IFT-4 and the Future of Starship: All You Need to Know (with @scottmanley and @MarcusHouse )
Another Test of SpaceX Starship Superheavy combo, another analysis of the flight with Scott Manley and Marcus House! Super Heavy soft-landed in the ocean. Starship survived re-entry. What does it mean for SpaceX?
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Comments (3)
Love this postmission synopsis and commentary. Please keep doing it
I'm just happy to have lived long enough to see a giant rocket ascend to space and return mostly in one/two pieces. IFT-4 has shown that the dream of a fully reusable rocket is within the bounds of possibility but whether it is ever really practical is another matter. What's next? Elon dons a Dan Dare costume?
Perhaps they can reinforce the hinges with Titanium or an alloy. I think seeing the hot spots as they appeared will actually help engineers better understand where they need to add such reinforcing features. Also, I remember learning during a documentary on the WTC on 911 that steel will actually burn. It will become fuel for fire under certain conditions. Whatever those conditions are, I sure they were met going by how that flipper disintegrated. Woosh!