Starship – SN8 – High-Altitude Flight Test

Re:Starship – SN8 – High-Altitude Flight Test by jonplackett on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @06:25PM (#25366965)

I just posted a gif of the landing on reddit and people are convinced it's edited and fake because they switch the camera almost exactly on impact. I kinda see their point!

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Re:Starship – SN8 – High-Altitude Flight Test by imladyboy on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @06:32PM (#25367048)

Just look up any of the other footage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBELXjq_X-M

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Re:Starship – SN8 – High-Altitude Flight Test by jonplackett on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @06:49PM (#25367277)

Yeah, I mean I don't actually think it's fake. I just see why someone might think it was from the Official Live Stream™

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Re:Starship – SN8 – High-Altitude Flight Test by soneil on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @08:05PM (#25368107)

I think my brain was screaming that it was fake because rockets simply don’t do this. Absolutely mindbending to watch, I can totally understand if anyone’s gut reaction that if it looks unreal, it might just be unreal.

(To be explicit; I don't believe it was faked. There was far too many people watching. But I can understand why the gut reaction may not agree.)

But in all seriousness, I suspect they were prepared for it to hit the ground. Once it left the ground, that part was guaranteed.

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Re:Starship – SN8 – High-Altitude Flight Test by jonplackett on Friday December 11, 2020 @06:50PM (#25393357)

The world these days, when you have to explain yourself so much to make sure you aren't accidentally lumped in with people who really are that crazy.

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Re:Starship – SN8 – High-Altitude Flight Test by agar on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @11:40PM (#25369798)

Maybe the scene was switched because two of the three cameras in that view had...just blown up?

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Re:Starship – SN8 – High-Altitude Flight Test by Diederich on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @06:30PM (#25367034)

Link please?

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Re:Starship – SN8 – High-Altitude Flight Test by nickik on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @07:41PM (#25367874)

On every single video about Space these idiots comment this garage. Don't waste your time with reading it.

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Re:Starship – SN8 – High-Altitude Flight Test by jonplackett on Friday December 11, 2020 @06:49PM (#25393343)

I HATE it when people talk garage about SpaceX

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