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The ship is still up in space going 'hey guys don't forget about me I'm usually the main character here' 
** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **
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And the fire at the flamey end is now out as well. It worked. It actually bloody worked.
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Anyone know if they've done any major changes to starship? Like any changes to the hinges from the last attempt?
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Me at every single milestone of this mission:
They put ablative under sheets on it but everything else is the same
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That was truly amazing to watch, whole family watching the Worlds largest rocket be caught out of the air. Utterly utterly mad in a great great way. Massive smile.
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Looks like the engine area on fire, melty/fiery stuff dropping from it. Black smoke not dissipating, getting worse if anything.
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NGL that was impressive.
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Ah cheers, be interesting to see how that goes.
Yeah it does look like it, maybe insulation on fire/smoldering inside the bay. I'm not sure how methane burns in low oxygen environment, does methane burn black with soot like kerosene etc?
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How do they get the booster back down? Do the 'chopsticks' lower?
Or do they have to stand underneath it with a big bedsheet?
Or do they have to stand underneath it with a big bedsheet?
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Also, other angles of the damage to the lower part of booster starting to show, big flamey hole on approach to the tower catch. Looking forward to a deep dive on the catch by usual suspects. Still in awe of that! So damn impressive.
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Yes, the chopsticks move up and down the tower as well as swing left/right. Probably drop it on to orbital launch mount, then crane it off when they are finished playing with it.How do they get the booster back down? Do the 'chopsticks' lower?
Or do they have to stand underneath it with a big bedsheet?
Engine area fire appears to be dissipating now.
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Really was!
For a moment it look liked it was going to end up in a big boom seconds before it corrected itself. Mighty impressive.
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Starship re-entry beginning, plasma building. perspective of the speed as the clouds fly past way below 
Starting to see some plasma creep round the edges of the flaps, hopefully the flaps hold out better this time.
Starting to see some plasma creep round the edges of the flaps, hopefully the flaps hold out better this time.
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Flap design looks mad, like aluminium foil. Beautiful colours 
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Can actually see how its changed colour from the heatingFlap design looks mad, like aluminium foil. Beautiful colours
Burning through one flap!
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Don
Flaps are burning through.