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Starship Flight 7

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649 points chinathrow | 2 comments | 16 Jan 25 21:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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numba888 ◴[16 Jan 25 22:54 UTC] No.42731956[source]▶
4M viewers. comparable to top politics events.

ship looks to be lost. this was the main part, so it's almost complete failure.

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throw5959 ◴[16 Jan 25 22:59 UTC] No.42732001[source]▶
Almost a complete failure except for second ever caught first stage...

BTW they first tested a redesigned version of Starship today.

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numba888 ◴[16 Jan 25 23:57 UTC] No.42732507[source]▶
Booster works, we've seen that before. No satellites deployment, no new heat shield test. Separation works. But that's it.

Now the 'funniest' thing, this piece falls back where the ships are waiting. I hope it will miss this time too.

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1. ceejayoz ◴[17 Jan 25 00:30 UTC] No.42732717[source]▶
The ships are on the other side of the planet, near Australia. They’ll be fine.
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2. numba888 ◴[17 Jan 25 10:44 UTC] No.42736158[source]▶
Didn't expect it to disintegrate completely. At least they figured out what happened. Well, one step at a time. But that means no orbital flight for next couple of missions.