Spaceflight π#Starship flight 3 π : What do you expect ?
RUD before orbit / apogee
RUD at reentry
Malfunction before splashdown
Successful splashdown
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37% were right (see above) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/14/science/starship-spacex-launch
While the vehicle did not survive π₯ reentry into the Earthβs atmosphere, it completed a number of key milestones π that were hailed as major steps toward helping #SpaceX perfect the art of flying the worldβs most powerful rocket.
In addition to a near-perfect launch π, the craft flew for nearly an hour π after lifting off from SpaceXβs private launch site in South #Texas near the Gulf of Mexico https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/14/spacex-starship-test-flight/
Wow! Watch SpaceX Starship re-enter Earth's atmosphere in these incredible views
RE-ENTRY! SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Booster | Flight Test 3
The whole #Starship flight shortened to two minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl0UGAHREeA
Relive SpaceX Starship's epic third launch in two-minute time-lapse
#Starship will "get back to flight in about six weeksβ β±οΈ. The #FAA associate administrator said he did not anticipate the investigation to turn up any major issues that could significantly delay β³ the next launch. #Shotwell did not mention how many Starship launches the company projects making this year but said the focus is on getting the vehicle operational. https://spacenews.com/spacex-planning-rapid-turnaround-for-next-starship-flight/
π Ship 29 is at the launch site for its #StaticFire test. Gwynne #Shotwell stated that the goals π for the #Starship program this year are to reach orbit, deploy #satellites π°οΈ , and recover both stages. All Starship needs to complete is at least an in-space π burn π₯, and #SpaceX can start putting satellites into #orbit https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/03/starship-passes-milestones-ift-4/
#Starship launches π will ramp up to perhaps hundreds π per year. The overall greenhouse gas emissions of #methane combustion are lower π than those of burning oil or coal. One #Starship launch produces 2.72 times more emissions than those produced by a single #SpaceX #Falcon9 launch but only 0.96 π of the emissions produced by a #FalconHeavy liftoff. #Spaceflight is equivalent to 1% or 2% of the carbon footprint of #aviation π«, which by itself makes up about 2.5% ππ https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-rocket-launches-environmental-impact
Gwynne Shotwell said that the next prototype should be ready to fly π by late April https://www.independent.co.uk/space/next-starship-launch-date-spacex-b2518619.html
Flight 3 π official video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApMrILhTulI
Starship | Third Flight Test
#Aviation π« accounts for 2.5% of global #CO2 emissions. #Spaceflight π for less than 2% of that. https://ourworldindata.org/global-aviation-emissions
How much do #rockets π pollute ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4VHfmiwuv4
How Much Do Rockets Pollute? Are They Bad For Our Air?
ΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ ΡΠ°ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠΊ@spaceflight normalize to % per passenger, please?
Michael Gemar@spaceflight Yep, even without reuse it is by far the most powerful and cheapest launcher (per kilo) ever made.
Although the media response to IFT-3 was muted, I still saw some folks calling it a failure, and really wanted to point out that it did what *every other existing launcher* does right now. The fact the booster and second stage were destroyed is only a failure because of SpaceXβs ambitions β itβs what everyone else accepts as business-as-usual with all other launchers.