on ascent happen because a part of the exhaust gases is water vapor and the air becomes a hot saturated solution of water that condensates when its temperature reaches equillibrium with the surrounding colder air

and does it happen in only at some altitudes because the preceding humidity is high enough there

[wraith glacier]

haylee..

[idle badger]

[wraith glacier]

the cloud happens on pretty much every launch i think

i dunno why

but i’ve never seen one without it

[earnest abyss]

https://x.com/i/status/1845966756579627167 Onboard of the catch!!!

SpaceX (@SpaceX) on X

Onboard view showing a catch fitting on Super Heavy as it contacts a chopstick catch beam

Twitter · Oct 14, 2024, 11:15 PM

(looking at the stud thingy)

[sonic forum]

Oh I saw this this morning, I was like… oh… (and then I cried… again…)

[blazing jackal]

Imo it doesn't really matter. 100 km is just as arbitrary as 50 mi or whatever it is the U.S. uses.
At neither altitude can you breath, maintain altitude in an aircraft, do much of anything with aerodynamics, nor can you orbit a satellite practically.

The karman line, if calculated using today's technologies, would probably be different. They both exist because they "nice" numbers in the units they're based off of and correlate extremely loosely with the altitude Von Karman calculated at the time was the intersect of orbital speed and (very approximate) speed predicted to be required for flight using the technology of his particular time in history.

If it was calculated again using today's technology it would probably be different.

Just because more countries use one arbitrary number than another doesn't make either of them less arbitrary.

I mean, going higher is definitely cooler, but defining a specific altitude is mostly pointless other than for having a legal definition for where a country's airspace ends.

Oop didn't mean to write an essay

😅

[sonic forum]

Luckily you don’t have nitro

[main patrol]

no helium pressurant?? https://fixupx.com/elonmusk/status/1846223945164329091

[frosty timber]

Starship uses autogenous pressurization

[bold kelp]

Kerbal

[sonic forum]

the world if tenet

[idle badger]

LMFAO certified Sudoer moment
https://fixupx.com/spacesudoer/status/1846229885179900391

fine
ignores the bent nozzle on the right (out of pic)

[lethal frost]

i would say about 110-113km, based purely on the height that glow begins on starship

[proven jasper]

did the booster not go past 100km?

should have gone higher than flight 4

oh what the hell it only went 96km this time

[wraith glacier]

rest in peace ear drums after sonic boom

[idle badger]

I mean it's also relative. The hlow can appear on higher altitudes with higher speed (I guess so)

[vapid sable]

Pi engine https://x.com/xdNiBoR/status/1846229305212146019

Robin (@xdNiBoR) on X

I will forever love SpaceX's sense of humor

Twitter · Oct 15, 2024, 4:39 PM

[idle badger]

Here's that pic

Literally 4 in a row

[glad dirge]

scunch

[low phoenix]

raptor try not to have issues

(hard)

[vapid sable]

https://vxtwitter.com/AJamesMcCarthy/status/1846248028489109567

[glad dirge]

wow

[bold kelp]

sexo

[main patrol]

this is such an aesthetic

[true flame]

https://fxtwitter.com/SpaceX/status/1845924467966726229

insane shit

[main patrol]

and to think that not all civilian recorded video has come out yet, i hope we're in for treats

[true flame]

https://fxtwitter.com/SpaceX/status/1845453305344033254

oh my god I forgot about that

[glad dirge]

I gotta say it would be a lot less interesting if stuff wasn’t flying off of it every now and then

[dense pagoda]

Why could this be?

Like aseo forces coming down on landing?

[proven jasper]

no

paint

its on purpose

[vapid sable]

https://tenor.com/view/riddler-paul-dano-new-rockstars-thumbnail-does-he-know-he-doesnt-know-gif-27552850

[dense pagoda]

Yeah I don't lol

[vapid sable]

3.14159265…=pi

The engine

Is E314

Therefore it’s the pi engine

[main patrol]

hi food additive

[proven jasper]

cant wait for raptor SN314159

[small roost]

This landing view is awsome

https://youtu.be/EKZzsPU3III

Different perspective other side of launch plume

[main patrol]

they mustve color graded it to not be orange

[small roost]

Im assuming this is from brownsville

https://youtu.be/D50dlaLM0IY

[main patrol]

do you mean this when its in the cloud

[proven jasper]

just overall

the landing plume on B11 and 12 looked oranger than ascent plume

[oblique osprey]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBHa3bdxpzZ/?igsh=MThpM3QxcGhwOWVydA==

[small roost]

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/gctmz4dGnPwrYeFA/

They didnt know it was happening

[outer bobcat]

cant wait for raptor SN981 to have g painted on it

[neon idol]

pi^2 you mean

[outer bobcat]

stop

[neon idol]

in fact they should have just painted sqrt(g) on this one

[oblique osprey]

https://www.ddinstagram.com/reel/DBEZh-Sxaq_/?igsh=MW14dHRtd3pjdDh5MQ==

[small roost]

Im trying to find a video from far away that includes the sonic boom but they all stop recording before landing

Like everyone thst knew it was happening was like at isla blanca or something eveyone else doessnt know about it and either doesnt record booster descent or stops recording before sonic boom it sucks

[vapid sable]

So I’m curious, did the plume hit the tower when it was landing, it looked like it did from some angles

[proven jasper]

Yeah

thats why they set up the new cladding prior to launch

exactly where the plume hit

[glad dirge]

Now about the one above you

[small roost]

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/uNMkgsaZuPCzXqGP/ heres another from mexico

[small roost]

What?

[proven jasper]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1293009167098839120/1294251028274741289/057A657E-00F0-4944-9CA8-FE597EA1D393.gif

[dense pagoda]

oh, no yeah i got that

i was talking about why would engines be dented

[glad dirge]

It’s a video from far away that includes the sonic boom

[small roost]

Omg i found one

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/t7JphD9iXKTjy1Q9/

[small roost]

No

Idk where thats taken from but i dont think its any firthur than isla Blanca

[glad dirge]

o

[small roost]

Im telling the distance by sonic boom delay

From isla boanca it happened almost right at touchdown

[small roost]

It sounds awesome

You can see sonic boom hit the birds

[small roost]

Another https://www.facebook.com/share/v/faSkQB42fifQQKgD/

[vapid sable]

https://fixupx.com/AnthonyFGomez/status/1846276114328834351

[mild aurora]

just different MR

[proven jasper]

MR?

[mild aurora]

mixture ratio

I'd assume it differs somewhat at different stages in flight

[proven jasper]

yeah that’s what i kinda assumed too but the question is like, why?

do they get more thrust from going fuel rich or
smth

[frosty timber]

https://fixupx.com/SpaceX/status/1846303308186898627

[outer bobcat]

this is incredible

this flight was just perfect

and the re entry pic is just wow

[glad dirge]

Flap cam is probably the best decision this program ever made

[outer bobcat]

still cant believe that they did it first try

[wet forum]

Snagged this on the 6th

[glad dirge]

Cool pic but a car got in the way

[mild aurora]

damn that's one massive hunk of scrap

has to be like 300ish meters long?

[worthy rock]

this would go raw as fuck if I actually liked that car

[mild aurora]

[oblique osprey]

I think it’s actually quite a good picture

[true flame]

🥹

[vapid sable]

https://fixupx.com/francescospace_/status/1846520269583667348?s=46

Goes hard

[verbal fern]

Nah footloose synced better

[vapid sable]

Ok but any edit with skyfall immediately goes hard imo

[verbal fern]

Nuh uh

[vapid sable]

I have an idea for an edit but the problem is

I don’t know how to edit 💀

[vapid sable]

Yuh huh

[verbal fern]

Play that shit at a mexican funeral see what happens

[vapid sable]

💀

[main patrol]

work on the chopsticks continues https://fixupx.com/VickiCocks15/status/1846511224122462441

[main patrol]

tommy hilfiger trailer

[vapid sable]

https://vxtwitter.com/considercosmos/status/1846612939404726388

[sand tulip]

Seeing the Raptors throttle up is crazy, also the chine cover lmao

[bold kelp]

So 3-8-3 landing burn?

[outer bobcat]

3-10-3

[sand tulip]

3-13-3

Towards the end of the video you can see the rest of the engines come online

[outer bobcat]

well yea technically 13

[verbal fern]

The chines lol

[young totem]

3-8-13-8-3 🥱

[vapid sable]

Interstellar music goes so well with this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILMgpD3gj1o

[dense pagoda]

https://youtu.be/RyD5ekT0wSY?si=11dlxT_uqfHYh6M2

This video is atrocious lmao

[outer bobcat]

soyuz can be caught up to 10 times

[vapid sable]

LMAO

[unkempt sun]

no fucking way

[true flame]

soooo

that's 100% AI content right

[vapid sable]

I love [insert reusable rocket here]

[unkempt sun]

googly eyes struts

[wraith glacier]

tower catch
shows booster leg deployment

[worthy rock]

wait where'd the booster go

[dense pagoda]

LMFAOOO I didn't notice that

[dense pagoda]

Oh for sure

No doubt about it

[unkempt sun]

the legs start to deploy, freeze, and then go all the way

lmao

and they’re just sticks

[tawdry thistle]

elon mosk

[vapid sable]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1265802366754492547/1265882874515820670/irugioerghe.gif

[low phoenix]

reusable
** rocket**

[tawdry thistle]

it's more like
reusable
-# rocket

[unkempt sun]

yeah this

[small roost]

Moment

[tired pike]

thank you instagram for successfully containing the confident morons of the internet

on the other hand credit goes to twitter for not-so-successfully containing the genuine idiots like some decrepid form of arkham asylum

[small roost]

Real

Twitter is another level

Headache inducing any time i have to open the app

[sand tulip]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBLwIwSNPbI

[tired pike]

That’s just rage bait

Then again it’s sorta difficult to tell if something is bait on IG unless it’s downright insane like that

Like I said
Solid chunk of people on there are complete dumbasses who think that they’re in line to be the next Nikola Tesla just because they know how to calculate Electrical Resistance

[sand tulip]

the rest of the account looks semi legit though, just posting science related slop

[sand tulip]

insert intelligence bell curve

[tired pike]

Ah k so it’s AI generated

[small roost]

Yeah lol ig commenters are like that

[oblique osprey]

I don’t even understand where the 150 could come from

[small roost]

https://youtu.be/UBe7DG6UuDY

[tired pike]

No film cameras

[small roost]

Mexico vidoes are so cool

It looks so muc bigger

[bold kelp]

imagine telling someone in 2010 that the best place to see the future of launch vehicles would be mexico

[vapid sable]

@mild aurora mentioned https://vxtwitter.com/Orbital_Perigee/status/1847044462557745319

Also Perigee sounds like my reaction lmao

[wraith glacier]

THEY CAUGHT THE FUCKING BOOSTER is so real

[glad dirge]

Miranda reveal!!

[rugged girder]

Holy crap that's so much yelling

[vernal dirge]

I was watching in a room with quite a few other aerospace students

Very surreal experience

[warped plaza]

https://tenor.com/view/actions-consequences-serious-when-will-you-learn-gif-13811783

[iron pelican]

I havent yelled that much in. Well. Ever

[glad dirge]

just her, she exists, that’s the reveal

[rugged girder]

I was kinda speechless as it happened because I was a bit stunned ngl

[warped plaza]

This energy

[rugged girder]

Then they landed and I was like NO WAY! THEY DID IT! THEY DID IT ON THE FIRST TRY!

Lol

[vapid sable]

I was just screaming "OH MY GOD OH MY GOD" for like a solid minute and running around in circles in my room

[iron pelican]

I just said "they did the thing!" out loud to no one

[rugged girder]

I did it to an audience of about 200k people but I don't even know if it was heard lmao

the booster was like BRRRRRRR

[iron pelican]

I then promptly posted footage of the launch to every single online community I'm in

[vapid sable]

hold on lemme listen back on the stream

[iron pelican]

Yeah the NSF stream voices got drowned out for landing

[rugged girder]

A great problem to have!

[iron pelican]

!!

No offense to y'all but I prefer it that way

[vapid sable]

I love the "That's the thirteen-- BOOM BOOM" on the nsf stream

[vernal dirge]

I don't think I'll ever forget that experience

Watching with others who care as much as you do is simply unmatched

[vapid sable]

yeah you can hear it, its like the first voice audible after catch

[vernal dirge]

I watched flight 2 with a similar irl group and it was similarly insane

[mild aurora]

yeah both of us were absolutely losing our shit the whole time, Perigee like flipped the chair out from under him when catch occured, you can kinda hear it lmao

[vapid sable]

I now see why you had your mics muted for IGW stream

[glad dirge]

My reaction was: I woke up, saw a picture of the booster hanging from the sticks, and thought “damn.”

[mild aurora]

oh emlyn told us as soon as the official stream came on we were done

thankfully

I was calling out the abort zones like "no fucking way they're going for it"

[vapid sable]

Man I wish I had space nerd friends

[vapid sable]

oh lmao

[iron pelican]

We are Right Here

[vapid sable]

i saw the stream got privated or something on the channel

[sand tulip]

was this the psp watch party 💀

[mild aurora]

did it? lmao

[vapid sable]

true (i meant irl)

[vernal dirge]

Depends on which psp team you're thinking of

[vapid sable]

i looked for it a couple days ago and didnt see it

[sand tulip]

main psp

[mild aurora]

the funny thing is joey said we did a great job but they called it a stream test afterwards

[iron pelican]

Fair but it can't be that hard to find people on the space coast

[mild aurora]

the entire thing was a clusterfuck on the backend

[iron pelican]

Going to school for engineering helps me tbf

[vapid sable]

yeah it is missing

[vernal dirge]

Oh ngl I didn't know there was a main psp viewing group

[vapid sable]

you'd think, right? but everyone here has lived here their whole life so they couldn't care less

[vernal dirge]

I watched flight 2 from B061, was that the main psp viewing group?

sometimes that kinda stuff crosses the lines

[sand tulip]

nah it wouldve been in the big arms theatre/lecture hall (i forgor the name)

[vernal dirge]

1010?

[mild aurora]

emlyn gave us no script whatsoever, and invited us to a discord server voice call 10 min before we were supposed to go live, and like a third of the gopros and one of the two PTZs dropped out beforehand, and perigee's computer had to restart and do windows updates at one point so we switched to my laptop mic

[vapid sable]

omg you were in B1061 during flight 2, kinda a weird place to be but idk

[sand tulip]

i think?

[vernal dirge]

wait are you thinking of flight 2 or flight 5?

[iron pelican]

I also read that lol

[mild aurora]

next flight shouldn't be utterly fucked, this one wouldn't have been if there was actual time to prepare

[vapid sable]

i realized it didn't say B1061 right after I finished writing it but decided to send anyway lol

[vapid sable]

yeah the launch date definitely came out of nowhere, a lot of people didn't believe it was gonna be this early

[sand tulip]

2

[vernal dirge]

Yeah I was in B061 for that one

[iron pelican]

I fs expected it to get delayed

[vapid sable]

I made such a clown of myself on discord and twitter "It won't launch in October stop believing it'll launch in October please. It. Will. Not. Launch. In. October."

Look how that turned out

[mild aurora]

yeah same, turns out bullying slash bribery works

[vapid sable]

[vernal dirge]

Flight 2

[mild aurora]

oh my god there's three of them

who needs tricore when you can just launch three vehicles simultaneously

[vernal dirge]

wide room moment

[sand tulip]

oh wait I think im confusing 1 and 2

[vernal dirge]

Oh

[sand tulip]

[vernal dirge]

Well I was a HS senior for flight 1 lmao

So makes sense why I haven't heard of any psp general viewing events

It's fully insane that flight 1 was only last year

Really feels like its been longer

[rugged girder]

Wait y'all have scripts?

[mild aurora]

from losing ~16 engines and flipping into nonexistence to nailing a catch in a year and a half

[mild aurora]

well, a general outline

we didn't even have that lol

and neither of us have commentated before

we did our best but yeah it was rough

[sand tulip]

like talking points?

[mild aurora]

yep

[sand tulip]

💀

[iron pelican]

The SpaceX Experience

[sand tulip]

how much lead time did you have to prep or was it spontaneous

[mild aurora]

like 4ish days but I flew down to Raleigh the day before flight and didn't really have time to go over stuff with perigee and obv emlyn and the IGW team were remote running around trying to put out fires

[vapid sable]

You guys did do a great job, it was professional the whole time I felt

[mild aurora]

yeah I just ramble a lot

I can be professional and give good info I just never stop talking lol

we ended up using the fucking official SpaceX metal booster model as a talking stick midway through

whoever held the booster got to talk

to prevent talking over each other

[vapid sable]

So uh basically you just described me