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Engineering / Re: Interesting stuff about SpaceX Starship (hate the name)
« Last post by Nemesis on November 19, 2024, 08:23:20 pm »Flawless launch. They cancelled the catch for reasons I haven't heard. Looked like a perfect ocean landing for both booster and Starship.
The banana surprised me by surviving till the landing, I suspect it was frozen.
The Starship had heat tiles that were from the pre IFT 5 era and they were reduced by 2100 to see how the metal took reentry. It looked like they had melt through's at the flaps and on one side where the tiles were removed. They changed the attitude of reentry to test alternatives and at one point had it somewhat nose down to see if the rear flaps could recover - they did.
Yes they did manage an engine relight (briefly on purpose to stay in landing zone).
If any of this doesn't make sense my excuse is I'm feverish.
The banana surprised me by surviving till the landing, I suspect it was frozen.
The Starship had heat tiles that were from the pre IFT 5 era and they were reduced by 2100 to see how the metal took reentry. It looked like they had melt through's at the flaps and on one side where the tiles were removed. They changed the attitude of reentry to test alternatives and at one point had it somewhat nose down to see if the rear flaps could recover - they did.
Yes they did manage an engine relight (briefly on purpose to stay in landing zone).
If any of this doesn't make sense my excuse is I'm feverish.
