Thursday, April 20, 2023

Starship Flight Test

Cleared the pad but before stage separation 
it experienced a "RUD" at 3:59.
84,91,48,0,B

6 comments:

remmij said...

you tech types and your rocket science slang "RUD" - ;^]
I liked that description too -
not a great day to be fishing off the coast…
did note that the debris was larger than a spy balloon
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/elon-musk-boca-chica-starbase-texas/
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/lower-rio-grande-valley

John Wells said...

One can expect more RUDs for Starship trying to get to orbit on top of a super heavy booster. SpaceX lost 8 Starships without the booster before successfully landing one.

remmij said...

Elon is dogged…
https://www.space.com/every-spacex-starship-explosion-lessons-learned#section-starship-sn3-breaks-apart-in-spacex-test

remmij said...

the work goes on

https://youtu.be/87sE4NA2psI

https://www.blueorigin.com/new-glenn/

Michael D. Berry said...

We had a front row seat, right at the bottom edge of the island. Drove to SPI and back twice in 5 days. Nothing like being there.

pamit said...

Poor Elon! I feel so sorry for him. Should we start a GoFundMe?