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    Aiming for less explosive end, SpaceX targets Starship launch this evening

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    1. Hustler-1 on

      This will be the first flight where the cruise phase is more interesting than the booster. Gonna be holding my breath all the way to MECO. 

    3. Mike__O on

      If you missed the [report on the flight 8 mishap](https://www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/05/26/starship-flight-8-mishap-findings-and-what-to-expect-from-flight-9/), it’s worth noting that despite the failures occuring in a superficially similar manner and at nearly the same point in the launch timeline, the failures of flight 7 and 8 were completely different. The mitigation changes that SpaceX made following the flight 7 mishap appear to have worked, and the failure of flight 8 was caused by an unrelated problem that they have taken steps to correct.

      This doesn’t guarantee success on flight 9, but it’s an important note for the people who want to write flight 9’s obituary simply because the previous two flights failed.

    4. SonOfThomasWayne on

      Haha I hope it fails and blows up the 9th time in a row.

      because

      * a. It would be fucking funny, and

      * b. I would rather not have a future where even the descendents of spacex fans have their oxygen cut off by elonaziGrok3000, because they asked for better working conditions on the remote mining colony they will be forced to work.

    7. Tystros on

      The title is technically incorrect. The last launches, they aimed for the booster safely landing on the tower, and the ship exploding after tipping over after safely landing in the ocean. This time, they aim for both the booster and the ship tipping over and exploding after landing on the water. So they are aiming for a *more* explosive end this time.