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Postby Arneb » Thu Apr 20, 2023 1:35 pm

Thar she goes!
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Re: Fuck yeah!

Postby Arneb » Thu Apr 20, 2023 1:38 pm

Oh shit. Thar she blows.

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I am actually a bit shaken. It looked so beautiful, but when the "flip for the boostback" became, well, several flips, and altidtude started to decrease, oh my.

SpaceX employees exstatic with cheers, as apparently, not staying and/or exploding on the pad was already the mission success criterion.
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Re: Fuck yeah!

Postby Lance » Thu Apr 20, 2023 3:03 pm

I missed it, but just watched a video of it. Pretty spectacular!

Do you suppose the detonation was intentional?
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Re: Fuck yeah!

Postby Arneb » Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:13 pm

They usually push the button on the rocket when flight becomes irretrievably uncontrolled, so yes. I think you can glean the intent from the fact that she blew up across the entire length all at once. That.wouldn't have happened if, say, a tank ruptured
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Re: Fuck yeah!

Postby Lance » Sat Apr 22, 2023 6:35 pm

I guess they called it a "rapid, unplanned disassembly". Sure. That's one way to put it.
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