Starship Flight 5 - Cinematic Experience

[@CSIStarbase]

For those who aren't a fan of the soundtrack, the music free version is available for channel member!

[@poppedweasel]

Well you did call it the Cinematic Experience and in my opinion, the music was awesome and really added to the overwhelming drama of what it being seen. Great choice. Excellent photography!

[@davidrowewtl6811]

I often complain about music. This is a sound track and entirely appropriate! A*

[@bluewater82]

Awesome content as always! I love the detailed tracking especially during the coast-back phase. Question: was the venting from the booster QD during the catch a leak from the hardware or was it done on purpose as a way to vent fumes from the tanks?

[@RalphEllis]

You need some stabilisation. Unwatchable. R

[@bluewater82]

@@RalphEllis There is always someone bi**hing about something stupid…

[@Muonium1]

My first live in person launch ever. I think I'm spoiled for life, because I have no idea how it could ever be topped. The most astounding thing I have ever witnessed.

[@PeterJCalkins]

I feel the same way!!!

[@TrungNguyen-uf8cv]

a crew to marse should feel different

[@Papershields001]

Congrats! Must’ve been incredible! My first launch was out at Wallops island in 2013. It was a Minotaur V so an old peacekeeper ICBM launching a stripped down moon mission for nasa called, “Ladee” I can’t compare it to a starship flight, but if you ever get the chance to see an all solid rocket launch it’s worth it. The rocket screams off the pad and one of the coolest things ever is seeing a ton of stages dropping away in showers of sparks.

[@deal2live]

Lucky SOB!!!!'

[@timesfly1081]

I'm extremely jealous! if it had been in florida I wouldve been there! Coming into it did you think it would crash into the tower? That's kind of what I expected but they actually caught that thing on the VERY FIRST TRY I still can't believe it even now 🤯

[@Maxim.Teleguz]

To the unknown faces that stayed up long nights solving the incredible problems. These faces will never be known to the outside world. Salute to you.

[@waynesworldofsci-tech]

But they are our pathway to the stars.

[@mikakettunen7939]

Amen! I can only remotely imagine how proud they feel about themselves - unfolding space travel history with their united effort \,,/ "Mama - is this my grand grand grandfather/mother name here on this memorial wall about that funny name SPACEX that bring us here to Mars back in day?"

[@trueuniverse690]

You can always check the current spacex employes

[@ramvander88]

actually, they took a nice photo with the whole space x team.. in a parking lot.

[@unbreakableldorado7723]

I just love this. Their faces and names will not be known. But their actions will echo into eternity

[@greengonzonz]

Days later, having watched a couple dozens times..... nope, my brain still struggles to accept what my eyes have witnessed ❤

[@Lukas_101]

I have a family member who was around for the moon landing and watched it live, and he said that watching the launch, the booster coming back, and being successfully caught by the chopsticks, created the same level of disbelief and awe as the moon landing. 😮🤯🤯 Guys… this is our generation’s Moon landing. “I know not technically, but in regards to impressiveness and effect”

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Despite having cold sweat and shaky hands while watching it live, somehow I had confidence it would go without a hitch. With the delays they've had so much time to re-check everything, it just could not go wrong really. Plus they already demonstrated pinpoint precision landings over and over and over. I sound overconfident maybe, but this is in keeping with SpaceX's track record. Just simply magnificent.

[@RainOfChaos91]

no matter how often i watch it and no matter how many explanations i look, my brain still thinks its a fake

[@Kreedogger]

@@RainOfChaos91 This is as real and totally visceral as all of this get's. I cannot imagine how the next tests are going to look like. We are going to see the Starship itself being caught alongside superheavy booster by a huge Mechzilla and it's chopsticks in the near future. It's going to work.

[@TayoEXE]

I can't believe I was very lucky to catch it live. It felt like witnessing history in the making. Regardless of where it goes from here... the engineering required to do what I saw is frankly amazing. This enormously huge, 23-story building sized object fell all the way from the sky, landed itself exactly where it lifted off, perfectly between two enormous metal arms, and didn't even explode. Physics is a beast.

[@bcorn68]

This was my third Starship launch. I took my 83 year old parents and my brother this time. Mom cried when the booster landed so then of course I had to cry as well. What an incredible accomplishment! I am so grateful to have been a witness to such an important step in humanity's journey. Thank you for documenting this so well. P.S. We were two vehicles to your left during the launch. I came over and photographed your shirt so I could find you here. Thanks again. See you next time!

[@svnxus]

You are so lucky to be there for a live launch!

[@WhiteArtsMagic]

"had to cry"?

[@thomasperryman3460]

God bless you and your parents. Enjoy them

[@keywest63020]

​@@WhiteArtsMagicYah.....its contaigous, just like laughter...especially if it is by someone close to you.

[@TheWillemDeBur]

weirdo to cry at some explosion

[@bluewater82]

My grandfather would have loved this. He got me so interested in space flight when I was a kid in the 80s. All of my little mission patches and Shuttle toys/models were gifts from him. He did not have a higher education but he was fascinated by science and read tons of science fiction and non-fiction and whenever he was around he would share what he had learned with me. My biological father was out of the picture so my grandfather was the only father-figure I had growing up. One of the last conversations I had with him was him showing me his modem and telling me about how the internet was coming and going to completely change the world. He passed away soon after that and never got to witness any of the incredible things that have come since. Seeing videos like this make me cry as a grown ass man thinking about how amazing it would have been to witness something like this in person with him by my side.

[@oldtimer2192]

What an awesome Grandad! Sorry for your loss!

[@parkershaw8529]

A man with vision!!

[@KalystiaLee]

This will never get old for me. ❤

[@Castano_pinto]

Si un simple avión me emociona al pasar por el cielo, esto es como una orgía para los amantes

[@oldtimer2192]

We are seeing history being made here!

[@carriejoint5970]

@@Castano_pintoWell said😊

[@craigblackman4558]

This is truly inspiring footage. I have no words. I remember jumping up and down and my wife and son thinking I was a madman... I was. This was REAL!

[@xanto360]

lol i was watching it and just stood there: oh my god no it isnt.. oh my god no please ....oh my god NO.. OH MY GOD NOOO OH IT IS!!!!

[@ClearAlera]

When I saw the twin boosters land like synchronized swimmers after the first falcon heavy launch, I thought nothing could ever top how cool that was. I was wrong.

[@quietssstormtez]

Yes! I was there for the twin booster landing and my eyes were sweating. Probably would have passed out if I was in Boca Chica.

[@jameskelly1680]

Wait for the Starship catch! That will top it!

[@takanara7]

The video was actually messed up and they were showing the camera from the same booster twice. The actual boosters were slightly out of synch, lol. But it looked slightly more impressive then it actually was.

[@luismartepr]

I’m glad I’m not the only one. I cried my eyes out when I saw the two boosters landing parallel, and I cried my eyes out once again I can’t stop watching this

[@ClearAlera]

@@takanara7 I was talking about the drone shot that showed both of them landing in the same frame at the same time. I know they were a second or two off, but that specific shot is what got me going!

[@AlienVibesss]

I was not expecting this from you, Zack. But this is incredible! Beautifully stabilized footage, and this is by far the best video I've seen thus far that shows the engine bay as it starts glowing from the heat of re-entry. Great job!

[@CSIStarbase]

Thank you!

[@-danR]

I've seen a dozen other replays and didn't think this could be particularly special. It is particularly special, right down to the music-track selection: not just random selection off-hand thinking "yeah this slaps OK, next..." If there were 1000 choices, this track would be the only choice.

[@DavJumps]

Agree. Awesome edit.

[@Kreedogger]

@@-danR I agree..the music perfectly displayed the gravity of the situation. Pun partially intended. Haha!

[@Starship_TrooperX]

@@CSIStarbasewas this your footage Zack? Epic footage and edit. Love the slow mo’s at awesome points and the colours and angle as the plume expands is just unreal. Absolutely best I’ve seen yet.

[@donald4munro]

Still mind blown! 🤯That side view of the booster translating to the right towards the tower will never get old... Great video, Zack!

[@phillipcsandoval9094]

One of the most incredibly and amazingly beautiful video ever! Thank you 🙏

[@Justin.Franks]

I was definitely surprised at how fast it translated. And also at how quickly the engines were able to gimbal.

[@jcims]

Watching the lateral movement go to absolute zero while it was descending is just incredible.

[@charles_preston]

EXACTLY! MIND CONTROL OPERATIONS are designed to "BLOW YOUR MIND". #MKULTRA 101

[@kersebleptes1317]

Sir, you have successfully joined engineering to art- with a perfect weld! This is just gorgeous. The stabilised images of the booster are so informative. Bravo, CSI Starbase, Bravo!

[@charles_preston]

Bravo. Mind control accomplished!

[@petercozzaglio6070]

Watching the booster flying through the sky backwards and getting caught will never get old.

[@keldonj.6054]

Holy shit, you got the initial thermal heating of the engine skirt upon reentry!!! Fantastic footage! Love the wide shot view and great job on the stabilization editing. Can't wait for your deep dive into the flight and future missions!

[@MurphyRiddle-bl4cp]

I've been wanting to see the initial thermal heating as well, now I can die peacefully 😂

[@anthonylosego]

Elon said "easily fixable", so I assume they will run cryo oxygen through the bells on the way down next time. Enough to prevent making the metal soft enough to deform under the high pressures.

[@shrodingerschat2258]

I'm not so sure that was reentry heating. It almost looks like there was a methane leak because there is actual fire inside the engine skirt. This footage actually shows it best. The initial "glow" starts right before it passes behind the assent exhaust plume. It starts on one side and travels across to the other.

[@keldonj.6054]

@@anthonylosego he was referring to the outer engines as they were warped after catch. The inner 13 were being chilled prior to landing burn.

[@keldonj.6054]

​@@shrodingerschat2258I disagree, it starts from the side leading away from the airflow because those gasses get compressed more in that corner of the skirt. It spread to the other side as the atmosphere got thicker. I don't think a fire from a methane leak would be sustainable at mach 3.

[@TheSenatorSam]

I’ve watched this 100 times already and every single time the engineer in me can’t help but shed a tear.

[@charles_preston]

Re;petition only reinforces the brain acceptance, stop watching! #MindControl 101

[@AndyMcClements]

The closeup footage of the booster during descent is totally thrilling. I keep coming back to watch, even weeks later. Thanks man !

[@jouleml]

The birds flying around after landing makes it even more epic 👏👏👏

[@ManishSingh-xo1fb]

Finally some one who sees us a part of the whole. The bird flying by - little fella...you don't what we earthlings just did.

[@phillipcsandoval9094]

It doesn’t matter how many times I watch, it brings tears…🙏

[@axon62]

history in the making...grateful to be alive to witness this incredible achievement on the first try!

[@soapbar88]

dude this video is freaking sweet! you always nail the soundtrack, watching that booster spin and stabilize was incredible. you saw history made and you shared it beautifully.

[@johnotron1able]

By far the best cinematic yet

[@caocao45590]

This is by far the most amazing thing I have ever seen!! It is the stuff of science fiction come true...

[@mike_js2936]

That’s awesome how you can see the first stage rotate in such detail after separation. Amazing footage!!!!

[@nutmeg69]

So many things caught in this footage that I haven't seen elsewhere! The rotation of the booster during boostback, the separation and falling of the hotstage ring, the reorientation of the booster towards the launch site and the reentry heating! Amazing work with the stabilization and loved the soundtrack!

[@toniamsterdam3910]

67 now, i watched the moon landing as a child, it was very impressive - and now ... this!!! Absolutely mind blowing - go on!

[@knowledgeisgood9645]

Wow Zack, a complete video without a single word! At a loss for words...🤣

[@PetesGuide]

I heard him say “that was close”!

[@slandgsmith]

Muah! Chef's kiss! The dramatic music was perfect!

[@michaelbgentry]

Great soundtrack! gives me chills watching this everytime.

[@phillipcsandoval9094]

What a beautiful times to be alive!🇺🇸🙏

[@nerfarian]

Yep, has a lot of The Expanse feel to it

[@74Cosmo74]

@@nerfarian Jaws too

[@dphuntsman]

My god, Zack; you hit this one out of the park! Well done!! - Dave Huntsman

[@patrickunderwood5662]

Some of the most impressive footage I’ve seen. The stabilized shots… wow. KUDOS. Great shot of the host stage ring sep. And the music choice didn’t hurt either. Excellent. The achievement itself: an historic day. It’s going to change things.

[@kevbowhite]

So, I've obviously watched lots of videos of this flight. Your image stabilized video is fantastic. And I really really really appreciate the fact that it is all from a single POV (well, mostly, but good enough). It is great seeing it from so many different angles, but it is hard to really "see" what is happening. This video makes it super clear what is happening on the boost back burn. And I don't think I've ever seen the booster turn around and point the engines back at the ground before...either this or Falcon 9. There just aren't these long, full tracking shots from a single location. I'm sure you knew what you were doing in doing this, but thank you. This will be my go-to when showing this to friends and family who really don't understand what's going on here. Also...doesn't it seem like it would make more sense to release the hot-stage ring when the engines are pointing down and the booster is angled towards the pad? That way, it would fall "behind" the booster. Probably just too late to drop it, but man, I was so scared they were going to collide the way that they were going.

[@anthonylosego]

Viewing angles are weird when you take the curve of the Earth into account. They drop the ring and hold the booster up with reaction control thrusters (relatively speaking) so the ring can drop below the booster. They don't have RCTs in a way to avoid the ring in any other orientation. Best to drop it first, then come over top of the ring. When you are powered, you don't want anything over top of you. They want the ring below the booster.

[@YouTube_username.]

@@anthonylosego oh nice. Either I missed it or they didn't show the nice space odyssey like symmetrical view of the hot stage ring jettison from a camera on the ship... So that shiny ball slowly gloaming inexplicably in front of the booster while it is doing all sorts of firing was, according to the pit of my stomach, one of those glowie shiny ball UFO bullshits for a second. And then this video has the colossal BRAHMS which makes it just like those overhyped UFO videos lol, not that I'm knocking this, this is awesome

[@YouTube_username.]

There is a channel in Florida that bought a ex NASA tracking trailer camera and they specialize in those long tracking shots I think they are called US launch report they were there for Clipper no Starship of course

[@mikebridges20]

What a presentation of such a historic event! Still blows my mind (and also doesn't) that a private entity has developed technology so far in advance of every government agency on the planet! Well done, just well done!!! Can't wait to see the CSI Starbase analysis of IFT-5, but will wait patiently.

[@Cliff_P]

I don't even know what to say, most spectacular, most sophisticated, most advanced, most massive, engineering I've ever seen. Ps, great job on the video 👍

[@Darth_Lawrence]

CSIStarbase that was an amazing video. Thank you and the whole Team for putting this together so Quickly!

[@mongini1]

you did an amazing job here tracking the whole event, and awesome 6FPS footage of the landing - thanks for letting my jaw drop to the floor

[@SirCharles12357]

Wow!!! Beautiful videography and good use of suspenseful music!!! The shot of the hot staging ring falling beside the booster was simply amazing!!

[@havelsand]

What an amazing footage! Great stabilization! And then this beautiful filigree ballet of the booster to avoid the HSR. I've never seen this level of detail in any other video before. ❤

[@jonbradley4789]

Just WoW! Hats off to your editing team. This kind of image stabilization is not a simple thing to achieve. Epic. Thank you for this.

[@hefwilliams5400]

That was hands down the most dramatic and impactful video of the launch / catch yet, congrats !!!

[@simonmocs5986]

Amazing footage paired with perfectly matching music and audio! Thank you for your effords capturing and editing this piece of art! Keep up the great work! I cannot wait to see what you analyze out of IFT-5 for future deep dive episodes

[@keyscook]

Most excellent production of this historic event. Thank you & Cheers from Seattle! 🍻

[@philipschultz]

This video deserves millions of views. Best footage of a launch and landing 😂 I've ever seen.

[@fretsward2225]

It's Elon Musk. He's the enemy of those who want to once again live in the United States unlike the liberal foreigners at KZbin who are shadowbanning this...

[@mussie302]

Incredible footage. It's wonderful that this historic flight was captured so perfectly to preserve this event for history. Top marks.

[@frankknowlton736]

Great production and video Zack and Company. Loved your focus on Booster 12's journey, what and incredible video and really liked the sound track!

[@dryster123]

The magnitude of the engineering required for that one moment is almost impossible to comprehend. What an astounding thing to watch.

[@kevikiru]

When I watched this launch, I though of CSI Starbase. I can't wait for your detailed analyses. Thank you for all your efforts!

[@puntloosPD]

let me tell you, in the grand, sweeping, magnificent universe of visual storytelling, there exists a moment, a single, glorious, ineffable experience, where all the elements - direction, acting, cinematography, and music - converge into something far beyond mere entertainment. This is not just a film or a motion picture, oh no. We are talking about a transcendental piece of art, an auditory-visual symphony so exquisitely crafted that it demands nothing less than to be called… absolute cinema!

[@hpalvz]

Amazing video! The boostback turn looks so clear here and feels way less violent than on the live stream

[@SachinKumar-xu3kw]

This video is just as iconic as the event. Brilliantly shot and edited.

[@PeterJCalkins]

Best edit I've seen so far. I was there too, and you really captured the excitement of seeing it in person. Well done!

[@dezozlesa]

Great shots and music. My mind still fails when I try to imagine the size of these things, the ~400m flame torch, the crazy huge clouds generated by RCS thrusters etc and the 20-30 story building landing on 2 huge metal rods sticking from a tower. Simply mind blowing.

[@AmericanBadger]

Outstanding job. Perfect soundtrack. Thanks for sharing! 👏

[@gmdhargreaves]

This opens up more than we can imagine it’s quite incredible tbh

[@ubroberts5541]

Wow! Great job! Loved it. It should be shown in movie theaters as a preview to a movie.

[@HouseofRock-r6y]

I love that it's only gonna get better from here on and I look forward to ever more amazing events.

[@refurbansuburban]

Fabulous work, great cinematography. Thank you!

[@gregmcmillan3439]

Dude! You stitched that together quick and it is awesome! And for the record…loved the audio and music! Take a bow Sir!

[@danwhiffen9235]

Love the fact that you synced countdown Bravo Got chills several times

[@s2r2420]

Awesome tracking. Just gave a good insight into the events through the entire flight of the booster. From now we can at least imagine how things happen on reentry. The best of the so many videos I have seen and my sincere appreciation and gratitude for the great work.

[@AngelLestat2]

most of the time I can not watch the long videos of this channel due my lack of time, but the few I watch were a clear example of the quality level of this channel. This is an amazing work.

[@CSIStarbase]

You are most definitely missing out. Its a shame the way people say they aren't able to watch long videos even though they sit through 2 to 3 hour videos at the movie theaters lol

[@AngelLestat2]

​@@CSIStarbase a 2 hours movie with a production that lasted 1 year and millions of dollars :) Your production has a lot of value for a youtube channel and I admire that, but I am the type of person that I think you can split your episodes in 10 min videos, because no everyone has 1 hour of continue time to invest. With short episodes and better title frame in certain topics, viewers can choose if that episode has content they are interest or not, instead of view a whole hour without knowing if there is useful information that we are looking for or not. The job and research your team done is the same, you are just splitting the topics in small videos. I know that are topics that can not be split, due lack of content, time frame in the findings, etc. But well, this is just the opinion of 1 of your many subscribers.

[@CSIStarbase]

Unfortunately I can not split my videos into smaller segments. I simply don't have time for that given that I have a full time job. That requires a ridiculous amount of work to make new intros and outtros for each one. It also ruins the flow of the story. No offense to you but I do not intend to cater to short attention spans. Every one of my episodes is a documentary and the amount of time that goes into them can not be reflected by a production budget. Part 2 of any episode always does worse than part 1. The moment people see part 2, they decide not to click on it especially if they haven't seen part 1. If I was interested in maximizing views by doubling or tripling views using the trick of creating multiple parts, then I would consider doing that...but its not my goal.

[@AngelLestat2]

​@@CSIStarbase I understand.. I will watch them wherever I find the time if certain topics are puzzle me. The quality of your work never was in question, so I will stay around :)

[@kiwipete642]

So freaking good. Thank you, Zack for a superb video. The music playing as the booster returns is epic!

[@truegret7778]

Beautiful execution. Kudos to Elon Musk and the entire SpaceX team!!! Excellent production, per usual, Zack. Now, we need a modern iMax/THX, outdoor, presentation !! For the first showing I propose the Air & Space Museum in San Diego.

[@ekowstevens4054]

Absolutly the best booster up and down footage. Just emotional really.

[@josianebesset9090]

Je suis éblouie par cette vision d'une machine de plusieurs tonnes qui est reçue comme une plume par des bras accueillants ...Que cela est beau ! Oui c'est de l'art. Je revis l'alunissage de 1969, le vol du Concorde... Marie Curie a dit : je suis de ceux qui pensent que la science est d'une grande beauté. Bravo à cette talentueuse équipe menée par les rêves d'un homme , un Léonard de Vinci du XXI ème siècle. Merci pour ce partage.

[@spiritusinfinitus]

Am I allowed to swear? There's been some good videos of this, but this has just become THE video. Amazing!

[@steadGang]

I think that "Sonic Booms Reflected" might actually be Hot Stage Ring landing. It was going super sonic as well but landed further off shore so it took longer to reach the camera.

[@petrpodskalsky1785]

About the hot stage ring, have you heard anything about what they plan to do with it? Surely they'll integrate it into the booster on Block 2 right? It feels weird seeing it thrown away when the goal of Starship is to be fully reusable.

[@seanmcpherson5595]

Holy booms Barman!

[@izzad777]

​@@petrpodskalsky1785if memory serves me right, starship v2 is taller, has extended tanks in both booster and ship. I believe they designed a new hot stage ring to be incorporated directly into the inter stage so it doesnt need to be discarded. The new booster is like 10m taller which is around 80m tall.

[@petrpodskalsky1785]

@@izzad777 yeah, I thought the plan was something like that, but I wasn't sure. Thanks.

[@cube2fox]

Since the second booms occur 30 seconds later, the ring would have been about 10 kilometers further away than the booster. (Seems plausible?)

[@MarcasBurnet]

This has to be the best video of Starship Flight 5 on YT. I can't stop watching this. We humans when we all come together in peace we can make great things happen. This has to be one great thing that humans have achieved.. 20 years or 30-50 years from now god knows what we all can make happen if this just happened...

[@mattgaming8717]

Its like witnessing the space shuttle or appollo for the 1st time. That epic. That type of history made.

[@B0M0A0K]

That was without doubt the best footage and the best angles of this historic event. I am happy as hell that you spent so much time watching the progress of the hot-stage ring, which is at this point a large and hugely dangerous object falling to earth and not burning up. I would love to see them recover the hot-stage ring for investigation. Here's the thing though. This dance isn't over yet. It was history in the making, there's no doubting that. But just as with landing the Starship in those earlier testing days, they did it once! They need to be able to catch this thing five or more times before I will consider it a proven technique. Doing it once could be a fluke, do it a bunch more times and I will be a believer. Great work as always Zack and team.

[@ChristopherCain]

I mean wow The music you selected to sync this thing up Was a masterpiece. The beginning of the re-entry with the music instruments sinking up perfectly with the Guidance Rockets Was genius. I used to sync up Pink Floyd to 2001 a Space Odyssey And this was as good because it was real!

[@cptsil90221]

I showed my 4yo son this video and he was stunned. After a moment he let out a screech of excitement and screamed it was the coolest thing ever. He then started to ask me how can he work on rockets one day. I saw in his little face the excitement for math and science that I only heard about happening in the 70s after the race to the moon.

[@prof_hu]

4 days passed, and I'm still shaking my head in disbelief watching it land.

[@flywithusMSFS]

I watched this launch about 500 times in the past few days and then I found this footage and holy shiet. What a time to be alive!

[@terencedodge3249]

Well done, enjoyed your commentary.

[@ericstromquist9458]

Great video! Fascinating the way the area around the engines very suddenly began to glow yellow as the booster hit denser atmosphere at hypersonic speed.

[@MadSolarTrading]

there is not a single person on this planet who won't find this one of the coolest things they've ever seen.

[@Ceryniful]

Except for the people who are like "WhY ArEnT ThEy SoLvInG ThE wOrLdS PrObLeMs FiRsT?!" or "GlOBaL WaRMiNG o___o" . - /Sigh

[@ross077]

Not only is this an utterly epic production, it shows every phase of the booster's flight so well. Outstanding work 👏

[@lyricbread]

Absolutely unreal. Awesome footage guys!

[@JonDisnard]

Nice. This is by far the best video. Really appreciate the stabilized video kept on center. The part where the booster separated from the blast protector thing.... Was riveting! I was so scared that big hunk of metal was going to crash into the booster as the cold jets sprayed... It was so scarry, it looked like they were going to scrape.

[@jacosnyman2393]

One word...BRILLIANT! Must listen with headphones. Well done

[@jameskelly1680]

Zack, that camera work and stabilization is awesome. And the soundtrack was epic!

[@EvoCreatures]

That was beautiful! Awesome work : )

[@johnnymac1976]

This proves your theory of a much slower booster rotation to mitigate fuel sloshing and the disturbance of the ice in the tank filters. Excellent video!

[@afterburner119]

Just outstanding footage. Thanks for documenting this piece of space history, you always just blow it out of the water sir. *From a space industry insider* 😉.

[@Darky.]

Those booster tracking shots are insane! So much detail at 90+kms. Great work mate! I really appreciate all the hard work you put into your content 🍻

[@phreewill]

true cinematic experience. never tired watching this landing

[@peterkrauspe9217]

Cool shots and a nicely cut together. Great work !

[@billcade2137]

What an awesome accomplishment by SpaceX! Another great video Zack, as usual! Haha

[@noahw3261]

My jaw dropped when the booster started going into its roll correction during boostback at 5:12 - your footage is good enough to see that from the plume irregularities! Fantastic work (as always).

[@nutter85]

I really liked the music on it. Doesn't get old watching this

[@beachit2]

Absolutely some of the best video I've seen yet in conjunction with a perfect soundtrack. Seeing the hot staging ring was a plus.

[@alanblasczyk1779]

Very nice production. Well done.

[@sally-annc1904]

Zack - thank you. I echo what so many have said, the near single POV, the catching the heating of the rocket bay on re-entry, the quality of the production, the synching the sound to image, just a masterpiece. Thank you!!! I sincerely hope this massively boosts your subscribers. One that is worth paying to promote methinks. I'll spread the word far and wide.

[@christover1]

I am always in awe of the local birds, who do not seem to care about what's happening.

[@drhxa]

The birds are psyched too. They're saying "yo wtf are these humans doing bro? Bro they fucking did it?! WTF!"

[@christover1]

@@drhxa They have the best vantage viewing location.

[@nommy8599]

​@@christover1They're probably in a daze, stunned, like a human would be if you spent a minute or 2 sleeping their ears with open hands creating pressure shocks like a martial artist disabling someone in a movie.

[@jdbergan]

I’m sure tens or hundreds are permanently deafened when it takes off.

[@nommy8599]

@@jdbergan I've wondered if they ever make noise before the launch to drive away the local wildlife that can get away prior to launch. That could have its own issues though. Ideally they'd do it in a desert (definitely not the ocean). Oh well. Better get to work on the nice quiet space elevator.

[@eahenrie]

This is the best edit of flight 5 video that I’ve seen. Very well done. Chalk up another subscriber.

[@crossroads4762]

Something new in every replay!

[@michaeljordan8694]

The music for this edit is FANTASTIC!! It sounded like Superman was helping with the descent! haha! Goosebumps! Brilliant! Bravo well done!

[@geoffallan]

Thank you, it was a lot of fun making this having such amazing footage. It made it easy to create the excitement with finding appropriate music.

[@ajctrading]

When that shot at 8:13 came up i swear i thought the booster was gonna smash into the ground at a thousand miles an hour. Still speechless at watching the chopsticks catch

[@OblivionsEdge]

This is so good because its the first time thatt i've seen one continuous view from launch to landing. Although the angles may be better from the livestream, this really just shows the purpose of Super Heavy, like a rocket booster that just goes up drops off the ship in the lower atmosphere, and then returns. So cool, great job :)

[@CSIStarbase]

Yeah that was my goal, to capture one unbroken shot. I hope I can do better next time.

[@GarretL757]

This was fantastic!!