Starship Flight 6

[devout cave]

no that's def plasma

[tidal glen]

nah that’s glow

we only see it this much because it’s dark

[burnt ridge]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1307853104368058519/1308562798992691280/17320560596317387620785298611393.jpg?ex=673e6593&is=673d1413&hm=bf8bda514e2ca6fdb74f728c404534f1c7802e4a509247990e24eafacd1f8efe&

[stray crystal]

How did reentry go I went to do stuff

[burnt ridge]

Just like this pic

[real thunder]

💀 please reach concensus

[burnt ridge]

It’s not entry

[tidal glen]

BANGER

[timid cedar]

so that banana endured ~4g at cutoff

[tidal glen]

it hasn’t done yet

[stray crystal]

too bad they need to launch 20+ of these in quick succession to get to the Moon

[devout cave]

THIS is what I was talking about

[barren narwhal]

It is going

[jaunty shale]

not happened yet

[tidal glen]

where did this come from

[stray crystal]

Cool

[burnt ridge]

This pic isn’t entry, it’s a vent just like this is rn

Entry soon

[fickle hull]

It could be gas reflecting off sunlight.

[timid cedar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ6WXkRUi4M

its beautiful

[tidal glen]

huh

is it simmed?

[devout cave]

this is without a doubt re-entry plasma

[timid cedar]

no

[fickle hull]

where's that data from?

[willow nimbus]

where're they pulling this data from?

[timid cedar]

it's tracked

[jaunty shale]

no cuz look at the flap

[burnt ridge]

Now we’re getting plasma I think

[willow nimbus]

oh huh

it's just OCR

[jaunty shale]

we gonna get plasma aout now

[fickle hull]

I think it's always been plasma

[jaunty shale]

ish

[tidal glen]

atmospheric entry

[hardy lake]

Orange ahh

[devout cave]

THE BRITISH GUY IS BACK

[jaunty shale]

about 90km is when it starts to show vividly

[topaz forge]

Yeah 100km, that's plasma

[tidal glen]

my guess is a mix?

[jaunty shale]

GET IN

[tidal glen]

but now it def is plasma

[real thunder]

where commentators

[jaunty shale]

right time to cook

[tidal glen]

somewhere over the rainbow

[teal shell]

IMO singlet oxygen. Kinda drawing the line between plasma and just atomic excitation (but don't think there's any heat transfer going on)

[jaunty shale]

jessie and kate come back

[fickle hull]

ENGINE CAM

OOOOo

BEAUTIFUUULLL

[timid cedar]

huh
is uh
that reliable, or no?

[tidal glen]

lmao ice

[devout cave]

remember we got plasma at like 105 or something on IFT-3

[jaunty shale]

yeah traces

[fickle hull]

are we gonna see plasma fly past from engine bay

[devout cave]

did a vent freeze over?

[fickle hull]

WE AREEEE

OOOOOO

[jaunty shale]

lmao that vent

[unkempt cradle]

we got entry

[fickle hull]

this has to be plasma

[timid cedar]

MULTI-VIEWWWWW

[jaunty shale]

now its plasma

[fickle hull]

awesome views

[devout cave]

why is one camera orange while the rest are purple

[coarse sonnet]

that engine bay cam does not even look real

[tidal glen]

accurate

[tidal glen]

white balance

[hardy lake]

YEA

YES

[jaunty shale]

filters

[hardy lake]

YES

FUCK YES

[fickle hull]

yeah 92km that's plasma

[tidal glen]

no guys it’s rcs smh

[fickle hull]

slowing down!

[tidal glen]

super high g stuff

[opal coral]

yesss

[fickle hull]

ooo booster still burnin

[hardy lake]

This bitch coming in hot

[jaunty shale]

reckon they will recover some b13 parts?

like they did with b11

[fickle hull]

absolutely

[tidal glen]

they should try and cook a steak with one of these things

[fickle hull]

it's floating, they have to

[tidal glen]

they could sink it

[fickle hull]

yeah but it would be cool to see what's left of it

[hardy lake]

I hope to see the engine bay back

[real thunder]

wow the flaps twitched

[jaunty shale]

flaps have control

[fickle hull]

good chance of that. The aft-end survived the booster I think.

[devout cave]

there is no way this is surviving

[strong peak]

the engine cam is great

[tidal glen]

i hope

i wanna see the banana bake

[real thunder]

rip cams 💀

[tidal glen]

no we’re back

[devout cave]

first banana to ever re-enter?

[coarse sonnet]

I'm sure they had some with the monkeys

[hardy lake]

oh god

[strong peak]

these views are so good always

[devout cave]

they just called the heating friction 💀

[burnt ridge]

Cams cutting out scared me

[tidal glen]

did something just explode at hq

[stray crystal]

If the ship survives I will literally eat a cup of ramen noodles because I like ramen noodles

[burnt ridge]

Haylee look up 💀

[jaunty shale]

I mean that's what it is

it is friction

[tidal glen]

peak heating already?

[real thunder]

pipe frosty

[jaunty shale]

air resistance if you will

[tidal glen]

holy spark

[devout cave]

start of peak heating

[coarse sonnet]

omg that vent is so iced over

[tawdry kernel]

where is it currently above

[jaunty shale]

woah

[fickle hull]

not for long

[jaunty shale]

blue

[tidal glen]

ah

[hardy lake]

This thing is cooked

[orchid dragon]

wtf was that noise

[tidal glen]

what’s it for

[fickle hull]

that ice is floating off

[coarse sonnet]

EC and roll control I think?

[real thunder]

is it gonna float at 69km again

i swear if both booster and ship disappoint

[jaunty shale]

I believe in ship

[tidal glen]

ship have iced over control?? no way

also what’s EC lol

[fickle hull]

float?

[hardy lake]

This thing is coming in really hard???

[tidal glen]

level off a bit

[devout cave]

we are privileged as fuck to call this disappointing

[jaunty shale]

engine chill

[tidal glen]

nah this is normal

[tawdry kernel]

european commission

[stray crystal]

Yeah no shit

[fickle hull]

oh, I mean it kinda makes sense.

[tidal glen]

oh that could be an issue

[jaunty shale]

that's what she said

[fickle hull]

green

[hardy lake]

I mean like

[coarse sonnet]

tile haircut

[fickle hull]

what dis

[tidal glen]

copper?

[real thunder]

piss

[devout cave]

that is very consistently coming off

[coarse sonnet]

S31 needs finnasteride

[mystic cave]

piss cam

[jaunty shale]

chat we cooked

[coarse sonnet]

(I did not steal this joke)

[tidal glen]

i already made this joke

[burnt ridge]

Uh oh

[coarse sonnet]

fuck

[devout cave]

what IS that

[coarse sonnet]

so I'm #3

[stray crystal]

Those tiles were coming off either way lmao

[hardy lake]

uh oh

UH OH

[orchid dragon]

it's joever

[real thunder]

so colorful

[timid cedar]

two people in separate servers made this joke before you did

[hardy lake]

what is that

[timid cedar]

congrats

[tidal glen]

don’t doom

[stray crystal]

Wow ship you're dehydrated

[tidal glen]

this is normal

[devout cave]

ooooh it is not looking that good

[real thunder]

brother eww

[icy heart]

they are selling this hard that it aint gonna make it

[fickle hull]

wait is this the old heat shield???

[coarse sonnet]

wackadoodle stuff

[fickle hull]

flight 4 heat shield or flight 5?

[willow nimbus]

bets on flap survival?

[tidal glen]

no one expected 4 to either

[coarse sonnet]

0

[fickle hull]

same as flight 5

[stray crystal]

they still using elmers glue to install their tiles?

[timid cedar]

i don't wanna hear anyone say "never doom" for at least six months

[tardy drift]

flight 5 with over 2100 removed i think

[willow nimbus]

ah right lol

[fickle hull]

huh

[tidal glen]

guys look at the crinkling on the side of ship

[timid cedar]

😭

[fickle hull]

well what's green?

[tidal glen]

that’s not great

[icy heart]

is it too early to ask if FAA gonan ground em

[fickle hull]

What is green when it burns (except copper)

[tidal glen]

so when do we enter the day

[willow nimbus]

in that case I'm going devil's advocate it's going to survive reentry

[tidal glen]

nope, if it fails at this point it’s within the profile iirc

[devout cave]

this is not surviving lmao

[icy lake]

https://x.com/scottlikedsls/status/1859001294381609441
Is this correct

Scott (@ScottLikedSLS) on X

Engine chill line got ripped off, possible crews saw it and manually decided to out of caution OR the bent comms tower caused the abort

Twitter · Nov 19, 2024, 10:30 PM

[real thunder]

wow

[tidal glen]

assuming it’s heat wise

[real thunder]

right side

[topaz forge]

They'll need a new license due to Flight 7 being Version 2 anyway

[tidal glen]

could also be both

[timid cedar]

give it another eight or so minutes

[fickle hull]

a lotta sparks

[icy heart]

so you think its ifs only from heat failure they are good to go

[hardy lake]

Oh god

[tidal glen]

that’s what the license says iirc

[fickle hull]

they could be the aluminium tiles

[meager osprey]

sunrise during reentry will go crazy

[tidal glen]

when do we get internal cam

[hardy lake]

I don’t like how that looks

[icy heart]

i bet they modify

[fickle hull]

remember there's a bunch of aluminium tiles on here.

[meager osprey]

altitude hold should be now

[tidal glen]

well that doesn’t affect this flight

[strong peak]

lots of sparks already

[jaunty shale]

the flaps look fine so far

[icy heart]

but I'm guessing Elon has a way to make FAA approve shit

[willow nimbus]

doge

[icy heart]

no doubt

[mystic cave]

man this flight is odd

[willow nimbus]

lmao

[tidal glen]

halfway through peak heating

[jaunty shale]

nice

[tidal glen]

the way for this thing to redeem itself is land

[strong peak]

these views still are so amazing

[fickle hull]

aft is fine, forward flaps not liking this different profile

[tidal glen]

the discoloration is fine

[jaunty shale]

forward flaps look fine

[strong peak]

I think this profile is the same, it's later on that they're moving to the different profile

instead of bellyflow they're doing more of a nosedive

[tidal glen]

as long as it doesn’t start giving off black body radiation we’re fine

[timid cedar]

0.5g

[tidal glen]

we don’t really need to be dooming rn

not much of a point

[strong peak]

tbf if it's the like last time it's the last 5% of peak heating that really matter

[devout cave]

fifty something kilometres is when the flaps burnt through

oh this is an older heat shield

[tidal glen]

wait this is an older generation heat shield??? girl what

[orchid dragon]

bruh it's dented af

[jaunty shale]

woah

[real thunder]

piss cama

[fickle hull]

i don't think it is

[strong peak]

yeah so first re-entry >> had issues
last flight >> re-installed the entire heatshield, added more ablative material
this flight >> actually removed tiles

[fickle hull]

what's dented???

[strong peak]

[icy heart]

its newer than last one but they removed a bunch

[jaunty shale]

going into daylight

[timid cedar]

well good news, the vent ice is gone

[devout cave]

starting to go into daytime

[fickle hull]

WE SEE CLOUDS

[timid cedar]

here comes the sun

[fickle hull]

WE'RE GETTING DAYLIGHT

[jaunty shale]

this is gonna look sick

[tidal glen]

do you wish to disagree with kate tice

[strong peak]

tbf the flaps are still reinforced
the big belly surfaces are lighter than previously

[jaunty shale]

these colours are insane

[strong peak]

the green

[tardy drift]

looks like a little bit of burnthrough on a flap

[devout cave]

that crumpled area looks like the payload bay

[strong peak]

is that good?

[fickle hull]

huh?

[strong peak]

😄

[west tinsel]

so fucking pretty

[icy lake]

Sunlight is also up in my place at around same longitude as the planned splashdown site

[tidal glen]

it’s an old shield generation per tice

[strong peak]

THE COLOURS

[jaunty shale]

aft flaps looking great

[topaz forge]

You can actually see the ground through the plasma

[strong peak]

WAIT YOU AN SEE THE EARTH

[devout cave]

can anyone confirm?

[hardy lake]

Omg….

[fickle hull]

is that a dent??

[tidal glen]

the ship warp is crazy

[jaunty shale]

could be

[burnt ridge]

Metal has definitely warped

[orchid dragon]

it's melting

[tidal glen]

i wonder how the tiles are doing there

[strong peak]

IT'S LIGHT

[timid cedar]

the metal is warping but it aint too bad

[hardy lake]

YALL SEE THE DENT????

[fickle hull]

I think they did need those extra tiles.

[stray crystal]

Just tuned back in

Wow this is cool

[fickle hull]

CAN WE HAVE BOUYE CAM OF SHIP ENTRY?

[jaunty shale]

oh

there we go

[strong peak]

now are the crucial minutes

[jaunty shale]

flap burn thru starting i think

for forward flaps

[tidal glen]

“indiana ocean”

[devout cave]

looks like no direct plasma contact but seems like thermal radiation

[timid cedar]

okay that little dent is definitely more prominent than it was five minutes ago

[tidal glen]

no

[tardy drift]

is this a little burhthrough?

[stray crystal]

Fucking Christ the thing looks like baked potato foil

[timid cedar]

1g

[fickle hull]

amazing views

[tidal glen]

yeah💀

[orchid dragon]

amazing

[fickle hull]

that's ablative material burning there..

[stray crystal]

Considering they inadvertently lose a fuckton of them every launch it's wild they reduced the number for this one lol

[tardy drift]

i can't tell if it or just steam from the ice or ablative material

[real thunder]

damn

[jaunty shale]

it's for future penguins

penguins

jesus

[fickle hull]

it's spacex though

[jaunty shale]

recovery

[barren narwhal]

penguins

[tardy drift]

?

[stray crystal]

penguins

[tidal glen]

mass savings where they can

[icy heart]

getting hoooot

[orchid dragon]

RIP

[tidal glen]

external temps are coming down

[jaunty shale]

external temps dropping

[icy heart]

oh i lied

[tidal glen]

through peak heating

[icy heart]

lol

[fickle hull]

the clouds reflecting off the ship is so cooooolll

through peak heating!!

[topaz forge]

External temps coming down

[jaunty shale]

that is serious denage

dentage

[fickle hull]

ooo that's burnthrough

[tidal glen]

burn through

[strong peak]

I think it survived

[devout cave]

the top of the ship is discoloured from the heat

[jaunty shale]

yeah look at that

[fickle hull]

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttt

[coarse sonnet]

even the leeward side is rainbow

[jaunty shale]

burn thru

[hardy lake]

Oh she’s doesn’t look happy

[real thunder]

uh oh

[jaunty shale]

same as last time

[strong peak]

there's a bit of burn through

[jaunty shale]

and the time before

[timid cedar]

woah burn through

hold on fellas

[tidal glen]

can’t wait for the flap to break off

[strong peak]

now it's the question if it cools down fast enough

[devout cave]

burnthrough at the top
isn't it usually at the bottom

[mental hemlock]

Flap burning (again)

[icy heart]

the flaps still aren't moved to the new position on this ship though

[hardy lake]

Extremely funny

[jaunty shale]

yeah

[fickle hull]

that's gotta be a dent.

[strong peak]

wait when does it transition from the re-entry profile into bellyflop?

[tidal glen]

4k uhd tumble

[brave elbow]

Unsurprisingly burn through.

[timid cedar]

we've never seen other flaps burnthrough so maybe the back ones burned through before

[hardy lake]

Is it a forward flap or a back

[jaunty shale]

this is doabl3

[barren narwhal]

1:05 I think

[tidal glen]

i think it’ll survive hearing

[tawdry kernel]

is this visible from the ground

[stray crystal]

This thing is fucked lmao

[tidal glen]

i’m worried about structural

[jaunty shale]

no it's not

[topaz forge]

Wow she might actually survive

[jaunty shale]

I believe

[stray crystal]

Wait

[fickle hull]

nah it's made it

[stray crystal]

Oh shit

[icy heart]

flight 4 looked way worse at this point

[strong peak]

oh yeah she'll survive

[meager osprey]

RAINBOW FLAPS

[fickle hull]

under 10k km/h

[timid cedar]

1.3g

[stray crystal]

Wow it's doing it

[jaunty shale]

sub 10000km/h

[devout cave]

wow the plasma's mostly gone

[hardy lake]

She’s sticking it

[mystic cave]

yeah good reenrty '

[meager osprey]

we're home free

[jaunty shale]

barely any plasma now

[tidal glen]

every single damn time

[icy heart]

jesus christ

[strong peak]

the metal is re-tempered due to the heat and discouloured

that's so cool

[burnt ridge]

THIS IS A MOMENT IN HISTORY

[devout cave]

wait holy shit????????

[tidal glen]

4k60 trolling

[burnt ridge]

TAKE A PICTURE

[mystic cave]

old starhsip barely used 10000000$

[orchid dragon]

no way

[fickle hull]

she made it

[tidal glen]

that burn through isn’t that bad

[mystic cave]

lol falp

[tidal glen]

maxq

[hardy lake]

HOLY SHIT SHE MADE IT

[devout cave]

LMAOOOO

[strong peak]

ok there's a hot spot

[icy heart]

that glow

[jaunty shale]

molten rocket

[meager osprey]

ENGINE BAY NOW

[stray crystal]

Hahahahaha

[tidal glen]

the one part of the pizza roll

[fickle hull]

well there was steal

[strong peak]

but it's now bleading the heat again

[fickle hull]

there is no longer steal

[icy heart]

the flaps moving back anyway so nbd

[fickle hull]

WOOOAAHHHHHH

[strong peak]

the real question is next light where we get the new forward flaps

[hardy lake]

AHAHAHAHAH

[tidal glen]

the video is so dang smooth

[jaunty shale]

starlink

[meager osprey]

the microwave heating the bowl instead of the food:

[jaunty shale]

yay it lived

[timid cedar]

1.7g

[jaunty shale]

flap movement

[coarse sonnet]

lol where are you getting that from

[meager osprey]

not much material gone

[icy heart]

i kinda wanted to buy starlink the other day at home depot for backup internet, but i don't ahctally need back up internet

[devout cave]

the whole ship is discoloured jeez

[meager osprey]

launch labs stream

[jaunty shale]

you can see the colour change of the steel

[timid cedar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ6WXkRUi4M

OCR

[jaunty shale]

that's so cool

[fickle hull]

i hope they don't kill it with the flaps after it made it through that...

[meager osprey]

and now. tomfoolery time

[jaunty shale]

only 2000km/h at 26km

even less

1500

[fickle hull]

it's starting to pitch down!!!

[stray crystal]

Time for funny

[real thunder]

yaw?

[devout cave]

u87hhhhh

[fickle hull]

this is awesome!!

[strong peak]

instead of soot covered boosters we might get reflown starships all rainbowy from steel tempering through re-entry heating

[timid cedar]

it is time for the final reckoning

[devout cave]

did they lose control

[meager osprey]

FUCK IT WE BALL

[real thunder]

its tipping

[timid cedar]

gay boosters

[fickle hull]

pitching down!

[strong peak]

wait it's drifting sideways?

[jaunty shale]

here we go

practically stationary

[fickle hull]

mach 1

[strong peak]

or well through mach 1

into bellyflow

[devout cave]

it does not look in control

[tidal glen]

i think it’s perspective

[mystic cave]

Shes flying

[jaunty shale]

niceeee

she is going

[devout cave]

why is it going sideways

[icy heart]

jesus this is wild

[fickle hull]

this feels familiar...

[real thunder]

cloudy

[orchid dragon]

weeeeee

[topaz forge]

These views are going to be insane

[tidal glen]

god this is stunning

[hardy lake]

She’s doing the thing

[jaunty shale]

so smooth

[tidal glen]

it is

[strong peak]

it's spinning lightly

[timid cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/falcon-flying-hunting-gif-3538961

[meager osprey]

OH MY GOD

[burnt ridge]

THIS IS CRAZY

[tidal glen]

within test flight range

[strong peak]

OH WE ARE FLAPPING

[hardy lake]

DUDE

[burnt ridge]

SHIP 31 BEST SHIP

[meager osprey]

SUB SN8

[barren narwhal]

This is so cool

[timid cedar]

this looks so cinematic

[mystic cave]

fly

[coarse sonnet]

tiiicbwgtstiol

[jaunty shale]

so so smooth

[orchid dragon]

the viewssss

[timid cedar]

holy hell

[meager osprey]

2021 ASS CAMERA

[strong peak]

it's still fully vertical

[halcyon kiln]

Amazing

[strong peak]

no nosedive yet

[stray crystal]

Huhhhhhhhhhhh

[jaunty shale]

higher angle of attack my arse this thing is flat

[tardy drift]

it slowly pitching down

[marble wolf]

welcome back sn15

[halcyon kiln]

They frogor to program it

[tidal glen]

LB soon

[devout cave]

it's giving high altitude test flight

[tidal glen]

good traj

[strong peak]

4km

[halcyon kiln]

Woah

[marble wolf]

where dive

[hardy lake]

I miss sn8

[halcyon kiln]

Amazing

[tidal glen]

now

[strong peak]

THE CLOUDS

[halcyon kiln]

Dive

[fickle hull]

so similar

[icy heart]

needs ot orient soon

[halcyon kiln]

Aaa

[tidal glen]

dive

[real thunder]

Oooo

[marble wolf]

HERE WE GO

[topaz forge]

Here we go

[jaunty shale]

OOOOO

[halcyon kiln]

Ooooo

[stray crystal]

Ough

[icy heart]

nosedive

[tidal glen]

holy fuck lmao

[icy heart]

whoa

[marble wolf]

WAOW

[hardy lake]

HOLY SHIT

[orchid dragon]

LETS GOO

[halcyon kiln]

Jeez

[topaz forge]

Here's the nosedive

[marble wolf]

HOLY

[halcyon kiln]

Pooo

[tidal glen]

tilt back

[halcyon kiln]

Woah

[marble wolf]

FOME ON

COME ON

[hardy lake]

OH MY GOD

[marble wolf]

COME ONNN

[fickle hull]

ignition!!!

[tidal glen]

BUTN

[mystic cave]

flap flap flap

[tidal glen]

LEFTS FUCKING GO

[fickle hull]

woooaahhhhhh

[marble wolf]

YES

[fickle hull]

LETS GO

[tidal glen]

ENGINE THREE MENTION

[halcyon kiln]

Bou

[fickle hull]

FANTASTIC

[icy heart]

whaaaaaaaat

[fickle hull]

WOOOAGHH

[tidal glen]

BUOY

[halcyon kiln]

Eooah

[fickle hull]

WGHAHAAT

[marble wolf]

COME ONNNNN

[mystic cave]

BOUY CMA

[jaunty shale]

OOOOO GES

[marble wolf]

OH MY. HOD

[tardy drift]

ooh look at that

[marble wolf]

OH GOD

[topaz forge]

VIEWS

[marble wolf]

OH MY LORD

[orchid dragon]

WOOOW

[fickle hull]

THEY HAD BOAT CAM???

[stray crystal]

What yhe FUCK

[real thunder]

wow

[mystic cave]

NICEEEEEEE

[halcyon kiln]

It fall

[devout cave]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

[jaunty shale]

SO SO SMOOOTH

[icy heart]

what the actual fuck

[halcyon kiln]

Woaahh

[marble wolf]

DONT BLOW

[tidal glen]

BIG SECTION OF MISSING TILES💀💀💀💀

[topaz forge]

WOAHHH

[jaunty shale]

BOY CAM

[fickle hull]

TOUCHDOOOOOOWWWNN

[strong peak]

WOAH

[marble wolf]

DONT BLOWYESSSS

[devout cave]

THEY HAVE TWO BUOYS

[tidal glen]

GOLY FUCK

[halcyon kiln]

Is fine?

[marble wolf]

OH

OH

[mystic cave]

Hello snip

[marble wolf]

OH

[halcyon kiln]

Wiat

[tidal glen]

IN HALF???

[jaunty shale]

IT BROKE

[halcyon kiln]

Ooo

[orchid dragon]

Amazing

[halcyon kiln]

Erm

[marble wolf]

NOO

[tidal glen]

WHAT LMAO

[marble wolf]

ITS BURNING

[fickle hull]

BOAT CAM!!!

[marble wolf]

RIP

[tardy drift]

was that engine off intentional?

[devout cave]

DID IT SPLIT ?????

[stray crystal]

they say buoy but you know thats an intern on a kayak

[orchid dragon]

GOLY

[timid cedar]

landed like RIGHT in front of that buoy

[fickle hull]

it did indeed

[devout cave]

yeah remember SN-15

[fickle hull]

rip nana

[mystic cave]

WET BANANA

[topaz forge]

Looks like it split the payload bay

[timid cedar]

you could see the buoy from starship, holy hell

[barren narwhal]

Where book

[fickle hull]

so do they have to go and get that now?

[tardy drift]

oh shit man it's been a long time

[stray crystal]

WOOOOOOOOW

[meager osprey]

INCREDIBLE

[strong peak]

NO

[barren narwhal]

boom

[fickle hull]

or will it sink?

[orchid dragon]

PLS EXPLODE

[barren narwhal]

where

[strong peak]

BACK TO THE SHIP

[jaunty shale]

lovely stuff

[strong peak]

DON'T SHOW HOSTS

[mystic cave]

Welcome back banana

[tidal glen]

AccuSpaceflight

[strong peak]

yeah nice hosts,, but give me ship floaty

[marble wolf]

https://tenor.com/view/me-atrapaste-es-cine-its-cinema-cinema-esto-es-cine-gif-12869046600151364058

[lucid pike]

What the hell it didn't explode?

[tidal glen]

makes sense, it had missing tiles there and was where the crunch was

[strong peak]

DON'T GO, JUST SHOW US FLOATING SHIP FOR A BIT

[marble wolf]

PEAK

[strong peak]

DAMN YOU SPACEX

[mental hemlock]

This splashdown was smooth

[mystic cave]

They still roling lol

Akward

[tidal glen]

awkward pause

[halcyon kiln]

Uea

[jaunty shale]

what is going on

[tidal glen]

dan

[mystic cave]

DAN

[devout cave]

what are they doing 😭

[coarse sonnet]

awkward silence lmaooo

[jaunty shale]

Jessie and Kate silenced

[marble wolf]

I left what’s going on now

[fickle hull]

i want replays

[tidal glen]

tiles.jpg were not found

[hardy lake]

Dude

That is insane

[real thunder]

could it be that there was supposed to be a catch montage again

[fickle hull]

still burning booster

[stray crystal]

I wonder how the banana is doing

[mystic cave]

Cool]

[devout cave]

are you serious

[mystic cave]

good launch bad landing

[tidal glen]

my guess is we didn’t have payload bay views because things were occurring

[tidal glen]

bad launch good landing

[modest wigeon]

When flight 7?!!!

[barren narwhal]

New shirts!!! (They’re red)

[mystic cave]

group 9-3

[barren narwhal]

Still no flight 6 shirt

[carmine shard]

Incredible

[fickle hull]

still think I'm gonna buy coming in hot metal print

or.....

bananas sendoff then buy a new version of coming in hot when we get another catch

[devout cave]

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1859010620471079361

SpaceX (@SpaceX) on X

Splashdown confirmed! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on an exciting sixth flight test of Starship!

Twitter · Nov 19, 2024, 11:07 PM

[mystic cave]

next up 7

the lucky one

[jaunty shale]

this was pretty cool ngl

even tho its probably the least ive followed a starship launch

of the Flight Tests

[tidal glen]

crunch make tiles go bye bye

[barren narwhal]

…

[timid cedar]

bruh

they barely tried

[jaunty shale]

that looks disgusting im sorry lmao

[barren narwhal]

I am NOT buying that

[tidal glen]

did they use grok or some shit

[barren narwhal]

Probably

[viral quartz]

are they not gonna recover the banana

[barren narwhal]

No :(

[timid cedar]

get me a "Year of the Dragon" shirt because they FUCKING COOKED w/ that one

[tidal glen]

with love that banana is probably multiple smaller bananas

[barren narwhal]

Looks marginally better on patch

[jaunty shale]

oh wait

[unkempt cradle]

well ill be dammed

[jaunty shale]

its cuz its meant to resemble a banana label

[unkempt cradle]

s31 made it

[barren narwhal]

Yea

[teal shell]

Feels a little on the nose considering uh

[barren narwhal]

https://shop.spacex.com/cdn/shop/files/SPACEX_STARSHIP_FLIGHT_6_T-SHIRT_BLACK_FRONT_900x.png?v=1731359547

That’s the front

[real thunder]

https://x.com/PettitFrontier/status/1859005305054785614

A. Pettit (@PettitFrontier) on X

Confirmed directly from @astro_Pettit that he has documented Starship Flight 6 from the ISS for the first time ever.

Get ready. These are going to break the internet! 🚀

Twitter · Nov 19, 2024, 10:46 PM

[fickle hull]

on a scale of ship-31 sparks during ground testing... how bad was the re-entry?

[jaunty shale]

LETS GO

[jaunty shale]

actually probably the best re entry yet

[topaz forge]

[jaunty shale]

there was like almost no burn thruu

[tidal glen]

it looks like a thing of mayonnaise

[barren narwhal]

https://tenor.com/view/crushed-can-drink-flat-gif-16415215 starship moment

[tidal glen]

oh wait no

it’s the chiquita logo

[real thunder]

ship really made up for no catch

[halcyon kiln]

Yeah

[burnt ridge]

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT

GARBAGE PATCH

[halcyon kiln]

That's decent was awsoem

[devout cave]

why did the ship look healthier than other flights when it was a much steeper trajectory

[tidal glen]

maybe? i don’t think we’ve ever seen it crunch before lmao

[jaunty shale]

lessons learnt i guess

[jaunty shale]

thats cuz of the missing tiles imo

[stray crystal]

Just built different

[burnt ridge]

Bad patch design

[tidal glen]

i’d hazard a guess the crunch came because of the male pattern baldness not the missing tiles on the belly

[barren narwhal]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1306670010042683423/1308571385072980008/IMG_6478.png?ex=673e6d92&is=673d1c12&hm=28bdcc709bfee39bcaab3dc0d6700609996453d6b42d013fd52616a2dd80e7f5&

So uh yea

[viral quartz]

only negative stuff of the day was this man

[jaunty shale]

mfw the booster is doing the ocean divergence maneover

[fallen hatch]

You need to provide an image/GIF to add a caption! (Tip: try right-clicking/holding on a message and press Apps -> Select Image, then try again.)

[barren narwhal]

Shut

[carmine shard]

Another banger launch

[burnt ridge]

💀

[tidal glen]

it’s kinda funny that they keep expecting it to die and it doesn’t

[burnt ridge]

IGW get ready

[barren narwhal]

Get out the sawzalls

[strong plank]

its swimming home

[tidal glen]

one day we’ll probably see a catch attempt hit the deck (beach)

[barren narwhal]

SMART reuse

[devout cave]

has less tiles
goes on a steeper trajectory
has older heat shield design
survives better than all other flights

[tidal glen]

https://tenor.com/view/titanic-gif-24496202

[real thunder]

chat is this nominal

[devout cave]

just another good day for starship enjoyers

[fickle hull]

she smokey

[barren narwhal]

idk!

hope this helps

[tidal glen]

it’s kinda crazy how starship just doesn’t feel as exciting as it it used to

[real thunder]

fart

[devout cave]

speak for yourself

[fickle hull]

booster blew up finally

[devout cave]

that was hype as shit

[tidal glen]

i was lol

i mean like yeah it’s crazy but it doesn’t feel the same as like

SN8

[jaunty shale]

sorry what

they caught a booster just over a month ago

[burnt ridge]

Someday we will look back on flight 6 and realize “oh that sucked” the same way we look back on flight 3 and realize “oh that sucked”

[jaunty shale]

or on SN11

[fickle hull]

star_ship_

[tidal glen]

no flight 3 was cool

[tidal glen]

everyone hated the fuck out of 11 as soon as it happened lmao

[burnt ridge]

Yeah but it was a failure by todays flight standards

Only good part of flight 6 was ship

B13 is dead to me

[trail skiff]

My god that was insane

Farewell to block 1

[strong plank]

its also dead to me

and also most of the world

[jaunty shale]

haylee wtf

[strong plank]

in fact one could say that it is just dead

[tidal glen]

i mean yeah? but still

[jaunty shale]

why did u go into all the threads

[devout cave]

[tidal glen]

maybe it’s bc elon has tainted it for me but idk

[latent merlin]

someone forgot to archive the threads

[teal shell]

I feel pretty conflicted on this one - it was really really fucking cool to see but like. Not amazing feelings with the political background of it and just feeling vaguely uncertain about the future lol

[jaunty shale]

dont get me wrong the high alt flights were sick

[tidal glen]

i mean if it happened today then it would be regression but i don’t think anyone is saying it sucks

[jaunty shale]

but the booster catch was the most insane thing ive ever seen during the starship program

[tidal glen]

unlucky number

[burnt ridge]

Trump says “Elon I came to see a catch and got no catch, frankly I’m disappointed, maybe the most disappointed I’ve ever been. I came for one thing and that wasn’t delivered.”

(Read that in his voice)

[tidal glen]

yeah that’s a good way of describing how i feel

[teal shell]

Like I want Starship to succeed, and I think this is a step towards that - but there's a lot about this flight that's really emblematic of the anxiety there's gonna be over the next couple years

[devout cave]

did he really say that

[jaunty shale]

cant wait for starship version/block 3

[tidal glen]

starship is no longer just the cool tin can, its become a symbol of things i don’t really like

[burnt ridge]

No 💀

[trail skiff]

What lmao

That’s unreal

[burnt ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/nuh-uh-meme-no-cat-no-cat-nuh-uh-nuh-uh-gif-5478596456695677807

[devout cave]

yeah I find it easy to disassociate this thing from politics

[teal shell]

Nah Starship very very much got paraded around as a symbol of the right lol. How much that'll last is another question but it's to a notable extent

[jaunty shale]

just ignore the politics stuff

[strong plank]

what if trump fires elon

[teal shell]

And space is all policy at the end lol

[tidal glen]

yeah it is kinda unreal how the cool nerd tin can has been kinda co-opted by elon dicksuckers

[strong plank]

doge is dead

[strong plank]

game over!

[strong plank]

also yeah

[jaunty shale]

yeah this

[trail skiff]

Ye agreed, I don’t think about stuff like that

[tidal glen]

it’s easy to disassociate things from politics when it doesn’t deeply affect your life

[strong plank]

i cant wait for musk to destroy any support for spaceflight on the left bc people who arent feverishly autistic about space dont have anything else relevant to associate with it!!!

[jaunty shale]

fair

[strong plank]

also yeah

[unkempt cradle]

my guess for first ship catch is like probably flight 9 or 10

maybe later

[devout cave]

that is true considering I'm australian

[teal shell]

I mean when the friends I have at SpaceX are struggling to dissociate their own jobs from the politics of it yeah I'm not exactly eager to either. I want Starship to work in spite of that because I think it may be one of very few ways to really achieve a step change in our capabilities in space for the better

[unkempt cradle]

i think they want a couple of succesful v2 flights as well first before attempting

[winged shore]

FUCK B13

when imma fucking find you

[devout cave]

do we think it was a booster abort or a tower abort

[tidal glen]

i want starship to work but i’m a bit scared of the safety consequences if it dies considering the likely incoming regulatory relaxation

[jaunty shale]

both

i think the tower was initially ok

but then maybe something went wrong

[devout cave]

I'm thinking it was because of the comms tower being bent

[tidal glen]

depends how chill mexico is

[jaunty shale]

could be that

[opal coral]

the white bit between the two farthest engiens? probably not
the different brightness might just be different applications of the white TBC in the engines tho

[timid cedar]

no

[tidal glen]

white bit could be gimble related

[opal coral]

nah i dont think so

those engines dont gimbal

[trail skiff]

I honestly don’t believe that’s gonna happen

[tidal glen]

the inner ring of 10 doesn’t?

[trail skiff]

Spacexs own safety won’t just go out the window

[tidal glen]

spacex and amazing safety culture don’t really go hand in hand lol

[opal coral]

the inner ring of 10 does yes but the white bit im talking about is the sort of "plume" between two engines on the far side of the outer ring
and the outer ring also has the different brightnesses too fwiw

[tidal glen]

i’d be very worried about what happens if regulatory bodies go away

[trail skiff]

They won’t

[tidal glen]

could be an inner 10 plume interaction

[tidal glen]

i admire your optimism

[jaunty shale]

another one

wonder how many starships until the next SLS

[opal coral]

i doubt it since it's only between those two engines on the outer ring

[jaunty shale]

or until another SHLLV

[trail skiff]

Just me that thought the booster went a lot faster off the pad this time

[devout cave]

starship and SLS are the only SHLLVs right?

[jaunty shale]

unless u wanna count FH

cuz fully expendable FH is technically SHLLV

idk about New Glenn

cant remember the payload to LEO

[teal shell]

Artemis II is technically in the air right now haha

[carmine shard]

Expendable NG and Expendable FH are technically SHLV by pure mathematical performance, but aren't designed for such heavy payloads

[jaunty shale]

not really

[valid comet]

what an amazing flight! can't wait for IFT 7!

[teal shell]

Keyword technically

But the left aft segment is in the air

[jaunty shale]

technically

oh

lmao

[fickle hull]

well you're gonna have to 😅

[tidal glen]

meh, it would be where they would interact

https://fixupx.com/CSI_Starbase/status/1859017865376186719

💀💀💀💀

[burnt ridge]

REAL

[tidal glen]

raptor reliability increase is kinda crazy

[trail skiff]

Needs more stringers

[opal coral]

yeah, and where they interact would be between the two rings, not in between two engines on one of the rings

[devout cave]

this is the area where it snapped in half and had missing tiles on landing right

[tidal glen]

i guess? it’s hard to tell exactly where it is but i wouldn’t totally ignore plume interaction

[tidal glen]

somewhere around

[opal coral]

yeah i wouldn't ignore plume interaction either, in fact i would take it into account so we can understand why that one bit isn't the interaction of the outer 20 and inner 10's plumes

[carmine shard]

Waiit it snappedin half

[slow storm]

yeah it was in two pieces

[opal coral]

mhm

[opal coral]

h

[unkempt cradle]

i can confirm we chill

[tidal glen]

fair

seeing starship’s heatshield problem makes STS-1 somehow more insane

[opal coral]

kinda happy it wasnt spoiled by another booster catch too this really was all i could ask for

[tidal glen]

spoiled…?

[opal coral]

yea thats no fun to watch for me

[icy lake]

https://x.com/SenBillNelson/status/1859016550264811863

Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson) on X

Congrats to @SpaceX on Starship's sixth test flight. Exciting to see the Raptor engine restart in space—major progress towards orbital flight.

Starship’s success is #Artemis’ success. Together, we will return humanity to the Moon & set our sights on Mars.

Twitter · Nov 19, 2024, 11:30 PM

[jaunty shale]

look at this fool

[devout cave]

little fella thought it'd have a booster in it soon

[tidal glen]

B12 is wondering where its younger brother is

[chrome adder]

https://youtube.com/shorts/sZmeNZw-j1Q?feature=shared

Boat view!

[jaunty shale]

is it just me or has this day just gone really quickly

like the whole flight felt really quick

[opal coral]

this launch seems prettier in most respects than all others so far

[tidal glen]

i love how much they talked about the nose down orientation but in reality it was for like 5 seconds

[opal coral]

and during the bellyflop rather than entry

[chrome adder]

Yeah

[jaunty shale]

i did expect it during bellyflop

but i thought it would be for longer

cheers for another starship launch tho

always nice to be here during these

[strong peak]

I think we'll get full heat shields back

[timid cedar]

We’re used to the majority of the flight going well so our brains aren’t remembering stuff like max-q or the coasting phase

Cutting out monotonous stuff to save space

[timid cedar]

Agreed, that warping is no bueno

[stray crystal]

Yeah okay maybe this changes my opinion on how cool regenerative cooling would have been

[timid cedar]

Hm?
Regen cooling for what?

[marble wolf]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1013160418019131503/1308586872951275562/image.png?ex=673e7bfe&is=673d2a7e&hm=6adcca5521eee3c78da852a232ef8e59f522bac1c208f7c10a2a477bea0f793f&

[stray crystal]

The regenerative heatshield concept from back in the BFR days

[timid cedar]

Ah

I’m excited to see how that goes for Stoke when that comes around

[carmine shard]

turns out best heatshield is no heatshield

[opal coral]

it wasn't closed off cooling pipes like what rocket engines use either, though, it was a bunch of really tiny holes that methane seeped thru

[tidal glen]

how loud was the boom in boca

[icy lake]

https://vxtwitter.com/planet4589/status/1859027291705405672

[carmine shard]

Transatmospheric Starship

[jaunty shale]

so guys

when flight 7

[tidal glen]

february

[carmine shard]

"NET late january, more likely february"

[jaunty shale]

I'm gonna guess 21st February for no particular reason

[tidal glen]

i don’t get it

what reason

[jaunty shale]

my birthday

and it seems possible

[sullen rampart]

https://tenor.com/view/sorry-in-orbit-idiot-space-gif-25221348

[opal coral]

nice.

[coarse sonnet]

GEORGOR WELL

[icy lake]

https://x.com/mcrs987/status/1859030035044462628

TheSpaceEngineer (@mcrs987) on X

.@Harry__Stranger In case you or anyone else is interested in attempting to capture imagery;
25°58'32.51"N 96°50'47.87"W -B13
18° 7'7.90"S 106°24'59.83"E - S31

Twitter · Nov 20, 2024, 12:24 AM

[unkempt cradle]

sorry ive gotten cuaght

help stepbooster im stuck

[icy heart]

https://fixupx.com/elonmusk/status/1859036912348262787?s=46&t=0Le5vZqjpKqOaLGUTwd_rw

[unkempt cradle]

wait did it fucking dent

oh

lol

you beat me by 1s

wtf

[tidal glen]

1s? i posted this like an hour ago

[unkempt cradle]

and it still survived with that structural impairment watf

[unkempt cradle]

oh lmao

[icy lake]

I accidentally reposted it lol

[carmine shard]

Ambitious

[chrome adder]

Big bada-boom

[carmine shard]

Tho i have a feeling flight 8 won’t be immediately after flight 7 if that’s the case

Probably not as long as 4 to 5, but not a 5->6 turnaround either

[tidal glen]

https://x.com/BellikOzan/status/1858863430704525453

Ozan Bellik (@BellikOzan) on X

No pressure...

Seriously, though, after the account in Reentry of how upset he was with Bridenstine when Demo-2 was delayed for weather...

Twitter · Nov 19, 2024, 1:22 PM

no way he was happy with divert

[marble wolf]

jorjor wel*

[smoky compass]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1306670010042683423/1308605556189302856/ssstik.io_1732066245474.mp4?ex=673e8d65&is=673d3be5&hm=421bc41a7083ca69d850e001d6cfbc4438e330a1ef86550f487ab5e9fd5955bc&
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1306670010042683423/1308605557367767121/ssstik.io_1732066213127.mp4?ex=673e8d65&is=673d3be5&hm=26dd68298779a3b66ed9ebebb08403209d61cddbe84c890a5b5067aac30690e4&

[sand trench]

huh?

isn't it a failure?

I mean we literally had the same shit back in 2019 with F9

F9 booster wasn't GO for a landing -> landed in water in one piece
SH booster wasn't GO for a catch -> landed in water in one piece

[timid cedar]

https://x.com/Omni_FS/status/1859016285721686028

Omni 🍂 (@Omni_FS) on X

@jmanfloppy @mcrs987 I mean i guess the sudden change is frustrating but its supposed to look like one of those banana stickers

Twitter · Nov 19, 2024, 11:29 PM

okay i guess that makes sense

[sand trench]

@sullen rampart @trim narwhal @icy lake opinion?
(idk who edited the page, so I'm gonna ping you three )

[buoyant zealot]

I think the different is CRS-16 was operational, this was a test flight

[icy lake]

I was the one who edited it
One reason that I differ them for now is #1303780270931054673 message

[devout cave]

oh GOD

[icy heart]

Yeah…

[sand trench]

I mean if it started rotating due to the burn, then it wouldn't be nominal, but in case of CRS-16 it was already spinning before the ignition and basically came to nearly 0 RPM when legs deployed
Also, the burn did slow down the booster after all

but ye, waiting for a final desicion

[sand trench]

AFAIK it's just slightly different inner surface being lit up, not a plume itself
Some boosters got more white inside, some less, idk why but I mean it works

[burnt ridge]

Agreed, if booster 13 was a partial then 1050 was too, if not more so since it was recovered intact

[sand trench]

GUYS IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN

(idk either my cache or they didn't update the page)

[coarse sonnet]

https://fxtwitter.com/RockettLord/status/1859000086375919785

[gaunt mesa]

[ Source: https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-6 ]

[gaunt mesa]

Updated now

[coarse sonnet]

it was the fucking tower

motherfucker

why did they flag it true only to backtrack

[tidal glen]

GSE never fails

[coarse sonnet]

got our hopes up

[sand trench]

oh lmfao, I got a nice timing then last glimps of old page

[gaunt mesa]

https://x.com/spacex/status/1859060296851268040⠀

[coarse sonnet]

Why is the banana not added as a payload

• need someone to weigh it for payload mass

omg wait it's shipping March 2025???? Wtf

[devout cave]

was it the bent comms tower?

[burnt ridge]

https://x.com/francescospace_/status/1859039233371238634?s=46

Francesco (@francescospace_) on X

B12 = 🐐
Photos by @interstellargw

Twitter · Nov 20, 2024, 1:01 AM

[devout cave]

getting excited at what looks like a heaping wreck on the top of the ocean is why non spaceflight people will never take us seriously

[opal harness]

What part of the booster was floating? During flight, I thought it was the LOX tank, and engine section.

[devout cave]

the methane tank and engine section

[opal harness]

Isn't LOX on the bottom?

[burnt ridge]

S31 still afloat

[unkempt cradle]

wtf

lmao

all abord SS Bananananannana boat

[coarse sonnet]

kill him with hammers

[tidal glen]

https://x.com/IterIntellectus/status/1859004560163172697

vittorio (@IterIntellectus) on X

Twitter · Nov 19, 2024, 10:43 PM

lmao💀

[tidal glen]

can you just leave him alone

[coarse sonnet]

no

[burnt ridge]

B13 deserves more than death

Worst booster

It had been too long without a boom at starbase though

[opal coral]

13 🍀

[burnt ridge]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1217518864141910209/1308643004957065216/GcyvIH0aIAAdUP-.png?ex=673eb045&is=673d5ec5&hm=8ae988d19ccb08b03010b864cab2b316a1c8d8d8482632257978edfab22e053c&

[tranquil depot]

that was nice

[devout cave]

this sums up the entire flight for people not interested in spaceflight, I'm stealing this

[chrome adder]

Launch site debris.

[mystic cave]

free loot

[chrome adder]

Two chunks about 30 feet away.

[coarse sonnet]

oh shit you found one of the EC drain flex hoses? I think that's what that is

gimme

[chrome adder]

I let SpaceX know on TwiX that they can have them back if they want.

[coarse sonnet]

it's twitter, stop being obtuse

[mystic cave]

lol

[coarse sonnet]

also: game is game, why offer it to them

[mystic cave]

sell on ebay

[coarse sonnet]

yeah there's still some guy trying to sell a SN4 leg or something

wants a stupid amount iirc

[chrome adder]

If they need it for some reason they can have it.

[mystic cave]

Shoooot that should be a stupid amount

[chrome adder]

What's an EC drain flex hose?

[coarse sonnet]

idk go watch one of zacks videos from before he lost his mind and I actually gave a damn about what he said

[chrome adder]

Who's Zack?

[coarse sonnet]

csi starbase

[teal shell]

that is an insane amount of confidence in what that is for like a half inch line with two compression fitting elbows on either end