#IFT13 test results. Ship 40 floating in the Indian Ocean. And Ship 41's upcoming orbital flight and RTLS landing attempt for #IFT14
(~25 minute #WAI video)
- Youtube link: https://youtu.be/rcmV-qLktzE
- Invidious link: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=rcmV-qLktzE
“It was stupid when you posted it and it still is [My post on Chinese development of reusable rockets]“
“China will never land an orbital booster”
Heard that many times from the online political pundit crowd.
Those who beat their swords into plowshares, will plow for those who didn’t.
Your standard online political pundits knowing jack shit about the modern state of 21st Century military technology 🚀.
Also, online political pundits not knowing that #China possesses nuclear weapons.
@fromkulak Their firm stand against participating in any of the children's activities associated with Halloween. Yet migrant rapes and murders, Israeli genocide, vaccinations, are met with weak sauce, Well, what can I do?
They won't do any that would entail serious and perhaps life changing pushback. But dunking on a children's holiday? No problem.
“The next steps to test were ship payload deployment using the pez system for Starlink and, eventually, Starmind satellites; then an in-space burn to ensure the ship could relight in space; atmospheric reentry at orbital speeds; and finally the flip and burn on target. The reason for doing all of this in a suborbital trajectory was to ensure that no matter what issues the ship encountered in the coast phase, it would reenter over water. The last thing SpaceX would want is to go into orbit and then be unable to deorbit a 52-meter-long, 9-meter-wide stainless-steel vehicle with a heat shield.“
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#SpaceX
RE: https://noauthority.social/@StarProphet/117001845671754039