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Starship's Tenth Flight Test

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364 points metalman | 2 comments | 26 Aug 25 23:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.467s | source
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haberman ◴[27 Aug 25 00:37 UTC] No.45034080[source]▶
Landed on target in the Indian Ocean! Engines relit successfully and it touched down vertically (and then promptly exploded, which I guess was the plan :)
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niteshpant ◴[27 Aug 25 00:38 UTC] No.45034085[source]▶
I thought it exploded after it landed?
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decimalenough ◴[27 Aug 25 00:39 UTC] No.45034108[source]▶
Well, yes, it landed in the ocean by design and toppled over because that's what happens when you land a 50m tall spaceship vertically in water.
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1. schoen ◴[27 Aug 25 00:47 UTC] No.45034161[source]▶
This sequence of events (even though expected!) reminds me a lot of the Monty Python and the Holy Grail speech:

> Listen, lad. I built this kingdom up from nothing. When I started here, all there was was swamp. Other kings said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So, I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp, but the fourth one... stayed up! And that's what you're gonna get, lad: the strongest castle in these islands.

(although I suppose this ship fell over, then burned down, and then sank into the ocean)

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2. bombcar ◴[27 Aug 25 01:21 UTC] No.45034373[source]▶
It’s basically a direct description of the reusable booster tests.