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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: 0s | source
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chasd00 ◴[27 Aug 25 00:03 UTC] No.45033856[source]▶
Was cool to see the pez dispenser door start to open and all that vapor get sucked outside.

The booster ditch was super cool, hover then just cut the engines and let it drop.

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1. HPsquared ◴[27 Aug 25 09:16 UTC] No.45037175[source]▶
Simulating a chopsticks landing, probably.
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2. ericcumbee ◴[27 Aug 25 21:55 UTC] No.45045810[source]▶
It was said somewhere that one of the previous ditches in the ocean. the booster remained a little too intact and floated into Mexican waters creating a navigational hazard. So the idea was also to make sure it broke up on splashdown.