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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        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.

            • cole@lemdro.id
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              lmao people act like they can’t comprehend that we haven’t solved all physics yet