Passenger on DL 1984 (BGI to ATL) catches Starship upper stage’s Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly re-entering Earth’s atmosphere
Passenger on DL 1984 (BGI to ATL) catches Starship upper stage’s Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly re-entering Earth’s atmosphere
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Awesome video. I would have been so freaked out.
Literally one of the coolest videos ever! Well done!!
Did they know where these pieces would fall in the event of a failure like this? Is the airspace within the potential debris path expected to be cleared of any airplane traffic?
edit: I realize failures can be unpredictable, but if the rocket’s trajectory is along whatever path, it seems like a cone-of-safety could be established similar to a hurricane path that would show where debris is most likely to end up in the event of a rapid disassembly.
Wonder if this is going to delay the next test flight. After hearing of delays in South Florida because of the debris and seeing this video I would imagine the FAA would have far greater concerns than they did after Flight 1. But with Musk having an in with the next admin, who knows.
Any scientist here? I can clearly see two distinct colors of firey debris well separated for a while, is it plausible that one set of firey thingies are burning in O2 and the other set in CH4?
I hypothesized it was a matter of altitude, given it is at twilight, even small differences in altitude might get two different amount of light, but then one of the whitey thingies went into the group of the orangey thingies…at least it looks like that, it might be that it kept its higher altitude but moved farther so from perspective it appears to be “inside” the group while it is not (like with constellations)
Despite the failure of the launch, it is absolutely spectacular and beautiful to watch. Glad no one was hurt!
Ufo videos: grainy and pixelated, always short, hard to determine elapsed time and surroundings, shaky like rollercoaster
Video of rocket debris burning: high reso, gives context, easy to watch in every way