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ThoughtCriminal

(14,394 posts)
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 06:15 PM 14 hrs ago

SpaceX catches Mega Booster but Starship-7 lost in flight

Source: Space Daily

SpaceX successfully recovered its Super Heavy booster using its advanced launch tower "chopstick" arms, marking a significant step forward in reusable rocketry. However, the seventh test flight of Starship ended with the loss of the upper stage in orbit, according to company updates.


Read more: https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/SpaceX_catches_Mega_Booster_but_Starship_7_lost_in_flight_999.html




Watching the coverage the upper stage engines started to go out one by one until only one of the outer engines was running. Then around 8 minutes all telemetry was lost. Early reports seem to indicate that the upper stage broke up.
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SpaceX catches Mega Booster but Starship-7 lost in flight (Original Post) ThoughtCriminal 14 hrs ago OP
Oops The Madcap 14 hrs ago #1
Maybe somebody ought to focus on his own businesses instead of everyone else's business. nt. Voltaire2 14 hrs ago #2
Couldn't have said it better myself.... AZ8theist 9 hrs ago #12
Billions again........... Lovie777 14 hrs ago #3
Starting to seem some video of debris re-entering atmosphere - video link ThoughtCriminal 14 hrs ago #4
WHEN will they learn you can't fly into the dome? You have to stay UNDER it....... AZ8theist 9 hrs ago #13
Oh tough ass. Klarkashton 14 hrs ago #5
Musk is having a bad day LetMyPeopleVote 13 hrs ago #6
That was an impressive "Unplanned Disassembly" ThoughtCriminal 12 hrs ago #7
Well, I guess that jalopy isn't going to Mars! LeftInTX 12 hrs ago #8
Oh great... 2naSalit 11 hrs ago #9
wait,what? andy_smalls 10 hrs ago #10
Then why did... 2naSalit 10 hrs ago #11
That was incorrect - it was never going to get into a full orbit muriel_volestrangler 4 hrs ago #14
Well... 2naSalit 2 hrs ago #15

The Madcap

(742 posts)
1. Oops
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 06:18 PM
14 hrs ago

Successful space flight isn't a given. It's very difficult. Maybe someday, the billionaire club will figure that out.

But I'm not counting on it.

Voltaire2

(15,017 posts)
2. Maybe somebody ought to focus on his own businesses instead of everyone else's business. nt.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 06:19 PM
14 hrs ago

Lovie777

(15,521 posts)
3. Billions again...........
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 06:23 PM
14 hrs ago

if USA scientist were at least involved, just saying.

musk is milking the USA.

LetMyPeopleVote

(156,451 posts)
6. Musk is having a bad day
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 07:29 PM
13 hrs ago


🚨#BREAKING: Debris was seen over the Caribbean after SpaceX's Starship broke apart during a test flight, creating a spectacular show in the sky.

📌#Caicos | #Islands

Watch as multiple footage shows debris lights up the skies as SpaceX successfully launched Starship Flight 7 at 4:37 PM CST from Starbase in Southern Texas. However, the mission has been confirmed as a failure, with the craft breaking apart mid-flight. This caused debris to reenter Earth’s atmosphere, creating a spectacular show over the Turks and Caicos Islands. Despite the failure, SpaceX achieved a significant milestone by successfully catching the rocket’s first booster for the second time. SpaceX has confirmed the event and is analyzing the data to improve future test flights



ThoughtCriminal

(14,394 posts)
7. That was an impressive "Unplanned Disassembly"
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 07:56 PM
12 hrs ago

Amazing that someone captured an actual explosion.

2naSalit

(94,178 posts)
9. Oh great...
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:43 PM
11 hrs ago

More of skum's space trash getting in the way of billions of $$ of spacecrafts and satellites.

I have had enough of that charlatan. Fuck that guy.


andy_smalls

(4 posts)
10. wait,what?
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:13 PM
10 hrs ago

it's not getting in the way of anything, it's falling in the ocean. the debris is not in orbit.

2naSalit

(94,178 posts)
11. Then why did...
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:20 PM
10 hrs ago

I see that it was broken up in orbit? That means it's up there and will be until it falls.

Doesn't change my pov either way.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,765 posts)
14. That was incorrect - it was never going to get into a full orbit
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 04:01 AM
4 hrs ago

It was going to go high and fast (but not fast enough for orbit), release some "dummy satellites" to test the release procedure, and then attempt to come down, controlled, in the Indian Ocean.

2naSalit

(94,178 posts)
15. Well...
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 06:26 AM
2 hrs ago

Thanks, I still see it as pollution regardless of where the debris ends up.

All this money wasted on these pseudo-space programs that don't get us any progress on the ground, literally. I can get behind more space exploration after we clean up our act on the surface.

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