Tuesday, March 19, 2024

More Starship 1

Apparently there is only so much that can be known about how to make Starship successful by working in the SpaceX office. At some point, no more progress can be made until they send their current version of Starship into space and see what happens.

As the former NASA head Jim Bridenstine said a few years back, SpaceX has something NASA has lacked, a "willingness to fail." He says they "fly, test, fail, fix" - repeatedly.

Yes. Starship has been developed through a process of "fly, test, fail, fix" over and over again. Trial #28 took place on March 14. Starship, the space vehicle which will carry people in the future, was launched into space on the booster Super Heavy for only the third time that combination has been tested together. 

Super Heavy detached at the right time and turned back to earth, while Starship fired its own three rockets and continued on to orbital velocity. Both exploded before they could finish all of their mission. But they got further than ever before. Watch:


(cont'd tomorrow)

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