Codraroll Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 That's probaby the biggest man-made object that has ever been in free fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartoffelkuchen Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Aaaand FTS bringing us an end to the show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicTech Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Welp, time to wait another year. We ain't going to space today :\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little 908 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 LOL the starship was the most KSP thing ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 That was kerbal af Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 That tumble was quite violent, impressive that it didn't break up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartoffelkuchen Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Just now, tater said: That was kerbal af Like the thing just doing barrel rolls in 35km altitude? Soooo incredibly Kerbal, yeah. Not enough gimbal authority and too much lift in the front obviously, we all know it. /s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Very kerbal indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Yup, I flew a few rockets like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicTech Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Where's the revert to VAB button? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Made it further than N1, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicTech Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Someone's gotta add some reaction control wheels... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Wow. Think flip was intentional - centrifugal release. But Starship didn't want to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 So. Pretty clearly not all the engines lit. The stage separation didn't happen. It will be interesting to find out why. Is it because of the stage 1 engine issue? Maybe they didn't reach the actual staging point? Or maybe the staging just failed. As the rocket was flipping and spinning, it reminded me a lot of what happens in my own KSP launches if I have a deficiency in thrust and/or control authority. Also curious whether the final explosion was a intentional range-safety demolition or if the stress just tore the thing apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, tater said: That was kerbal af Exactly. I have literally done this exact thing on so many occasions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 I was chanting “RUD RUD RUD” the whole time! That was awesome!! That drone shot was absolutely amazing. And astounding they were able to control it, let alone fly at all with that many engines out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropian Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 That was the most Kerbal launch I've ever seen The engine failures and the ridiculous spin was awesome, I'm mindblown that it didn't break up from aero forces when it was practically perpendicular to the airflow xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, Minmus Taster said: That tumble was quite violent, impressive that it didn't break up! I've flown that profile, lol T+29s you could see engines blowing up. So the containment works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 First stage separation was planned very slow only 2000 km/h, falcon 9 tend to go to 6-8.000 km/h think 40 km is a bit low too. The flip was planned but starship did not separate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 5 minutes ago, Codraroll said: That's probaby the biggest man-made object that has ever been in free fall. One of the most expensive cheering ever too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little 908 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 “We are awaiting for the 2nd stage separation” bruh thats legit all my missions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Looked to be an unplanned extension of their stage separation flip. Remember, they plan to separate stage 2 centrifugally instead of the normal way. If it works, great, that's a lot of hardware you don't need. It did not work today, unsure why. It is possible that the engine outs meant that the ship was in a worse aerodynamic environment on separation than it would have been and there was too much drag to separate the ship. It is also possible that with the engine outs, there wasn't enough gimbal authority to gain enough angular velocity to yeet the ship away. There was also a fuel imbalance noted, in a Discord server some people are hypothesizing a leak or fire, and that could have messed with stuff as well. It got further than N1 ever did, though! The best N1 failed just before attempted stage separation, Starship got all the way there on flight one! Excellent demonstration of the engine shielding, no massive cascading failures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropian Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Am I crazy or was there a noticeable tilt when it was lifting off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannu2 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Trajectory looked very familiar at after 2 minutes. I am sure many KSP players share the feeling when tried to launch heaviest rocket ever. I did not know that any real rocket can even stay in one piece at such spinning. Nice try after all. No collateral damage and I think they got loads of useful data for further development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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