SpaceX’s Starship rocket system reached several milestones in its second test flight before the rocket booster and spacecraft exploded over the Gulf of Mexico.

  • JohnDClay
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    You know of any other companies doing a belly flop maneuver? Or a reusable first stage with hot staging?

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      How reusable? NASA had recoverable boosters How does math and physics change based on goals?

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            No, the constants and dynamics in that flight regime are just not well understood.

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              So you are telling me PhD physicists don’t know?

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                Yeah, broad strokes, but not super high fidelity stuff.

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                  lmao people act like they can’t comprehend that we haven’t solved all physics yet