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Title: Starship
Post by: EppyGA - White Christian Domestic Terrorist on January 16, 2025, 02:56:53 PM

SpaceX expects to launch Starship Seven around 4:37 pm CST today.  You can watch it live here

https://www.spacex.com/


If all goes well, they will show the catching of the booster as it returns.

Title: Re: Starship
Post by: Rush on January 16, 2025, 03:30:02 PM

Thanks.

Title: Re: Starship
Post by: Jim Logajan on January 16, 2025, 04:24:43 PM

Booster landed. But the Ship blew up. Saw some spectacular videos taken from the ground (Everyday Astronaut youtuber seemed to be the first to get such videos) - one person managed to capture the moment it exploded, others captured the debris flying across the sky like a swarm of meteors.

Title: Re: Starship
Post by: Bob Noel on January 16, 2025, 04:24:48 PM

I'm an old time space nut... grew up with Gemini, Apollo (too young to remember Mercury).

Space flight will always be special for me.

But, OHMYGAWD, I want to vomit listening to those children providing "commentary"... the only thing missing were "like totally awesome" phrases said with a valley girl accent.

Title: Re: Starship
Post by: Jim Logajan on January 16, 2025, 05:43:26 PM

This should start at a point where two ground videos are shown of the reentering debris - worth watching up to about the 03:06:00 mark for both videos.
https://www.youtube.com/live/6Px_b5eSzsA?t=10985s (https://www.youtube.com/live/6Px_b5eSzsA?t=10985s)

This starts a little later and has a ground video capturing the actual explosion of the ship:
https://www.youtube.com/live/6Px_b5eSzsA?t=11729s (https://www.youtube.com/live/6Px_b5eSzsA?t=11729s)

Title: Re: Starship
Post by: Jim Logajan on January 16, 2025, 07:52:06 PM

Title: Re: Starship
Post by: Anthony on January 17, 2025, 04:39:27 AM

Damn Romulans!

Title: Re: Starship
Post by: Bob Noel on January 17, 2025, 06:43:39 AM

Quote from: Anthony on January 17, 2025, 04:39:27 AM

Damn Romulans!

Borg

(you didn't know that the Starship had an early warp drive, eh?)

Title: Re: Starship
Post by: Rush on January 17, 2025, 06:54:58 AM

The idiots on X.  I just can’t.