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80 points grecy | 5 comments | 19 Nov 24 21:26 UTC | HN request time: 1.024s | source

Cost cutting in effect at SpaceX: Falcon Heavy used a Tesla Roadster as their test payload, Starship only has a banana.

2. adolph ◴[19 Nov 24 22:22 UTC] No.42188740[source]▶

No shots of the banana yet post launch. Did it rip away from the strings?

(Up until I typed this I hadn’t considered they might use an artificial banana.)

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3. Laremere ◴[19 Nov 24 22:24 UTC] No.42188758[source]▶

Banana is on screen at T+00:24

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4. state_less ◴[19 Nov 24 22:47 UTC] No.42188903[source]▶

I think it's an homage to previous chimp astronauts.

Knight E6.

5. dotancohen ◴[19 Nov 24 23:30 UTC] No.42189201{3}[source]▶

With 5.2 million people watching. This flight probably broke the world record for most people watching a single specific banana, ever.

Starship IFT-6 Livestream (liftoff at 4pm CT)