This is SpaceX’s second attempt at sending Starship on a round-the-globe trip, following an April test flight that failed after only four minutes. This one lasted a few minutes longer.
    • obliquelyobtuse@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Corrected title:

      SpaceX’s Starship Successfully Lost Shortly After Launch of Second Test Flight

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      Everything SpaceX does is successful, no matter at what point the failures occur. The hundreds of assembled employees will applaud and cheer, no matter what. Success always. The Emperor is present and watching.

  • haloween12@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    So how long till we get satellite internet so i can play with friend around the world but without 3 digit ping

  • shalol@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    For a 5 minute target burn yeah I’m sure a 4 minute total burn might sound like a short event, for a layman

    Good news is they’ll have plenty more content to ragebait March next year

  • CoastingUphill@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    It wasn’t lost shortly after launch, the launch was successful. The stage separation was successful. Sub orbital velocity test was ALMOST successful. The first stage blew up after separation which was not ideal but provided a lot of data and didn’t affect the 2nd stage. The 2nd stage blew up seconds before it was supposed to shut off anyway. The one aspect they weren’t able to test was the 2nd stage reentering from orbital speeds.

    • Bondominator@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Disappointing how many of these headlines are obviously slanted to imply the TEST launch was a failure.

    • ausnee@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Is stage sep successful when it causes damage to the booster and 2nd stage that cause both FTS to activate?

    • Tomofpittsburgh@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      RIGHT and it didn’t “explode into a bazillion little pieces,” it was “rapidly disassembled!” Come on people get it right!!!

      /s

  • Catymandoo@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Astounding stuff. The hidden complexities belie the achievement. Well done SpaceX team. 👍🏻 If only Musk had stuck to SpaceX and similar tech - rather than the hubristic “X” folly.

    • CoastingUphill@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      If he had never tweeted we would have never known who he really was. I don’t know if that’s good or bad.

      • Catymandoo@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Very true. I see a man of two distinct sides: One of technological foresight and one of sheer social naivety (hubris?). But then who am I to judge!

  • RobertdBanks@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    All of the negative articles about this are really telling. It was a huge success by all measures.

  • Irate_Alligate1@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    So is this a failure because half of it exploded and the rest is just floating somewhere?

    Twitter is flooded with positive messages and congratulations but it doesn’t seem to me that they’re warranted.

    • shalol@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      You may find the Apollo space program needed 11 missions with 10x the budget to be able to get a habitable dinky tincan to the moon and back.

    • djwillis1121@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      This is a test launch of an experimental vehicle. The fact that it launched, separated and got into space is a success.

      It’s very similar to how SpaceX developed the Falcon 9 which is now one of the most widely used and reliable rockets.

  • i_should_be_coding@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    It wasn’t lost… It did everything it was supposed to do, and more.

    My favorite part was the repeating pattern in the plume, which is just incredible for me, considering this is made by 33 engines working together. The level of precision there is ridiculous.

    This is just another test in the process to making one of the most advanced pieces of technology humans have ever made. I wish the article titles would be less “starship exploded” and more “starship launches successfully”.