SpaceX Starship 8 lost 4 of 6 engines; started a death spiral; things going well for first 8 minutes

[uihawk82]

I am no Musk fan, he is a dick, but he is getting billions to be a major part of the US space program. I want this to work.

the main booster worked great and landed back with a catch by the tower.

About 8-9 minutes in 4 of 6 StarShip engines went out and the vehicle started to tumble out of control.

Unfortunately and not sure why they cut the video feed. I would have like to have seen them try to rescue it or see it tumble into the atmosphere. Are they afraid of showing that?

Hell, we have had worse crashes than that.

 

[Tiny Hands Trump]

I am no Musk fan, he is a dick, but he is getting billions to be a major part of the US space program. I want this to work.

the main booster worked great and landed back with a catch by the tower.

About 8-9 minutes in 4 of 6 StarShip engines went out and the vehicle started to tumble out of control.

Unfortunately and not sure why they cut the video feed. I would have like to have seen them try to rescue it or see it tumble into the atmosphere. Are they afraid of showing that?

Hell, we have had worse crashes than that.

They activated fts. No more feed to watch.

 

[uihawk82]

They activated fts. No more feed to watch.

If you mean self destruct well then I wanted to watch it to the last second before explosione

 

[Tiny Hands Trump]

Yea, FTS = flight termination system.

They prefer the vehicle breaks up before re-entry to try and minimize large chunks surviving.

 

[Tom Paris]

As long as no humans are on his ships I want them all to explode. Caveat if he’s flying solo.

 

[Joes Place]

PF will be on here any second 'splaining how successful this was.

 

[Bonerfarts]

Spacex will claim a win by getting valuable data. This is how they operate.

 

[scruffyhawk]

I am no Musk fan, he is a dick, but he is getting billions to be a major part of the US space program. I want this to work.

the main booster worked great and landed back with a catch by the tower.

About 8-9 minutes in 4 of 6 StarShip engines went out and the vehicle started to tumble out of control.

Unfortunately and not sure why they cut the video feed. I would have like to have seen them try to rescue it or see it tumble into the atmosphere. Are they afraid of showing that?

Hell, we have had worse crashes than that.

I'm fairly certain there were flaws in house engineering couldn't figure out to make a raptor engine (Musk refused other options) for this stage so it got subbed out to a team that claimed to. Not going to ask the team member I heard that from if their tweaks aren't holding up.

 

[Joes Place]

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[95Hawk]

Is DEI to blame? That’s all I wanna know.

 

[Tiny Hands Trump]

Should probably cancel SLS. It is 1 for 1 on launches and already put something to the Moon.

 

[Joes Place]

Is DEI to blame? That’s all I wanna know.

 

[ping72]

 

[mnole03]

Flights in Florida cancelled!

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

As long as no humans are on his ships I want them all to explode. Caveat if he’s flying solo.

Why do you want them to explode?

 

[Tiny Hands Trump]

Because f*** Elon? Sooner SpaceX gets nationalized the better.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

Because f*** Elon? Sooner SpaceX gets nationalized the better.

The nationalized space agency had us relying on the Russians

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[BioHawk]

Spacex will claim a win by getting valuable data. This is how they operate.

To be fair, this is how NASA did it. But yeah.

 

[BioHawk]

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How NASA became utterly dependent on Russia for space travel

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Because it wanted to create a market for privatized space flight, which worked to an extent, although SpaceX is the only company that seems to actually be serious about being able to do it. Boeing acted like they were serious, but their other policy of building equipment while cutting as many corners as possible hasn't been beneficial to their space program.

 

[seminole97]

 

[TC Nole OX]

Flights in Florida cancelled!

 

[Tiny Hands Trump]

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Sounds like SpaceX needs to pay for flight disruptions.

 

[noleclone2]

Call me crazy, but starting to think Elon Musk’s claims that SpaceX will attempt landing on Mars with its Starship rocket by 2027, and the possibility of crewed flights to Mars in 2028 if uncrewed missions are successful, may not happen…

 

[Tiny Hands Trump]

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Call me crazy, but starting to think Elon Musk’s claims that SpaceX will attempt landing on Mars with its Starship rocket by 2027, and the possibility of crewed flights to Mars in 2028 if uncrewed missions are successful, may not happen…

No, no.. not like Elon has a history of bullshitting

 

[noleclone2]

No, no.. not like Elon has a history of bullshitting

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[uihawk82]

Yea, FTS = flight termination system.

They prefer the vehicle breaks up before re-entry to try and minimize large chunks surviving.

Yeah, I understand what they are doing, I have been following this since sputnik. We actually had all the TVs on in grade school to watch all the Mercury flights

 

[uihawk82]

The nationalized space agency had us relying on the Russians

How NASA became utterly dependent on Russia for space travel

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That certainly wasnt NASA's wish, that was congress and cutbacks

 

[seminole97]

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Call me crazy, but starting to think Elon Musk’s claims that SpaceX will attempt landing on Mars with its Starship rocket by 2027, and the possibility of crewed flights to Mars in 2028 if uncrewed missions are successful, may not happen…

Plan is to send uncrewed Starships in 2026.
Chinese recently announced they'll intend to make robotic landings in 2028 to retrieve samples.
I think the window for shortest trip comes every two years, and SpaceX's most recent stated goals for crewed missions are early 2030s.

 

[torbee]

Yeah, I understand what they are doing, I have been following this since sputnik. We actually had all the TVs on in grade school to watch all the Mercury flights

 

[TC Nole OX]

 

[Tiny Hands Trump]

Maybe launching out of shithole, Texas wasn't the brightest idea? They will have to move to KSC/CCSFS eventually anyway because they can't launch payloads from the restricted orbits from Boca.

 

[BioHawk]

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Call me crazy, but starting to think Elon Musk’s claims that SpaceX will attempt landing on Mars with its Starship rocket by 2027, and the possibility of crewed flights to Mars in 2028 if uncrewed missions are successful, may not happen…

I will fully support a manned mission to Mars if he leads the first mission.

 

[seminole97]

Maybe launching out of shithole, Texas wasn't the brightest idea? They will have to move to KSC/CCSFS eventually anyway because they can't launch payloads from the restricted orbits from Boca.

At Boca Chica (25.9972° N) they don't have to pay to launch.
It's their test site more than anything.

They launch from Cape Canaveral (28.3922° N) and Vandenberg (34.7420° N) more often, because they have more angles they can launch.

 

[bcherod]

Flights in Florida cancelled!

At least four airports closed.

 

[Joes Place]

 

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[LBoogie28]

Plan is to send uncrewed Starships in 2026.
Chinese recently announced they'll intend to make robotic landings in 2028 to retrieve samples.
I think the window for shortest trip comes every two years, and SpaceX's most recent stated goals for crewed missions are early 2030s.

Well…that’s the plan now. Just a few years ago Elon’s plan was to send a crew in 2024 (“if lucky”) or 2026 (“highly confident”).

SpaceX's 1st crewed Mars mission could launch as early as 2024, Elon Musk says

"If we get lucky."

www.space.com

 

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

Call me crazy, but starting to think Elon Musk’s claims that SpaceX will attempt landing on Mars with its Starship rocket by 2027, and the possibility of crewed flights to Mars in 2028 if uncrewed missions are successful, may not happen…

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[Joes Place]

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Call me crazy, but starting to think Elon Musk’s claims that SpaceX will attempt landing on Mars with its Starship rocket by 2027, and the possibility of crewed flights to Mars in 2028 if uncrewed missions are successful, may not happen…

Dis gonna be a 'Capricorn One' remake....

 

[Tiny Hands Trump]

But seriously, all these flights and airports impacted. That is time and money wasted because of SpaceX launching out of Texas. SpaceX should be responsible for compensating everyone.