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I thought it exploded after it landed?

• nsxwolf 1y ago
  That was expected. It’s not meant to land on water.
  • gibolt 1y ago
    It is, for the purpose of this test. Don't want it coming back down on land somewhere unexpected :)
• pengaru 1y ago
  > I thought it exploded after it landed? It landed on the sea, there was no barge afaik.
• decimalenough 1y ago
  Well, yes, it landed in the ocean by design and toppled over because that's what happens when you land a 50m tall spaceship vertically in water.
  • schoen 1y ago
    This sequence of events (even though expected!) reminds me a lot of the Monty Python and the Holy Grail speech: > Listen, lad. I built this kingdom up from nothing. When I started here, all there was was swamp. Other kings said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So, I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp, but the fourth one... stayed up! And that's what you're gonna get, lad: the strongest castle in these islands. (although I suppose this ship fell over, then burned down, and then sank into the ocean)
    • bombcar 1y ago
      It’s basically a direct description of the reusable booster tests.
• Polizeiposaune 1y ago
  That's the expected result for this test flight.
• bombcar 1y ago
  There wa supposed to be an earth shattering kaboom. And there was.