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

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80 points grecy | 2 comments | 19 Nov 24 21:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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marviel ◴[19 Nov 24 22:06 UTC] No.42188615[source]▶
unfortunately they had to scrap the booster Catch, due to undisclosed factors.
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1. ReptileMan ◴[19 Nov 24 22:14 UTC] No.42188677[source]▶
The way it gently splashed down in the ocean without hiccup - I think this is promising and that they will get to the chopsticks catching a booster is boring and mundane phase soon. Specialists would say why they aborted.
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2. cubefox ◴[20 Nov 24 00:55 UTC] No.42189755[source]▶
Well, it made a big fireball. It's only that the official stream cut away before that. You could still hear the SpaceX crowd cheering as they (apparently) got to see it. The fireball was in any case visible in the NSF stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/6yd_cpPP4fE&t=3h31m35s

Though the upper stage actually didn't explode this time, it only broke apart.