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NASA after watching Starship IFT-5 (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by threelonmusketeers to c/spaceflightmemes

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (7 children)

One day StarShip will get a payload to orbit.

... One day.

Maybe some other day it will return without burning up or exploding!

[–] threelonmusketeers 7 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Hopefully that day comes soon!

We probably won't see payloads fly on Starship until they demonstrate in-space Raptor relight capability. After that, I wouldn't be surprised if they prioritize ship-to-ship propellant transfer tests over delivering payloads.

What do you think the timeline will be?

As for returning the ship, S30 did better than S29, landed on target, but still experienced a bit of flap burnthrough. I'm looking forward to seeing how S33 fares with the new flap location.

[–] MartianSands 4 points 7 months ago

I'll bet they deploy a bunch of starlink satellites basically as soon as they're able, if only for PR (and probably internal morale) reasons

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