** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

[JRS]

One presumes this "lack of transparency" is a hang-up of NASA/Boeing 20th century corporate mentality. You have to presume they do have cameras decked out all over the vehicle.

Not entirely lacking in transparency...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1798374020217540913

 

[darkgen]

Don't get me wrong. The animation telemetry is fine and dandy, just surprised there isn't live video telemetry. In the grand scheme of things, I would be stunned if the lack was due to cost considering the benefit it can provide alongside telemetry data from sensors / alerts. Perhaps the vehicle really does not have the capability to stream such data!

 

[drakulton]

 

[Flibster]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1798521618664194077

Let's hope the crew wake up later on and still have maneuvering capability, and don't sound like representatives of the lollypop guild...

 

[ic1male]

SpaceX going again today with fourth Starship launch. Watching via BBC iPlayer.

 

[VaderDSL]

1 minute to go

 

[Feek]

That controlled landing burn over the sea was absolutely incredible.

 

[Deleted User 234324]

Awesome splash down for the booster, looked like it went perfectly.

 

[bliss]

That controlled landing burn over the sea was absolutely incredible.

And terrifying! The final 10 seconds was intense!

 

[gettothechopper]

could have ridden that the whole way - nice comfy landing

 

[Colonel_Klinck]

Such a shame Elon made SpaceX drop their YT coverage.

 

[steve45]

Such a shame Elon made SpaceX drop their YT coverage.

I've always watched Everyday Astronauts stream or one of the other restreams, so it never really bothered me.

The booster soft water landed was fantastic. Just got external cameras back as well for starship.

 

[VaderDSL]

Re-entry has just started. hopefully the camera hold up

That plasma glow is something else

 

[Colonel_Klinck]

I've always watched Everyday Astronauts stream or one of the other restreams, so it never really bothered me.

The booster soft water landed was fantastic. Just got external cameras back as well for starship.

I find him irritating after a while. Watching NSF steam but i preferred just watching SX stream with just their commentary.

 

[bliss]

This is so stable! So far any way.

 

[JRS]

Some mind-blowing views from this re-entry

 

[VaderDSL]

I have no idea if all that sparking/colour is from the heatshield ablating or the structure burning

Edit : Looks like it was the structure burning thats incredible footage!

 

[Colonel_Klinck]

footage is incredible. That looks like a burn through on the flaps

 

[Flibster]

Well that doesn't look good. Going to lose a flap.

 

[bliss]

I can't imagine being onboard this thing during re-entry.