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Yesterday was absolutely incredible, SpaceX started getting ready in the afternoon to
launch their Starship SN8 prototype to 12.5km.
However, they called a hold at T-2 minutes and 13 seconds, there is speculation that
it was due to a range violation with a plane getting quite close.
Not confirmed, just speculation.
Then, of course it wasn’t over when they kept the stream going and added a message
that they were just pausing the clock.
Some time later, they added a new message announcing a tentative T zero of about an
hour and a half after hold.
A little later, SpaceX added that they would be targeting an extra 5 minutes at 4:45 local
time.
Then it happened!
After the crash landing, SpaceX added a message saying “Awesome test.
Congrats SpaceX team!”
Then their final message goodbye was “SN9 up next!” and they ended their stream.
After that spectacular test flight, Elon Musk tweeted saying “Successful ascent, switchover
to header tanks & precise flap control to landing point!”.
Then he also tweeted “Fuel header tank pressure was low during landing burn, causing touchdown
velocity to be high & RUD, but we got all the data that we needed!
Congrats SpaceX team hell yeah!!”.
By the way RUD is Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly.
Everyday Astronaut asked about the engine shutdown on ascent which I and many others
were wondering about.
Musk responded to say that the engines did great.
Everyday Astronaut again tweeted saying “That all did so much better than I thought.
I can’t believe what I just saw.
Speechless.”
Musk responded with “SN8 did great!
Even reaching apogee would’ve been great, so controlling all way to putting the crater
in the right spot was epic!!”
Musk posted another couple of tweets with “Mars, here we come!!” and “Thank you,
South Texas for your support!
This is the gateway to Mars.”
Musk also posted a great tweet with Raptor number 42 in a square captioned “Life, the
Universe and Everything.”
I just want to show you this phenomenal rotation before landing, what happened yesterday was
just something else.
And once again, the boom in all its glory!
Congratulations to SpaceX, here comes a new era in spaceflight history.
Not my usual format today but I will be doing Sunday’s video the same as any week, this
is just an extra video.
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