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.

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

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        1 year ago

        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