Astronomy: space conquest and the latest news from the stars

[Christophe]

2023 is really full of surprises!

[Christophe]

First test flight of Starship (in its "human" version) in less than 30 minutes, the live:

[Christophe]

Postponed for at least 48 hours (not understood why exactly...)

[Christophe]

2 minutes...

[Obamot]

Another blow from the Duma?

[Christophe]

Ouch obviously it exploded BUT the takeoff went well according to several newspaper articles!! Are they jerks or what?

...didn't see the live I had an appointment...

[sicetaitsimple]

Ouch obviously it exploded BUT the takeoff went well according to several newspaper articles!! Are they jerks or what?
...didn't see the live I had an appointment...

Yes, she took off! On the other hand what surprised me is that (around 1mn30) we have a view of the first stage reactors and that 5 or 6 out of 33 are off. I don't know anything about it, but it seems surprising, especially since their distribution is perfectly asymmetrical.

[Christophe]

Well I saw, it was the stabilization in the re-entry phase preceding the landing that screwed up so I don't know if they blew it up or if it was biblical spontaneous combustion ( janic will tell us more)...

On the other hand, the wokeX generation who applauds when the rocket explodes... there uh... I don't understand...

Something escapes me...

[Christophe]

Ouch obviously it exploded BUT the takeoff went well according to several newspaper articles!! Are they jerks or what?
...didn't see the live I had an appointment...

Yes, she took off! On the other hand, what surprised me was that (around 3 minutes), so shortly before the failed separation between the first and second stages, we have a view of the reactors on the first stage and that 5 or 6 out of 33 are extinguished. I don't know anything about it, but it seems surprising, especially since their distribution is perfectly asymmetrical.

Some were extinguished well before 3 minutes: 3 from takeoff...

Surely more info to search on: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SpaceX& ... cal=trends

[Christophe]

Mouahahaha lol kikoo lool!

Musk's Space X rocket exploded after takeoff, so Twitter blue goes from €10 to €20 per month!!!