Hopefully they have sorted out the launchpad issues
Looks like launch will be around 1 or 2am our time if all goes to plan.
Well they solved the launchpad issues and had a successful first stage and hot stage separation. Booster then exploded rather than land. Starship proceeded to orbit then was lost so they couldn't get it to land in Hawaii as planned.
I guess they are getting better.
Update: Starship exploded in orbit.
More junk floating around in space. It's a wonder the aliens can get through it all.
It needs a more appropriate name.
You may as well say a complete failure, crew carrying part lost, booster exploded.
(19-11-2023, 12:36 PM)zqwerty Wrote: [ -> ]You may as well say a complete failure, crew carrying part lost, booster exploded.
Or you could say they just figured out another way not to launch a spacecraft.
(19-11-2023, 10:33 AM)Zurdo Wrote: [ -> ]More junk floating around in space. It's a wonder the aliens can get through it all.
The whole point of this rocket is to reuse the whole thing, including the upper stage, so no junk in space!
(19-11-2023, 12:36 PM)zqwerty Wrote: [ -> ]You may as well say a complete failure, crew carrying part lost, booster exploded.
Not exactly, the rocket is a test vehicle slapped together as fast as possible and as cheaply as possible to test various systems that have
never flown before.
I would call it a success, we still dont know what happened to the second stage, but it appears it lost communication with the ground and as a safety precaution when this happens, the flight termination system activates blowing it up.
edit: for any critics, watch this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF2C7xE9Mj4