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    1. ClearDark19 on

      So happy they caught a booster for the second time!

      I’m starting to think the Starship vehicle itself had a RUD though :'( 

      EDIT: SpaceX is officially declaring Starship lost 😭

    4. SuperRiveting on

      Ship is toast. ~~most likely.~~

      Retrofitting likely coming to 34 onwards.

      Wonder how much of a delay that’ll cause along with FAA investigations.

      E: booster already coming down the tower at time of writing. 45 minutes after takeoff.

    5. dreadpiratedusty on

      I still can’t get over watching Falcon 9 LANDING let alone this. It’s moments like these that make me realize we are living in the future. Congrats to the entire SpaceX team!

    6. cjameshuff on

      That’s two successful catches out of two catch attempts…the previous flight aborted the catch attempt because of problems with the tower. Had a little bit more of a swing left over this time, I think.

      Also, a lot less smoke out of the bottom of the booster after the catch. Looks basically pristine.

    8. cjameshuff on

      Also, one engine didn’t light during the boostback, but it did for the landing burn. I wouldn’t be surprised if they have looser limits for the landing burn to prevent a catch from failing because some marginal engines shut down, but it’s still interesting they even tried to start it after it failed to start up in the previous maneuver, rather than just locking it out.

    10. Decronym on

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      |[HLS](/r/Space/comments/1i31oou/stub/m7jfz2q “Last usage”)|[Human Landing System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program#Human_Landing_System) (Artemis)|
      |[RUD](/r/Space/comments/1i31oou/stub/m7jx4et “Last usage”)|Rapid Unplanned Disassembly|
      | |Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly|
      | |Rapid Unintended Disassembly|
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    12. TIL02Infinity on

      If you look closely starting at around 46 seconds after launch (the 40:53 mark in the SpaceX video on X), on the left side of the video, it appears that a part of the black metal surface of the Starship has come loose and is flapping around.

      [https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1879290988285620717](https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1879290988285620717)

      I noticed this during the launch and have to wonder if this is related to the RUD?

    13. trucorsair on

      “In honor of our successful booster catch we have deployed high altitude fireworks for your enjoyment-Elon”

    14. ron4232 on

      At least the space x team knows what to fix before they do actual payloads or people, that’s one positive thing about iterative testing that I like, you can find the bugs and what went wrong and puts some fixes and patches on the ones that are still being constructed.

    15. stanleys_tucci on

      Does anyone have any info or links to how they put these livestreams on? Particularly the crew behind the scenes filming and everything?