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Re:Starship Flight 7 by throw5959 on Thursday January 16, 2025 @05:59PM (#42732001)
Almost a complete failure except for second ever caught first stage...

BTW they first tested a redesigned version of Starship today.

Re:Starship Flight 7 by numba888 on Thursday January 16, 2025 @06:57PM (#42732507)
Booster works, we've seen that before. No satellites deployment, no new heat shield test. Separation works. But that's it.

Now the 'funniest' thing, this piece falls back where the ships are waiting. I hope it will miss this time too.

Re:Starship Flight 7 by ceejayoz on Thursday January 16, 2025 @07:30PM (#42732717)
The ships are on the other side of the planet, near Australia. They’ll be fine.
Re:Starship Flight 7 by numba888 on Friday January 17, 2025 @05:44AM (#42736158)
Didn't expect it to disintegrate completely. At least they figured out what happened. Well, one step at a time. But that means no orbital flight for next couple of missions.