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Also looked like there was minimal burn through on the heat shield. That’s a major success
 
F-22Raptor said:
Also looked like there was minimal burn through on the heat shield. That’s a major success
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That was the most amazing part. I think that now clinches the design as sound.

Those new record breaking 350 bar Raptor 3 engines should finally be installed on the next flight.

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OMG The crazy things man can achieve

 
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Hamartia Antidote said:
That was the most amazing part. I think that now clinches the design as sound.
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I think there was some on the aft flaps but it might be where tiles were removed. IMO, it’s easily the best performance yet from the heat shield. This test has to give SpaceX a ton of confidence heading into V3 Starship. We’re 2-3 flights away from a Starship catch
 




SpaceX launches the Kuiper-03 mission, lands booster 517th time, 128th launch of year
 
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I was just cursing SpaceX coz Starlink satellite trails ruined many of Deep Space Photos that I spent nights on in the past months, glued to my telescope and I'm finding it out now.

But then I saw the videos in this thread and I forgive SpaceX, totally ! The work they are doing is Awesome ! Love them despite the fact that my back hurts and they ruined the images lol.
 
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F-22Raptor said:
I think there was some on the aft flaps but it might be where tiles were removed. IMO, it’s easily the best performance yet from the heat shield. This test has to give SpaceX a ton of confidence heading into V3 Starship. We’re 2-3 flights away from a Starship catch
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Whenever I see this all, I cannot help appreciate the work Apollo teams did, with getting those huge Saturn Rockets into space with the limited tech of the 60s & 70s. US has been marvelous at amazing humanity again and again.

I hope SpaceX quickly brings over than golden era of US Tech once again with the Martian missions this time.
 
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Whenever I see this all, I cannot help appreciate the work Apollo teams did, with getting those huge Saturn Rockets into space with the limited tech of the 60s & 70s. US has been marvelous at amazing humanity again and again.

I hope SpaceX quickly brings over than golden era of US Tech once again with the Martian missions this time.
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The Starship program is almost too big to fail at this point. The manufacturing work they’re doing at Starfactory alone is unprecedented. They’ll be churning out Starships in a few years. Many thought it was impossible
 
F-22Raptor said:
The Starship program is almost too big to fail at this point. The manufacturing work they’re doing at Starfactory alone is unprecedented. They’ll be churning out Starships in a few years. Many thought it was impossible
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It indeed is ! I just hope they can commercially justify starships once the actual use begins.

This is where I see the risk, since the primary purpose is long range manned missions into the solar system (especially Mars, or maybe Gynamede at later points), they will need to have a model that sustains the mission and exploration/production costs. After all, that is how the Apollo programs ended, despite all the technological marvels. Nobody saw the point of it anymore and there was no financial return.

Then again, Moon had nothing to offer, maybe Mars or any nearby Asteroids can open up space exploration & economy. Otherwise, as much as we all love seeing the starships fly, starships will have little economical logic if they get limited to upper space/geosync spots.
 
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