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[jonnyp]

Amazing first try. As an engineer it is mechanical porn watching that thrust vectoring and how the other engines recover when one engine cuts out.

 

[FreedomOfSpeech]

Peaceful landing

 

[cebri.one]

Amazing first try. As an engineer it is mechanical porn watching that thrust vectoring and how the other engines recover when one engine cuts out.

Asymmetrical thrust is the coolest thing ever.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Yeah especially if the boom is at the end of the flight. The raptors have a huge TWR so it must be incredibly hard to do the suicide burns and do a flip at the same time. Nevertheless, amazing work.

I feel they'll crash land a couple more before they get it right, is a very hard maneuver.

they have 8 more they can crash and might build a dozen more by the time they get to SN16

I think they got really close with the landing, I would not doubt seeing SN9 nailing it but yeah always expect a BOOM from SpaceX tests

 

[EviLore]

 

[cebri.one]

Apparently low pressure on the tank was the issue. That's VERY GOOD NEWS.

edit: lol beaten. tweet removed.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Great news it was a header tank issue no problems with the raptors.

a Raptor issue would take a lot more time to fix

 

[cebri.one]

LET'S GOOO

 

[Smiles and Cries]

POG

so smug, hey Blue Origin how are you doing?

 

[jshackles]

Hell yeah, get me off this planet

 

[RaptorGTA]

just amazing...i cant believe so much went well.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

still can't believe this belly flop stuff was so stable and worked wow

still too excited

edit: Talkie talkie guys have so many cameras


watching Tim's reaction now

 

[cebri.one]

Wow. I mean:

- 3 raptors firing. One for almost 5 minutes
- Atmospheric relight
- Almost a 7 minute flight
- Full recycle due to delay
- Aerodynamically stable during the fall
- The rocket crashes vertically, in the right orientation

 

[Torrent of Pork]

Good to see that it wasn't a problem with the Raptors. Both the USSR and the USA thought full-flow methlox engines were a pipe dream, while Musk just gets it done.

 

[cebri.one]

Source

 

[MastaKiiLA]

Amazing test. Really impressed with SpaceX.

Were the staggered engine cutoffs intentional during ascent? I have no sound, so I'm not sure. The nozzles swiveled out of the way as they cutoff, and then returned back to position during the landing flip and burn. So I assume it was intentional.

I look forward to SN9.

 

[TiG]

Future is here!

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Dawn of a new space age, guys...

 

[scalman]

so 2020 is good ..its amazing even , its mindblowing

thats how most of us drew rockets when where kids. amazing.

 

[Lupingosei]

This shows again how stupid the media is today. Most of the coverage for the normies were the last 15 seconds and "haha look how Elon's rocket exploded."

Everything beyond that is lost to them and it is not just low level media, it is pretty much everyone.

And those guys also cover things like Neuralink. No wonder people are missing new developments or are even scared of them.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

This shows again how stupid the media is today. Most of the coverage for the normies were the last 15 seconds and "haha look how Elon's rocket exploded."

Everything beyond that is lost to them and it is not just low level media, it is pretty much everyone.

And those guys also cover things like Neuralink. No wonder people are missing new developments or are even scared of them.

Same with a friend of mine. Told him to watch the stream, and all the response I got was "LOL, exploded. Your space jesus Elon fails."

I tried to explain to him how crazy it was what he has seen today. All that new engine tech, the construction of the Starship, and how difficult that maneuvre is.

Still, all I got was "lol. fail." and then some lecture, that we have other problems in the world now than space stuff.

Well, I know whom I won't tell this kind of stuff in the future.

I am very sure though, that all these people will be around celebrating when this thing lands on Mars and act like they were always for and in it.

 

[ResilientBanana]

Same with a friend of mine. Told him to watch the stream, and all the response I got was "LOL, exploded. Your space jesus Elon fails."

I tried to explain to him how crazy it was what he has seen today. All that new engine tech, the construction of the Starship, and how difficult that maneuvre is.

Still, all I got was "lol. fail." and then some lecture, that we have other problems in the world now than space stuff.

Well, I know whom I won't tell this kind of stuff in the future.

I am very sure though, that all these people will be around celebrating when this thing lands on Mars and act like they were always for and in it.

Let's face it, there are still people that think the earth is flat. So many things seem so silly to the simple minded, but that's why we have people like Elon Musk and his intelligent team to navigate us into the future.

 

[EviLore]

Awesome perspective:

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Awesome perspective:

What a poetic shot. Love it.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

clean up pls




recap

 

[SonorFagoen]

Was an incredible test flight. I am definitely considering following Musk and also moving to Texas. Musk is not dumb. From Texas to the stars. That's our escape. Earth's finished. Time to start over. Only packing a copy of the US Constitution, family photos and my guitar and I'm out. Earthlings can keep everything else.

 

[Foamy]

If Space X was publicly traded Id sell my wife and kids to buy into it.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Was an incredible test flight. I am definitely considering following Musk and also moving to Texas. Musk is not dumb. From Texas to the stars. That's our escape. Earth's finished. Time to start over. Only packing a copy of the US Constitution, family photos and my guitar and I'm out. Earthlings can keep everything else.

You sound a bit like a drama queen.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Eh... "Starship SN9 falls into the High Bay walls after its aft supports fail. No one was injured in the mishap and damage appears to be minimal." YIKES!

 

[Foamy]

clean up pls

Shit that ain't nothin. Hammer the dents out n weld er back up.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Just caught the crashing landing video now.

Who knew self landing rockets would explode hitting the concrete at about 200 km/hr.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

"SN9 go home, you are drunk..."

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Was an incredible test flight. I am definitely considering following Musk and also moving to Texas. Musk is not dumb. From Texas to the stars. That's our escape. Earth's finished. Time to start over. Only packing a copy of the US Constitution, family photos and my guitar and I'm out. Earthlings can keep everything else.

Eh, we can strive for better than the US constitution when talking about a fresh start.

 

[EviLore]

Render:

 

[acm2000]

have to admit i had no idea they were planning on going full Thunderbird 2 on us, this was a true glimpse of the future and the first time that has happened since the first shuttle launch was back in the day, and to get so close to nailing it first try was unbelievable, i do wonder if the legs had deployed maybe it might have "survived" a bit better but it was coming down at quite some speed.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

have to admit i had no idea they were planning on going full Thunderbird 2 on us, this was a true glimpse of the future and the first time that has happened since the first shuttle launch was back in the day, and to get so close to nailing it first try was unbelievable, i do wonder if the legs had deployed maybe it might have "survived" a bit better but it was coming down at quite some speed.

Naaah, that was simply too fast..

Amazing job nontheless.

 

[SonorFagoen]

Eh, we can strive for better than the US constitution when talking about a fresh start.

Of course we can, and we must, but gotta have a starting point.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

saved?





you can watch a 7 hour talkie talkie of the SN9 saga here

 

[Stiflers Mom]

LOL @ your multi million super high tech space rocket just falling to its sides.
I love this company. : D

 

[Smiles and Cries]

LOL @ your multi million super high tech space rocket just falling to its sides.
I love this company. : D

those other companies are too afraid to show us this cute side. :3

 

[Smiles and Cries]

more salvage work



I wonder how much delay and money this little adventure cost them?

 

[asustitan]

Same with a friend of mine. Told him to watch the stream, and all the response I got was "LOL, exploded. Your space jesus Elon fails."

I tried to explain to him how crazy it was what he has seen today. All that new engine tech, the construction of the Starship, and how difficult that maneuvre is.

Still, all I got was "lol. fail." and then some lecture, that we have other problems in the world now than space stuff.

Well, I know whom I won't tell this kind of stuff in the future.

I am very sure though, that all these people will be around celebrating when this thing lands on Mars and act like they were always for and in it.

Lefties hate Elon Musk politically and he is like kryptonite to them because he does cool things with rockets and makes electric cars.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

who gives a shit if you a rightie or a leftie? Do you know which end is the pointie end of a rocket?

 

[Insane Metal]

Render:

I swear Imma cry when I see this holy shit.

Well done Elon you son of a bitch.

 

[SonorFagoen]

Imagine when that thing is going to be fully stack with the booster. It's going to be massive. Skyscrapers just floating down and landing on their legs....at least one part of the future is cool. That other part where we start making Human-Pig Chimeras...yeah not so crazy about that one. We will be the ones that will create all those weird alien races in Star Wars. FML. Will probably need to alter our DNA to become strange looking little Martians so we can live on Mars instead of terraforming the planet. That is totally not what I had in mind. The world needs to sit down and have a serious talk with itself.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

SN9 update


looking ahead

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Lefties hate Elon Musk politically and he is like kryptonite to them because he does cool things with rockets and makes electric cars.

Dude is definitely not a lefty.
I just think he has a raging hate boner for people that achieve a lot more than him in life.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

This is just side news but it really has to do with the future of Starship

ndonesia courts SpaceX as new rocket launch site

ndonesia has put itself forward as a possible rocket launch site for Elon Musk's SpaceX venture.
The south-east Asian country is already in talks with Mr Musk's Tesla about a possible electric battery partnership.
According to Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs, President Joko Widodo has been in discussions with Mr Musk.
The Tesla billionaire is sending a team to Indonesia in January to look at potential investments, it added.

read more

Indonesia courts SpaceX as new rocket launch site

The south-east Asian country is already in talks with Elon Musk about a possible partnership.

www.bbc.com

 

[CloudNull]

I am sure it has been posted already..... but I was going through old videos and saw this. Its crazy what Elon and SpaceX have gone through to get to this point.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I am sure it has been posted already..... but I was going through old videos and saw this. Its crazy what Elon and SpaceX have gone through to get to this point.

yeah seen that a while back still hard to watch, politics pain peko

I'm glad they gave private companies a shot at the space race even with big names like that going against the idea