SpaceX Starship rocket explodes again after test flight

UPI ^ | MARCH 30, 2021 / 8:00 AM / UPDATED AT 9:26 AM | By Paul Brinkmann

[Magnum44]

LOL. Sorry, couldnt help it.

[yuleeyahoo]

The Roses of Success

Every bursted bubble has a glory!
Each abysmal failure makes a point!
Every glowing path that goes astray,
Shows you how to find a better way.
So every time you stumble never grumble.
Next time you'll bumble even less!
For up from the ashes, up from the ashes, grow the
roses of success!
Grow the roses!
Grow the roses!
Grow the roses of success!
Oh yes!
Grow the roses!
Those rosy roses!
From the ashes of disaster grow the roses of success!

(spoken) Yes I know but he wants it to float. It will!
For every big mistake you make be grateful! Here, here!
That mistake you'll never make again!
No sir!
Every shiny dream that fades and dies,
Generates the steam for two more tries!
(Oh) There's magic in the wake of a fiasco!
Correct!
It gives you that chance to second guess!
Oh yes!
Then up from the ashes, up from the ashes grow the roses of success!
Grow the roses!
Grow the roses!
Grow the roses of success!
Grow the roses!
Those rosy roses!
From the ashes of disaster grow the roses of success!

Disaster didn't stymie Louis Pasteur!
No sir!
Edison took years to see the light!
Right!
Alexander Graham knew failure well; he took a lot of
knocks to ring that bell!
So when it gets distressing it's a blessing!
Onward and upward you must press!
Yes, Yes!
Till up from the ashes, up from the ashes grow the roses of success.
Grow the ro
Grow the ro
Grow the roses!
Grow the ro
Grow the ro
Grow the roses!
Grow the roses of success!
Grow the ro
Grow the ro
Grow the roses!
Those rosy ro
Those rosy ro
Those rosy roses!
From the ashes of disaster, grow the roses of success!
Start the engines!
Success!
Batten the hatches!
Success!
Man the shrouds!
Lift the anchor!
Success!

The Roses of Success

[mak5]

Not a hard landing this time. It blew up shortly after the relight. Whether that was the result of a failure of some sort or activation of the flight termination system remains to be seen, but chunks of debris flew a long distance from the pad.

[butlerweave]

These are throwaway test Rockets

[Magnum44]

Sure. Thats what they are telling the investors right now...

[ThunderSleeps]

"Hello, we'd like to talk to you about your vehicle's warranty....What's that? Your vehicle is SN15? Oh. Never mind {click}." ;-)

Actually, I wonder what stainless steel scrap is going for these days. Seems like SpaceX is generating an awful lot of it. They're probably depressing market value in the area due to the glut.

[SunkenCiv]

All aboard! ;^)

[bigbob]

Yeah NASA is all about climate science now...

[Red Badger]

You first!......................

[ThunderSleeps]

I haven't seen it yet. I thought the "new" scheme was to re-light one raptor for the landing, then briefly re-light the other two to help with the flip-up maneuver, then shut them down and land by throttling with one.

I would guess that if there was an issue getting the other two lit for the flip then the flip was slow/late and they didn't get the thrust vector "down" in time to arrest the descent - hard to very hard landing...

[dfwgator]

They said that it could not be done,
He said, “Just let me try.”
They said, ‘Other men have tried and failed’,
He answered, ‘But not I.’
They said, “It is impossible,”
He said, “There’s no such word.”
He closed his mind, he closed his heart...
To everything he heard.

He said, “Within the heart of man,
There is a tiny seed.
It grows until it blossoms,
It’s called the “Will to Succeed”.
Its roots are strength, its stem is hope,
Its petals inspiration,
Its thorns protect its strong green leaves,
With grim determination.

“It’s stamens are its skills
Which help to shape each plan,
For there’s nothing in the universe
Beyond the scope of man.”
They thought that it could not be done,
Some even said they knew it,
But he faced up to what could not be done...

AND HE COULDN’T BLOODY DO IT!

-Benny Hill

[rlmorel]

Bill Whittle is one of the most eloquent conservative voices out there and is also an aviator, and follows aviation and space endeavors closely.

He has often mentioned the difference between SpaceX and NASA, and how NASA is nearly hidebound with caution and indecision, to the point it has difficulty doing nearly anything in a reasonable time frame due to its aversion to "failure".

He contrasts that with SpaceX, an entity that seems to view failure and success as two inextricably intertwined concepts, specifically that failure has positive aspects to it, and if you are going to fail (and you will) you might as well do what you can to make the best of it and get something constructive out of it.

As a case in point, he points to this video put out by SpaceX showing all of its failures leading up to the first successful landing...set to John Philip Sousa's "Liberty Bell March":

How not to land an Orbital Rocket Booster

The point he makes accurately (In my opinion) is that NASA could NEVER make a film like this. He has two great videos about SpaceX worth watching:

A Tale of Two Rocket Men (Musk vs. Bezos)

This Elon Musk Quote Will Take Us to Mars (And Utterly Change Your Life)

[hoagy62]

Yes, Tim Dodd of ‘Everyday Astronaut’ apparently lost $20K of equipment when pieces of SN11 fell on them.

No wonder he’s bummed.

Think Elon will reimburse him? It’d be the right thing to do. But I’m not holding my breath.

[Yo-Yo]

For small capsules, sure. The Apollo capsule was 5,000 kg. A 5,000 ton spaceplane, not so much.

What is 5,000 tons at launch is not 5,000 tons at re-entry.

The Space Shuttle SRBs weighed 1.3 million lbs at launch, and 200,000 lbs at recovery.

I don't know the empty weight of SpaceX's booster, but in any case if a parachute were used to slow its descent until it is within 1/2 mile of the surface, then less fuel would be required for landing, saving weight that could be turned into payload.

[Shadylake]

I’d assume (total guess) that Tim would have to sign a damage waiver in order to get cams onsite. Anything’s possible though, he and Elon seem to have some ongoing relationship.

[rarestia]

Weight != mass

dV calculations are done with mass for a reason.

[Mr. K]

NASA also spent 50 years throwing away rockets after every use.

[Mr. K]

Since the FAA decide to stick it’s nose into this it will seriously slow things down.

[SunkenCiv]

Time index 31:12

Starship SN11 Test Flight | LIVE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lweUU3qnWzQ

[markman46]

I am watching the SpaceX replay feed , lost video at t+5:49 relight raptor and boom, didn’t land just boom, looking at Labpadre cam views debris everywhere