Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab
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@Kirwan 2.5 hours to launch? Man I'd need to piss at least twice.
Yeah, a while to go, pretty cool seeing them get into the capsule though.
I love the diagrams. That really makes it all look quite simple.
I like the "Just Read the Instructions Drone Ship"The names are great. Sci Fi classic of "Of course I Still Love You"
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These are getting routine now, 7th use and landing of this particular rocket.
Looking good for the sub orbital test next week of SN8 (Starship), that will be exciting as there is a pretty good chance that it could explode/breakup 15km up. They are testing the nose cone, landing flip, using the two fuel tanks, then trying to land it with three rapter engines.
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Seemed to drift sideways and they tried to catch it but too late.
It's supposed to have that exaggerated belly flop. Looked like it went pretty well, with the exception of the booster failing.
The final version is going to have more than three too, so more redundancy for a thruster failure like that.
Pretty amazing they appeared to get it back to the landing pad like that, thing was gliding.
, but still cool