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To: Red Badger
Got up early to watch it. AMAZING! No holds during countdown, ALL 33 ENGINES LIT, hot stage (separation of Starship from its Booster) was perfect, booster's engines apparently failed to reignite as it headed back towards Earth, Starship's flight lasted 40 MINUTES while MAINTAINING NOMINAL POSITIONING/FLIGHT PATH as it headed towards the Indian Ocean, Starship's heat tiles seems to have ENDURED THE PLASMA PHASE UPON DESCENT (MOST AMAZING VIDEO OF ENTIRE LAUNCH) but I'm guessing the craft was either destroyed shortly before touchdown or broke up during end of plasma phase..

BEST LAUNCH AND FLIGHT SINCE THE SHUTTLE!

Congrats, SpaceX !!!! You never fail to amaze.

48 posted on 03/14/2024 9:48:34 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Were you watching when the ragged edges of the plasma flow around the ship went laminar? It was beautiful...


65 posted on 03/14/2024 1:35:42 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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