SpaceX reached space with Starship Flight 9 launch, then lost control of its giant spaceship (video)
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-launches-starship-flight-9-to-space-in-historic-reuse-of-giant-megarocket-video
SpaceX reached space with Starship Flight 9 launch, then lost control of its giant spaceship (video)
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-launches-starship-flight-9-to-space-in-historic-reuse-of-giant-megarocket-video
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Only thing that went right today was the booster reuse, losing the starship for a third straight time its really sad.
Starship has a critical design flaw with those flappy wings
Not sure why SpaceX didn’t just make a bigger version of the Dragon capsule, its a simple design that’s been proven to work since the 1950s
So when are they planning on doing a test launch with any real cargo? Dummy payload of ~4 tons (5 simulated Starlink satellites) really isn’t a lot.
“Looks like we lost the booster, but that’s not really important for this flight”
“The cargo doors didn’t open, but that’s not the important part of this test”
“Looks like we lost telemetry to starship, but the important part is the data we got”
Got to give a big thumbs up to the positivity of the commentators 🙂