** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **
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Soldato
when it hits the thick air that flap is getting ripped off.
TBF they could teminate the ship but I get you.
And it would still be coming down then too.TBF they could teminate the ship but I get you.
Soldato
Damn that flap is still there!
Soldato
Wow fair play that flap hung in there.
Soldato
Even broken it still worked!
Caporegime
Best one yet. That was such gripping entertainment.
Commissario
I'm really impressed how that came all the way through the atmosphere with no loss of signal.
Soldato
Yeah but its not what you'd want to see looking out the window
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Amazing, when that flap was burning I did not think it would manage the flip and burn. So so cool.
No doubt the BBC headline will be "Elon Musk's Starship catches fire on test flight"
No doubt the BBC headline will be "Elon Musk's Starship catches fire on test flight"
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Soldato
It's a little sobering knowing when that flap was burning through the same was happening to Colombia's wing.
Soldato
No doubt the BBC headline will be "Elon Musk's Starship catches fire on test flight"
They appear to be very complimentary about it all, tbh. Jonathan Amos writing about how impressive it is.
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Makes a nice change, normally they have something that suggests every test is a disaster.
Soldato
crikey