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That flap is already a legend, kept at it even mangled by hot plasma, crazy accelerations and pressures, spitting molten steel at the camera. What a role model,
by marmakoide 2y ago
That flap is already a legend, kept at it even mangled by hot plasma, crazy accelerations and pressures, spitting molten steel at the camera. What a role model, the little flap that could.
- thelittleone 2y agoSomeone on the Everyday Astronaut live stream named it "Flap Norris".
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- somenameforme 2y agoI wonder what the odds are that some deep sea salvage group is moving to collect that this very instant (or being contracted for such). If Starship lives up to even a fraction of its potential, that [not so] little guy is going to have some serious historicity.
- hindsightbias 2y agoWhat makes you think it sank? If the hull is intact it might be floating. Given the flap damage, it's probably leaking though.
- Andrew_nenakhov 2y agoIt looked like the booster exploded when it submerged after soft splashdown. There was some fire and the stream cut off. Maybe that's what happened to the ship too.
- inglor_cz 2y agoIIRC the intent was to sink it using explosives (Flight Termination System) in case it stays afloat after landing.
- stoobs 2y agoI think they had a tug go out to drag it to deeper water and make sure it sunk - there was some ship (ocean) commentry I saw in a couple of places showing the tracking data.
- dotnet00 2y agoThey had a plane flying in the area shortly after landing, probably to drop some marker for a group to come around and recover the black box. I think they've stopped bothering with preserving the test articles though, in the process of test driven development, they're going to have so many "historic" test articles, that it's kind of pointless.
- BurningFrog 2y agoI'd be really surprised if they didn't have a GPS in the ship. Which should mean they know where it "landed".
- dotnet00 2y agoThey still would've been in position to put down a marker, since they had to be prepared for that before they knew they'd be able to maintain telemetry down to the water, and if they're already in position, it doesn't hurt to place the marker anyway.
- a_paddy 2y agoAnd the coordinates of where it "landed" are less important when it's drifting in the middle of the ocean.
- BurningFrog 2y agoAccording to ChatGPT, a Starship has 1000 cubic meters internal volume, and weighs 120 tons empty, which my manual math says is a density of 0.12, which means it should easily float in the ocean.
- thelittleone 2y agoNot sure if I heard the commentary correctly, but I believe they said the video uplink was via starlink. If so, they should have the precise location.
- dotancohen 2y agoThe Russians and Chinese would probably love to examine those Raptors.
- Ringz 2y agoNot only the Russians and Chinese… Other countries and maybe some US companies too.
- simonebrunozzi 2y agoAbsolutely genius! Go Chuck :)
- amelius 2y agoMakes me want to play flappy bird.
- seydor 2y agoAnd let's not forget about the other flap, toiling away away from publicity