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Re:Starship's Fourth Flight Test: Window Opens 07:00 AM Cent... by rvnx on Thursday June 06, 2024 @09:45AM (#40597331)
I don't understand one stuff, did the booster land on a drone ship or it just crashed into water ?

At the end of the video feed for the booster, it looks like there is a huge fire and everything is destroyed, but the crowd is cheering

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Re:Starship's Fourth Flight Test: Window Opens 07:00 AM Cent... by kirksidlo on Thursday June 06, 2024 @09:54AM (#40597399)
Drone ship was never the plan for this launch. They simulated a soft landing over the Indian ocean, which appeared to go relatively well.
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Re:Starship's Fourth Flight Test: Window Opens 07:00 AM Cent... by kirksidlo on Thursday June 06, 2024 @12:19PM (#40599246)
Correction: Gulf of Mexico for the booster. Indian Ocean for the upper stage.
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Re:Starship's Fourth Flight Test: Window Opens 07:00 AM Cent... by verticalscaler on Thursday June 06, 2024 @09:52AM (#40597384)
It slowed down sufficiently and hovered for a moment before splashing down. That was the point of the test.

In the future they'll try catching it.

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