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Re:Starship goes up. Starship goes down. But is the program ... by ceejayoz on Thursday March 04, 2021 @09:38AM (#26342972)
From this latest test, it looked like SpaceX shared the concern, and took steps to address it. It was less "last-second hover-slam" and more "we'll flip, hover, and touch down gently".

With production legs instead of the tiny stubby test ones, I suspect it'd have worked.

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Re:Starship goes up. Starship goes down. But is the program ... by Stevvo on Thursday March 04, 2021 @09:55AM (#26343166)
It appears the fire that led to explosion was caused by a valve that started leaking even prior to touchdown. i.e. unrelated to the leg failure.
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Re:Starship goes up. Starship goes down. But is the program ... by ceejayoz on Thursday March 04, 2021 @10:07AM (#26343309)
Even better, although it was still visibly leaning after touchdown. Not sure what their timeframe is on the new legs.
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