The most interesting part of the announcement is the agreed failure modes which won’t require the lengthy FAA mishap investigation afterwards (if they occurred).
11 hours ago. 11 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40578585
Let's hope they continue making progress. Expected failures are fine. Unexpected failures have the potential to derail such a program for years.
SpaceX's advances are one of the biggest sources of excitement about humanity's future for me.
Elon suggested SpaceX is going to have ~5-6 launches of Starship this year. It's interesting where we could expect the next launch, if everything goes reasonably well with this one.
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Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40578585
I get the feeling it's going take several attempts before re-entry is a success.
I have a feeling this launch will end exactly as the last one did.
Just a personal opinion.
Starliner or Starship launch next?
Hopefully they make it to orbit this time.
The reentry videos during the 3rd launch were unreal. Live images of plasma dancing.
Just looking at the 2 vehicles stacked also looks sci-fi.
It's great being part of another space age, having missed the first one when it was at its peak. Exciting times.