They Did It
They did it, holy shit they did it. That largest rocket ever flown made a powered water landing this morning. As well as its massive booster.
The Big One
The Starship stack is crazy big. Bigger than the Saturn V.
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Reentry is super problematic. The crazy heat, and pressure is really hard to deal with. While Starship did make it through Reentry, it almost didn’t.
The forward right fin took a lot of heat damage. As in a good chunk of it melted. And the whole thing was caught on video.
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The big question was, will it make it. If that fin was lost, it’s over. Thankfully, that fin was a damn trooper. Not only did it hang on, it still worked! Allowing Starship to flip upright, and preform a soft water landing.
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They still have a lot of work to do. But holy shit, they landed it. And after watching it, I can’t wait for test flight 5.
Definitely check out Scott Manley’s breakdown of the whole thing.
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