• llamacoffee@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Flight 4 ended with Starship igniting its three center Raptor engines and executing the first flip maneuver and landing burn since our suborbital campaign, followed by a soft splashdown of the ship in the Indian Ocean one hour and six minutes after launch.

    I still can’t believe that happened! Gives me so much confidence on their in-space propellant storage too, for some reason.

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    5 months ago

    I know it’s a self-written report and therefore trying to put a positive spin on things (rightfully so - they did amazingly), but they didn’t even mention the exciting things that they want to do better next time, like better heat shields on the flaps.