The Rocket Enby

your local rocket friend on a quest to learn all they can. hobbyist photographer, lover of space articles, Starship enthusiast.

[The Rocket Enby @RocketEnby]

@GuoShenCN7 It had launch facilities that are now destroyed. They have NO CHOICE. They must rebuild pad A. They can abandon pad b modernizing, but they have to rebuild A. They don't have a choice. They cannot lease another pad without fixing this one.

[The Rocket Enby @RocketEnby]

@GuoShenCN7 USSF and NASA pad leases come with a strict agreement to maintain that pad, to modernize that pad, and for that pad to be able to be used to carry USSF payloads, or launch under USSF direction if required for a plantery defense mission. (To defend earth from debris. Not aliens.)

[The Rocket Enby @RocketEnby]

@3FSolutions_VSC @BladeoftheS Well. Elons test craft do explode all the time. His mature craft fail rarely. NG is a mature craft.

Note that falcon 1 exploded often. So did the first 9s. Elon also lost a craft on a Florida pad at the moment of static fire in 2016. 39a was damaged. But not this badly.

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@omarttamo @BladeoftheS So, NG isn't a test vehicle. It's not like SS. It's a mature vehicle. It shouldn't blow up. Ever. It's like NASA craft. They don't launch test craft, only mature craft.

Also, the be-4 in the Vulcan failed too... meaning something it's probably be-4, not NG itself.

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@BladeoftheS @endthebeeb Was this at the moment of static fire? I was under the assumption this was before the actual ignite. As ina bigger failure.

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@DJSnM @BCCarCounters I wonder if when Starship lost an engine forcing it to use engine down capability if it wasn't able to choose the best engine for landing like it's supposed to because it was already down and engine so it didn't have an option between three engines and throttling down weakest

[The Rocket Enby @RocketEnby]

@DJSnM Accidental. Appears to be a subnominal engine flare before soft touchdown. @BCCarCounters , what do you think?

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@DJSnM @BCCarCounters I think I spot a green tint to a flare in the up skirt part of this video.

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@Sewattube @RainshadowPass @bikesalsa @MustacheBob2 F9 team. They did intend on making their own way to land it. It was stupid. So they asked the f9 team for the beacon tech. Iirc, the beacon is one of the only techs shared between the two rockets (other than starlink related things).

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@Sewattube @RainshadowPass @bikesalsa @MustacheBob2 This is the exact same mech they will use to land. It's no different. It's using a beacon. The same tech falcon 9 uses. They can land it with mm precision because it's coming to its homing beacon... It's not new tech. They can land it on a dime because the tech is from the

[The Rocket Enby @RocketEnby]

@RainshadowPass @Sewattube @bikesalsa @MustacheBob2 Yep. This. People forget this lmao

[The Rocket Enby @RocketEnby]

@JWC7215C @bikesalsa @MustacheBob2 The green puff is from the copper lining. It burns off, in a green puff.

[The Rocket Enby @RocketEnby]

@JWC7215C @bikesalsa @MustacheBob2 Btw, it's extremely clear to me after watching EVERY launch and test EVER that boosters problem didn't start at sep. One of the shots from the ground up to the booster right after launch shows a puff of green tinted smoke. This means only one thing: a raptor ate itself.

[The Rocket Enby @RocketEnby]

@JWC7215C @bikesalsa @MustacheBob2 Booster can function without multiple raptors and ship has raptor down ability. They relit engines and deployed dummy sat. That was mission goal. Since mission goal is achieved, it's a success.

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@RainshadowPass @bikesalsa @MustacheBob2 It's a homing radio beacon, it calls ship or booster to the exact landing spot.

The camera bouy is also a beacon bouy, ship lands where it's told. V3 flip had to be over water for 1st attempt per faa for safety. I think next mission is a double RTLS? But maybe not.

[The Rocket Enby @RocketEnby]

@RainshadowPass @bikesalsa @MustacheBob2 We've recovered BOTH boosters & ships, actually. And engines. And have flown with flight tested 2.0s. We don't need to test recovery. RTLS is sx's specialty. It's not a new tech, starship doesn't use a new method of finding it's landing spot. They use the falcon beacon

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@bikesalsa @MustacheBob2 This wasn't an explosion and this post is lying to you.

This is what's called expending the rocket. Most rockets are expended in space.

This was planned. This is a full success. Soft touch down after a flip. It was literally perfect.

Booster failed badly, tho.

[The Rocket Enby @RocketEnby]

@HealthRanger We don't reuse starships currently, and we've already perfected landing. This was a perfect approach with a perfect attitude that slowed down perfectly with a perfect soft touch. 🤷🏼 It was perfect. Booster, however, failed. Badly. And you could tell from ignight