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.

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    10 months ago

    I repeat math or physics changed?

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      10 months ago

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

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        10 months ago

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

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          10 months ago

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

          • cole@lemdro.id
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            10 months ago

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