Starship | Fifth Flight Test

less than 1m read

·Nov 19, 2024

Attention all flight crew members. This is the final go/no-go poll for operations.

Raptor one. Raptor one, let's go. Raptor two, go. Stage one, go. Stage two, go. Flight director is go for launch. We have lift-off!

[Music] Vehicles pitching.

[Music] Downrange. Max CU ship engine startup. Separation booster boost-back burn on.

Oban, 30 seconds. He catch decisions, confirming 30 seconds to make that decision. 10 seconds to catch decision. Hot stage separation confirmed. Flight director is go for booster return. Operator go, vote is set. True, we are go for catch. Booster coming in hot for booster.

[Applause] Catch booster. FTS is [Music] saved. And I ignite 13 of those Raptor engines, and this view is incredible right now. I can't wait for us to hear the sonic boom.

Landing burn start-up. We can see those Chopsticks now. This is absolutely insane! On the first ever attempt, we have successfully caught the super heavy booster. Gilla has caught the booster.

Chip Ian power CL, ninal Starship. House, enter the atmosphere. Starship is approaching the peak heating phase of Entry. Landing burn start-up is on. Target star ship is landed.

Getting interviewed by my interns.

Underestimating the problem of induction

View All

STOICISM | The Power Of Indifference (animated)

Emperor Marcus Aurelius was the most powerful man on earth. He commanded an army that was feared in all corners of the known world. And if he wanted, he could have sex with any woman he desires and be drunk and partying for the rest of his life. It’s quit…

Game theory worked example from A P Microeconomics

What we have here is a free response question that you might see on an AP Microeconomics type exam that deals with game theory. It tells us Bread Basket and Quick Lunch are the only two sandwich shops serving a small town, so we’re in an oligopoly situati…

Prepositions of neither space nor time | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

Hey Garans, we’ve talked about prepositions of time, and we’ve talked about prepositions of space. I couldn’t come up with a name for these because the following five prepositions are examples of what we would call prepositions that have connotations for …

Private jet expert reacts to Meet Kevin reacting to Iman Gadzhi

Is it worth paying, you know, 50% more on fuel cost, uh, you know, twice the cost for the plane? Basically, probably not for those little things. That’s when you get into like the luxury; like, it’s a ripoff. Okay, you can buy a nice four-seater Renault o…

British Columbia's Fall Trip | National Geographic

British Columbia fall road trip. We started in Vancouver and are heading up the Okanagan Valley. I want people to take away from the experience of Backyard Farm that they have made a real authentic connection with myself, with my farm, with our community,…

Lesson Planning with Khanmigo Webinar

Welcome, welcome everybody! We are here today to talk about lesson planning and how at KH Academy and with Con Migo we can support you with lesson planning. We know we are all teachers; we have been in the classroom. We have gone through lesson planning.…

Starship | Fifth Flight Test

More Articles