SpaceX launches Starship in third test flight

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[regolith]

Excellent journalism from 1:37:24 to 1:38:45 as only the Washington Post can deliver.

[mrpepin]

Hey Washington Post... Maybe make sure that your journalist's WHOLE mailbox isn't visible by everyone at the start of the streaming ? I mean... What about trying ?

[lciummo]

1 hr 20 before the video starts? Does WaPo have any video editing capability.

[cariboudjan]

Huge advancement with this test. A few re-entry hiccups left to fix!

The implications of this are huge!

[Sonyag]

Craft was traveling too fast on reentry. You can see the metal "top" of the craft start to burn up right before signal loss. Time to put more heat shield tiles on more of the surface of the next space craft.

[israelitenet]

Emergency!!!

 Baffles will not work to prevent the slushing problem, because the tanks of Starship system are too large. That is the only reason why the starship will explode every time.

The solution:

The tanks  of  Starship and  Superheavy need 2 disks valves, expanding the diameter of each tank. One of the disks, the one on top, rotates above the contiguous disk to close the overlaping holes on the surface of the disks; to reduce the Size of the tank by dividing it, before any rotation or acceleration of the rocket. This will prevent slushings and protect the plumbing, if located 10% above the bottom section of each tank. Large telescopic pistons can be attached below the bottom of disk valves to control the fuel pressure as the piston expands into  the fuel tank. 

 I have built a model that works perfectly. The second disk valve can be located 10%  below the front of the tank, to also protect the front of the tanks from the slushing forces. 

Why is Elon  not using four pins instead of three to secure each heat shield tyle? Four anchor points provide far more stability to secure a tyle, not three.What is more important than securing the heat shield? Four anchor points would eliminate the problems of tyles falling off the ship every time there is an engine ignition. Please get this message to Elon. Thank you.

[opieshomeshop]

*_Wait, I thought the earf was flat?_*

[DRACOS]

did ether stage land? ! never shown or talked about

[BahreEdred]

Good. Even i a stauch opposer of spacex leadership, the team outdid themselves. Congrats to wonderful minds there. My son liked the show

[justinm]

The only thing that would make this better is if Elon wasn’t at all associated with it. Fantastic, amazing, impressive, inspiring!

[educationiskey]

It's not a starship unless a travels intergalactic space.

All this generation does is create rockets.

The concept of the rocket is old.

[Souljourney]

Still using rockets is hilarious at this point!😂

[stephaniebrugel]

Never seen a “News” outlet so full of BS. What a disgrace to High School journalism.😂

[jasperdavis-nbgm]

What happen to first and second, sounds like you have a problem Houston. What's the rush do it right. Sound like North Korea testing their rockets.