JasonJ 0 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 4 hours ago, Ssnake said: Like I wrote in my correction, there will be video. Oh great, should be good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sunday 0 Posted Wednesday at 11:28 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 11:28 PM Starship SN10 just managed to land on her tail, as God and Robert Heinlein intended! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rmgill 0 Posted Wednesday at 11:34 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 11:34 PM Spoiler!!!! 😉 I'm just watching it now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rmgill 0 Posted Wednesday at 11:41 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 11:41 PM And it looks like they re-light all THREE engines and dialed back once they had the good thrust. Looks like Musk's "we were stupid" response to the question about lighting 3 vs 2 was taken to heart. Good show! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rmgill 0 Posted Wednesday at 11:50 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 11:50 PM And then.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sunday 0 Posted Thursday at 12:10 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 12:10 AM Bummer. Or Boommer... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rmgill 0 Posted Thursday at 12:52 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 12:52 AM Sudden URD. I wonder if that was their range safety that pulled that or not. The extra flames post landing seemed to be something of an issue. And I'm sure the FAA is going to again be annoyed with SpaceX. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DKTanker 0 Posted Thursday at 03:09 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 03:09 AM 3 hours ago, sunday said: Starship SN10 just managed to land on her tail, as God and Robert Heinlein intended! Buck Rogers approves this message. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yama 0 Posted Thursday at 09:13 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 09:13 AM I saw the flames and noticed they seemed to be spraying water, but thought it was maybe just something at the platform burning and went to sleep after few mins and missed the kaboom. Looked like rocket was also leaning just a bit? Well, first soft landing is still progress. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RETAC21 0 Posted Thursday at 02:16 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 02:16 PM 14 hours ago, sunday said: Starship SN10 just managed to land on her tail, as God and Robert Heinlein intended! Must instill confidence on the atronaut corps: "we made it, we are the first men in Mars!"... BOOOM! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sunday 0 Posted Thursday at 02:21 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 02:21 PM (edited) Well, being eager to sit on top of several hundred tons of highly flammable, very noxius, and barely stable rocket fuel is a prerequisite for the astronaut job. Edited Thursday at 02:22 PM by sunday Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Josh 0 Posted Thursday at 03:19 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 03:19 PM If watch closely, SN10 bounced on landing. I think it came down too hard or else had a landing leg failure of some kind that crumpled the bottom the ship, causing the lean and a major methane leak. The fire was the methane leak burning as it existed, and the explosion was probably a build of up unburnt methane under the skirt that ignited and ruptured any fuel remaining in the tank. But it was pretty close to a successful landing. SN11 I belive is already built and ready to be rolled out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DB 0 Posted Thursday at 05:26 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 05:26 PM there's some excellent 4k closeup video of the landing legs not locking into place. There's evidence of an abnormal shutdown of the second of the three engines - hence the flames out the side before and after landing. Scott Manley provides good analysis as usual. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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