The tower has caught the rocket!!
Big step towards making life multiplanetary was made today."
We’re not breaking physics, so success is one of the possible outcomes here.”
Because of lost tiles … the forward flaps were so melted it was like trying to control it with little skeleton hands,
This is absolutely insane!”
By continuing to push our hardware in a flight environment, and doing so as safely and frequently as possible, ... we’ll rapidly bring Starship online and revolutionize humanity’s ability to access space."
He's trying to position himself for minimal regulatory interference with SpaceX once Donald Trump becomes president,
We accept no compromises when it comes to ensuring the safety of the public and our team, and the return will only be attempted if conditions are right,
SpaceX engineers have spent years preparing and months testing for the booster catch attempt, with technicians pouring tens of thousands of hours into building the infrastructure to maximize our chances for success,
Even in this day and age, what we just saw is magic,
This is a day for the engineering history books,
Are you kidding me?”
The FAA determined SpaceX met all safety, environmental and other licensing requirements for the suborbital test flight,
I am still in disbelief,
This massive effort, along with updates to the ship's operations and software for reentry and landing burn, will look to improve upon the previous flight and bring Starship to a soft splashdown at the target area in the Indian Ocean,
Teams will continue to monitor weather conditions for the next available opportunity,
With each flight building on the learnings from the last, testing improvements in hardware and operations across every facet of Starship, we’re on the verge of demonstrating techniques fundamental to Starship’s fully and rapidly reusable design,