The evolution of SpaceX's Starship (with explosions!)

[@dawsonl]

Hard to believe they went from the flying silo of SN5 in August to only 9 months later landing SN15.

[@Ingens_Scherz]

I really can't get my head around that. It's breathtaking.

[@capistranojoeyp1517]

progress

[@robertwatkin2777]

Goes to show how how well a software development approach can reduce development time! Go Agile Development :D

[@MichaelNNY]

When your sole purpose isnt to fill pork barrels for various states, its amazing what you can get done.

[@joer8854]

@@MichaelNNY It's also people clinging to the idea that blowing up rockets is more of a waste and more expensive than simulations. It's not. It's cheaper, faster and more informative to blow them up. We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. Samuel smiles 1859

[@timelord1137]

Starship proved to be capable of landing. The next milestone is to land the Super Heavy. There will be many more failures and explosions, but SpaceX has consistently achieved its goal. And it is inspiring.

[@muddro420]

I think Starship needs to prove itself at least a dozen times in a row before we can trust it to safely carry people to Mars. And even after that we better be damn sure we have a solid plan for landing it on Mars, which will be very different than landing it on Earth.

[@TheNuclearBolton]

@@muddro420 We will send equipment to Mars prior to sending humans. In all honesty, the landing platform needs to be self-leveling and give cushion with the support of air pistons so that we can aid other craft that may potentially visit.

[@BradiKal61]

@@muddro420 Falcon is a proven system that had its own early failures . There is zero doubt that eventually Space X will be able to do anything it wants to

[@caveman4659]

@@BradiKal61 For people who proclaim to be sciency and futuristic, you guys sure lack scientific reasoning. Absolutely? No doubt? Will achieve ANYTHING it wants to? Lmao.

[@dik56]

@@caveman4659 what does sciency and futuristic mean ? They're just talking facts. And yes it is possible with enough time. Don't be so pessimistic

[@thejesuschrist]

Go SpaceX! Humanity's best hope for survival!

[@mandoy2080]

Hi jesus! This got on my timeline just now too!

[@WillFaustCuber]

Ayyy we got Jesus's approval!!!

[@hieroglyph321]

If that's true, then we really are fooked

[@fineidos151]

Thanks Jesus.

[@thejesuschrist]

@@OccupyMarsJune no, don’t hide that bong! Change that water, pack that bowl with some fresh bud, and pass it here!

[@drivefast996]

Who's here after IFT-5 Booster catch and successful ocean landing of ship?

[@HunterandLucynd81.]

me!

[@HunterandLucynd81.]

@Walter_Be Yes!

[@thorium222]

Amazing how fast they developed the starship.

[@jeffjeff4477]

Totally,it went from scifi movie to reality crazy fast

[@MrPlatin]

Imagine the next 10 years...actualy, I can't, too many great accomplishments, can't even believe it.

[@spittle97]

Whilst everyone was doubting them.

[@Robin-Visser]

Fast? We are waiting so many days between testflights. I cant count the days on two hands anymore

[@καλαμ]

@@Robin-Visser Are you serious?

[@IIXeloII]

Starhopper to a full stacked starship is insane

[@HarrisonAdAstra]

Thank you for making this and not just spreading more FUD about this test program.

[@Juno101]

FUD?

[@sonicpokemaster1]

@@Juno101 Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt

[@Juno101]

@@sonicpokemaster1 Ah Thx

[@moltenlavaguy9334]

@peter I’m guessing you are talking about SN10 and SN11

[@paullangford8179]

@@moltenlavaguy9334 SN10 landed, but caught fire and blew up. SN11 landed piece by piece...

[@AFrendlyStarbaseWorker-gc6pv]

Wow, it is amazing to see that almost 3years after SN15 we are getting ready for the third full stack flight of starship

[@buckedupbuckeye]

I can't wait for that day when I can hear the just the sound of the wind rushing by as the vehicle slows in it's descent before hearing those Raptors relight with the landing flip. I just can't wait for that day... I'm ready.

[@messyties]

They might just try land starship using towers now. No landing flip

[@TheBetterGame]

@@messyties no, the current model still includes the flip and a vertical landing, it just uses a tower to absorb the landing shock. The horizontal catch you've seen illustrated was only "in an ideal world", basically him just thinking out loud on Twitter one day.

[@ericharbin-js8ot]

Well that day has came

[@biggbeats1987]

@@ericharbin-js8ot certainly has

[@urmailman]

Guys Im beginning to think the aliens are us

[@Chance_077]

Yeah, me too

[@seamali4383]

Haha yeah 😂

[@gunn301]

It’s highly possibly, there is a theory I heard that I really enjoyed thinking about. That basically posits that if you look at how old we estimate the universe is we are still in a very very early time relative to how old the universe will become. Could explain why we don’t see any evidence of intelligent life as we are the first instance of it happening so far. Always loved thinking about the idea that we will become the mysterious ancient aliens that millions of years in the future new life finds evidence of. If thats the case we need to make sure we leave some cool mysterious relics for them to find behind 😂

[@DPac9]

Duh

[@vincent21212]

not with rocket tech - we need something completely different.

[@slopedarmor]

you just missed spacex's supercut of SN15 : p

[@palehorse1511]

I have been following their progress from the beginning with so much awe. It was incredible to watch SN15 touch down with a soft landing in real time. I am seriously thinking about switching fields and applying for a job at Boca Chica. To be a part of history would be amazing. To be a part of SpaceX would be even more so.

[@andrewpascal6096]

same

[@michaeljmobley]

I'm in IT and at this point I wouldn't even mind being a janitor at Starbase or even GigaTexas. So many talented minds working for SpaceX and Tesla. I'd love to have conversations with so many folks and share the same passions as I do with them. It's probably some high stress level work but in the end, we measure who we are as humans to what we accomplish in our lives and the other lives around us that we affect and inspire. I can't think of 2 organizations that inspire more than them right now.

[@palehorse1511]

@@michaeljmobley Exactly. I currently work in a building/tech field for a global manufacturer. While I love my job, I would love to be a part of human history, and this is the grass roots of how it happens.

[@palehorse1511]

@@michaeljmobley Granted, I already work for a company that has created and innovated machines for construction and agriculture. I would love nothing more than to be a small part of a company whose vision is farther than just here.

[@ainaras108]

so Musk decided to go to Mars with his own rocket ?? Question, how he will make rocket that goes in light speed ??

[@loucatozzi7656]

While watching Starhopper's flight it is crazy how much has changed to the launch area since then!

[@thickboi7570]

For anyone watching this in the future, yes this was the beginning of everything.

[@ThirdyJoelManlangit]

Thank you

[@orionbarnes1733]

And just a couple days ago, starship flight 4 successfully landed in the Indian Ocean. It's crazy to see how far this has come

[@AmericanCrusader222]

I was just thinking that the other day, Mars feels closer and closer everyday.

[@CatFactsSpaceAgency]

not long ago, they caught the dang thing with chopsticks, first try

[@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039]

Can't imagine how soul destroying it must have been for the spaceX crew to watch each attempt crash and burn. Then to pick themselves up and to come as far as they have with the programme is a testament to their grit and determination to get the job done. You have and you are making history people, and I'm just glad to be here to see it happen in my lifetime, thank you.

[@bhbluebird]

What I can't imagine is the partying they did after a successful landing:-)

[@JerseyMcgee81]

They actually would prefer them to explode.

[@happytrailsgaming]

@@JerseyMcgee81 was about to say the data they collected I'm sure was super helpful. Also I'm sure they expected explosions lol

[@CoffeeMonster12]

They definetly expected explosions, thats a part of the development process

[@varietyegg]

I mean they did this with falcon 9 so it's not that different

[@RuhjedVentula]

this shows how quickly humans learn from mistakes to improve and meet the goal

[@cameronh3260]

Except if your Blue Origin, Boeing, ULA, etc

[@alexbenzler5327]

@@cameronh3260 i mean they dont wantt to make mistakkes they want it just perfect and for that to be even remotely possible they take ages lol

[@cameronh3260]

@@alexbenzler5327 "They want to perfect it" but they can't even properly set the clock on the statliner making it miss the ISS and like 90 other software issues that NASA found and that delayed them for almost 2 years

[@alexbenzler5327]

@@cameronh3260 yeh, didn't say it's the best approach haha

[@daex4756]

That’s so amazing engineering ! Bravo to all SpaceX teams !

[@Windeycastle]

It's amazing seeing how gentle those rockets are jumping from launch pad to landing pad.

[@audio7887]

This piece was really well done! The background music selection / composition is on point! So much progress in a mere two years for SpaceX. Especially when also considering the incredible amount of build site, production factory infrastructure they've added and all the orbital launch pad construction. Just wonder were they'll be at in two more years!

[@brettpresta-valachovic3631]

My bet is SpaceX will have the beginnings of a "spaceport" on the Moon or in orbit around the Sun within five years. This will entice individuals to invest in space business while SpaceX works on the challenge of creating a permanent colony on Mars.

[@HomoSapiensSomos]

what is the name of the soundtrack?

[@Coyote27981]

The music reminds me eve online music.

[@venturestar]

@@Coyote27981 Mass Effect Too

[@micharutkowski6029]

@@HomoSapiensSomos Also it sounds like WARNO soundtrack.

[@kthewhite7453]

I remember watching the first successful landing live. Goosebumps!

[@tylersherrock7649]

honestly the idea of lighting all 3 sea level engines to provide redundancy for possible failure events is genius

[@FlavaTheRipper]

Anyone watching in 2024? Before the first catch attempt with the chopstick arms launch pad of the Starship Booster? Haha!

[@JackVadasdi]

same

[@epicablaze]

Watching after!

[@2atalkandpolitics422]

It’s amazing. What took Gemini and Apollo years to do Elon is doing in a fraction of the time.

[@TayoEXE]

The way it flips over vertical and then slowly lands with those rockets is like something I've only seen in a sci-fi movie.

[@111danish111]

Which science fiction movie are you talking about ?

[@ajax818]

When you see it skydive you almost forget that its almost 400 feet and weighs several tons. Can’t wait for it to be an official starship for missions and not a prototype. Imagine when it gets proper landing legs, windows, full heat tiles, updated internals fuel systems, and life support equipment for astronauts. But with time and hard work it will happen.

[@alexmijo]

I don't think it's almost 400 feet

[@dominickwest7558]

@@alexmijo 390 ft

[@jmyers0341]

@@alexmijo dur dur dur

[@alexmijo]

@@dominickwest7558 Isn't that full stack though?

[@maxklinger1494]

That is the sizs of the full stack (Starship + Super Heavy)

[@user-uw1wq9rj8g]

"Failures are the big keys into success" - Elon Musk

[@johndododoe1411]

"If they don't blow up, we have to store them somewhere" - also Elon Musk.

[@Zeyervv]

I remember the Starhopper flight. I watched it in Greece during my vacation. Seen every launch since and its just incredible to see what they have achieved in just 5 years in this program. Just think of the things that are upcoming. What a time to be alive. SpaceX makes me excited for the future

[@Ionut-bg6vw]

Ift6 incoming

[@JustDan_44]

This is it boys, this is where it all begin, through hard work, testing, and failing we successfully put human on mars. Amazing, truly amazing era to be lived on.

[@BradiKal61]

@4:35 This shot always amazes me because you get a sense of the scale of the ahip and how its falling right toward the complex

[@goose300183]

8:13 - "Rapid unscheduled disassembly" - lol I like that!

[@MLennholm]

The music is way too loud, I can't even hear Everyday Astronaut's screaming and cheering in the distance!

[@JB17521or]

Nooo way!! Noooooooo waayy!!! THATSS UNREEAL

[@TiborDevenyi-wd2ep]

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[@Icridium]

It’s incredible that they can actually land on their own. Watching the boosters fly back and land with nothing else attached always seems like they are just running the videos in reverse.

[@SEA-U2]

That's nuts how fast this is evolving

[@Saltcreezy]

and now Starship booster is being caught with chopsticks via Mechazilla - incredible

[@Kresnov]

Designers and Engineers pushing the envelope, the fact they even thought this was feasible is a testament to Human Ingenuity.

[@that1993mustang]

SpaceX did more within a year than nasa could’ve done in a decade. Amazing

[@tylerdurden3722]

NASA went from absolutely nothing, to landing humans on the moon 14 years later...with archaic technology of more than half a century ago. SpaceX has access to modern technology, materials, computers, experienced staff, etc and didn't have to start from scratch since NASA and others already paved the way. It's been 18 years for SpaceX and they still haven't landed humans on the moon...dispite all those monumental advantages.

[@eseholmes4592]

@@tylerdurden3722 NASA had one goal at that time: beat the USSR for the sake of coldwar one-upmanship. Putting people back on the moon isn't SpaceX's primary goal - it's a side project on the path to Mars. Comparing the two is pointless.

[@tylerdurden3722]

@@eseholmes4592 Going to the moon involved other milestones as well. They didn't just go to the moon without doing other stuff first. Like putting stuff and people into orbit, etc. SpaceX plans to use virtually the same system they're using to go to the moon, to go to Mars. If SpaceX could go to Mars, they could easily go to the moon. But they lack the capability for both. Plus, it took NASA only 16 years to send something to Mars. They also sent the first Voyager towards the outer solar system. And much much more. NASA works on a crap ton of stuff. All you have to do is look at the types of patents NASA holds. Weirds tuff like patents on car engines, solar, batteries, etc.😅 NASA had to pioneer all the extra crap that seem normal in spaceflight today. A lot of sidequesting. Plus, NASA's true objective is not comparable with SpaceX's objective. NASA is meant to take the financial risks the private sector won't take, in order to advance the US space industry. But, awarding funding to private contracts was lacking for many years until about a decade ago, when the US government truly started throwing money towards the private industry (because NASA was becoming dependent on Russia). SpaceX also benefited from this change and it was pivotal to their rise. So you could say, private companies like SpaceX is a product of NASA's work...since that was the long term goal to begin with.

[@glenchapman3899]

There is an important distinction though. NASA is basically reinventing an F1 car from scratch with each mission. SpaceX is working to develop the Kenworth truck of space. From day one NASAs brief was to be the path finder, with the assumption private enterprise would develop the economic advantages that NASA discovered. Unfortunately so far the economic advantages of space based private industry have been pretty close to zero.

[@Rsmith420]

@@glenchapman3899 close to 0??? It costs about $80 million per astronaut on Soyuz. It costs about 60 million for a whole Crew Dragon flight. Close to 0?

[@backgroundcharacterj5071]

I like how it went from "Can we move this small rocket across?" to "Move this 20 story building over there"

[@bstrickly]

SpaceX is so far ahead of everyone else, Elon is a genius, he definitely has the Midas touch. Everything he touches turn to gold!

[@АлександрЛукьянчиков-р3й]

He is far ahead of everyone in the race he invented to distract the attention of fools who poorly taught science in school.

[@one_step_sideways]

SpaceX is literally only using what the USSR and NASA have developed, and is doing a bad job at it - particularly as a """private""" company.

[@beardedsawyer6322]

@@one_step_sideways They built the raptor engine with full closed cycle tech, that wasn't invented by NASA or the USSR.

[@AlbertWillHelmWestings2618]

@@beardedsawyer6322 the guy has problems using a switch i dont think he's someone worth arguing with over this kinda stuff.

[@rogerhwerner6997]

Well not everything. His solar program was horrible and it went bust. And I'm not so sure about his autos...we'll see. But in space he's pretty good.

[@wachox]

Today plans for firs orbital attempt were published in FCC site , it's crazy

[@johndododoe1411]

And last week they stacked the full size rocket system just to test the stacking system, then unstacked to continue the finishing touches.

[@adamwhitehouse9232]

The footage at 7:36 is insane, I still can't believe that's real footage! Mental

[@glenchapman3899]

I was thinking the same thing. Life is good when a real world spaceship looks better than CGI lol

[@Arkuza55]

I hope people in the future keep progressing with the technology. I really want to see humanity go interstellar in my life time.

[@kittygiatanidon4980]

His way of thinking, his genius, is the reason why we are going to mars in 10 years.

[@Pikachu-xz9gb]

Mark my word you never will

[@kittygiatanidon4980]

Maybe i will, maybe i wont…

[@CombraStudios]

Sometimes when things seem too impossible it's just a call for a different approach

[@Josh-ri7hy]

The progress in 5 yeears at Starbase is INSANE!!!

[@magnamic5614]

Music is on point.

[@DiegoGomez-pk5tg]

Yeah it honestly reminds me of the Interstellar music

[@user-gp2sh3li4l]

I always forget about sn11. May you rest in pieces.

[@patmahomesisthegoat1622]

And now we’re here, just after they launched the biggest rocket ever. Granted, it did explode, but it flew for 4 minutes. Big achievement for SpaceX

[@zefsam]

Don’t understand the hate on Elon. He’s a person doing everything that most people are afraid to. He’s a perfect example of the magnitude of things u can do when you follow your dreams

[@cryptopolice6202]

Do you know how these Kickstarter scams work? Where they make some prototypes, promis you the world and then turn out to deliver 5% of what they said or nothing at all. This is pretty much how Musk operates and how he runs his businesses, but instead of not delivering, he uses money from the future (new promises) to fund the old a bit more. The experts he hires with money he obtained by lying and misleading, are doing amazing things and deserve the credit. Musk on the other hand, who acts like he is the mastermind behind all the tech, is just a conman with the mindset of a child. He uses B to fund A, C to fund A&B and D to fund A&B&C. The promises for the future need to get bigger and bigger to keep this bubble in tact. (something we are clearly seeing) 90+% of his/his companies capital is money that people invested for future products (or in anticipation for future products). Most of this money however, is being used to keep those first projects from dying (since non of Musk his projects are really economically viable). Ofcourse they can deliver some amazing products to keep people believing in this Musk-scheme, when companies like Tesla are extremely overvalued (due to empty promises for the future) and Musk keeps borrowing money against those assets to fund new projects.

[@biggrizzlybear6774]

Dear humanity in whatever future sees this, thank you. Thank you for allowing us to get so far. For getting past any differences. Much love, -Someone from Friday, March 17th, 2023, at approximately 2:07 AM.

[@stevescouch2897]

GO SPACEX!!! ❤❤❤

[@disrespecc9678]

The greatest rocket. The greatest booster. The greatest launchpad. The greatest operation - the greatest plan.

[@Sandeep_chand16]

To make a perfect masterpiece first you have to practice it many times .

[@LordRichardOakwin]

I can’t wrap my head around how fast they built and tested the starship! It was like 1 per month almost its such an amazing feet that i don’t think you can fully appreciate if you never build nothing from scratch and tested it! I manufacture all kinds of things from electronics to structures or design them and test them and its just crazy they can do this!

[@I_am_refrigerator]

And today, the very first starship orbital test flight, witht the starship and the booster as well. Today, 4th april 2023. So cool to see where we came from, but even more cool to see where we are headed.

[@sherrysyed]

Oh my God the ending!!!!!!!!!!!! And it’s so perfectly cut off too that is such ,just wow honestly what

[@nolandaniel7490]

I feel like Elon Musk is from the future, he just kind of came out of nowhere. The things he's been able to accomplish in his short time being a mainstream name, makes me Ponder. What if he's already perfected time travel came back hit his ship and just wreak havoc on everything technological in the past however many years he's been around

[@ahmedo7875]

Relax dude he’s just a marketer and a guy with alot of money that’s it. his engineers are the real innovators

[@XOD777X]

@@ahmedo7875 Every country has great engineers including blue origin and nasa so why they are still not advance than space x? And what do you mean by he have lots of money ?he earned it by himself with hardwork and tbh you sounding like jealous lol

[@jasonkelley5961]

Hotel room reserved for this Sunday night, fingers crossed for a launch within the two day window of me being there!!!

[@prof_hu]

I was anticipating a caption "explosion" with a line connecting to the fireball. :)

[@a7t0r98]

This is the definition of practice makes perfect.

[@AndreyLuizDev]

8:22 The song reminds me of Mindustry. BTW, excellent work, SpaceX. I truly believe we're going to reach Mars on my life time.

[@SCARFACE69247]

It's a 17 story apartment building falling out of the sky, spinning around and landing.

[@saintmichael1911]

Watching this never gets old so awesome

[@StanHowse]

Watching these, explosions and all, made me think of the movie The Aviator, with Leo. All the crazy/ground-breaking/revolutionary things Howard Huges pulls off, pretty much each one of them things, he had multiple people telling him "You can't do that!", or "That's never gunna happen!". And yet he did each one of them. Elon Musk seems like the Howard Huges of my generation. (maybe a little less eccentric lol)

[@apollyon7x]

NASA would never even consider blowing up 14 ships to get one that works. Love SpaceX.

[@KBURfan]

We will perfect this landing in our era !!!!!

[@butterandjamtoast]

When I read SpaceX was considering launching the SN15 again after the first successful soft landing I got choked up a bit. I can tell everyone at SpaceX is passionate.

[@razibbaraljoy9978]

Do you know SpaceX made their water tank from 2nd rocket prototype? 😆 They make penny pinching an art, absolute genius.

[@nicholaslupo4231]

cant believe its been 3 years since hopper. i was mind blown back then.

[@omerbendoly7231]

Who's watching this after starship exploded?

[@Messiiiiiiiiiiii92]

The beginning of the new era

[@mikaelbiilmann6826]

SN8 There's something very satisfying with that landing. 🤣

[@joysun339]

That engine re-light part is a killer

[@dmeemd7787]

Incredible job with this video! Does a wonderful job of allowing everyone to relive these moments and all the other great stuff that goes along with that :-)

[@mrfrosty3]

This is a beautiful video, I particularly like the cosmic music. Since SpaceX people don't ask if humans will go to Mars, they ask when it will happen and expect it to happen soon, like their flight is delayed.

[@eskanderx1027]

Great choice of the soundtrack!

[@rhysknight8681]

The greatest SciFi film ever created and we're living through it

[@mpconceptsono649]

Love the choice of ambiant music here. Well done!!! And GO SPACEX !!!

[@13_cmi]

Rapid unscheduled disassembly is still so good. That should be the official term

[@maxbrazil3712]

Musk saying Bezos "can't get it up" made me love Elon even more.

[@WaaDoku]

In less than 4 years they went from Starhopper to fully stacked Starship Superheavy launch?? Wow!

[@nocknock4832]

crazy how fast the development stages went by

[@brettpresta-valachovic3631]

I know. Funny how fast things get done when you aren't dependent on the whims of Congress for funding.

[@fabiano8888]

I've been employed since SN5 and boy, that doesn't stop amusing me. I couldn't be happier with how much we have achieved and learned. I'm already scheduled for 2039 big day!

[@rayturner5186]

Great stuff, if SN15 sticks it second landing, it will be amazing. No let's tweak that landing profile so it lands closer to center pad. Great job to everyone.

[@221b-l3t]

One engine didn't light so it didn't push it as far and it landed short. It's unclear if there was a problem or if it was never started because they had two good engines.

[@squdardt.9719]

@@221b-l3t they don’t need to light 3 engines to land. They only need 2, I think.

[@221b-l3t]

@@squdardt.9719 The new plan is to light three and keep the best two. John twice said they will light three Raptors during the webcast and Elon recently said the plan was light three and land on two at low throttle to allow some margibän with one engine throttling up to 110% if necessary, should one fail right at the end.

[@dwdadevil]

@@221b-l3t At the end he said everything was nominal, there wasn't the usual mention of engine relight failure so maybe they changed the plan due to the new starship design

[@DramaticBatu]

İt did

[@tarik9382]

Thanks to all the engineers who made that happen Elon is one of them we want to know the whole team

[@FuriousImp]

Well done CNET, please give my heartfelt thanks to the editorial team. You've done a great job capturing and summarizing the incredibly quick development and the beautiful technical achievements of the SpaceX team!

[@BagrielMusic]

7:36 The video is so perfect that looks like a video game. Incredible!

[@weather4lifeyar509]

One side of me wants to see Sn15 in a museum but the other side of me tells me for the sake of progressing at a fast pace to go ahead and launch her again and compare the data and see hiw reliable starship is because thats what she'll be doing on future missions and what will be asked of her.

[@davidnoble868]

I was convinced they's tear it down and go over every square inch looking for potential stress failures, even at the microscopic level. Then the crane rolled out.

[@ajax818]

I guess it’s to see how well it cam function more than once so they can see if SN15 is the right step they needed to take then launch the rest then compare to see which version is the best.

[@lowsonoma941]

Ive been watching all these tests since the start. I can not wait to see StarShip and the Booster finally launch.

[@omgwtflmaololrotfl2368]

As person who was born in the same city as Elon. Makes me proud to see the dreams this man wants to achieve.

[@LarsAndersenFrihed]

The coolest African man in the world!

[@RtB68]

I can't begin to tell you how much I want this to work.

[@jardozouille1677]

The evolution of the launch site is so amazing, so many things have been built in just 6 months !

[@ryder2156]

Without elon who knows where we would be for space travel right now. Elon has carried the space travel for such a decent amount of time now

[@ahmedo7875]

Blue origin ? Virgin galactic ?

[@matiasgabriel321]

this is the works of a modern day genius...Elon Musk!

[@rnichol22]

No this is the work of a very rich man employing genius. Elon musk hasn't invented anything , he buys others ideas

[@lukeoliver651]

landing test flights so close to the infrastructure baffles me .. but Elon clearly knows what he's doing 👍👍

[@myfavoritemartian1]

The third Raptor failed to restart for the landing burn, but that was why they were starting three (as a safety measure) so they could decide the strongest two, then shut off one to soft land. As I see it (and your estimate may be different) Spacex still needs to work on Raptor reliability. Seeing that every flight or pre-flight test had one fail for different reasons. Raptor is a powerful (per weight), modern, efficient rocket engine that still needs tweaks. GO Spacex!

[@Tuuminshz]

The third raptor on SN15 experienced abnormal performance already on ascent, and the Starships onboard computer decided not to use it for the landing burn.

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

I think the issue was the flip. It is hard to keep continuous and HEAVY suction on the liquid fuel when it’s sloshing all over the place. I’d love to see how they solved this.

[@rickshae2506]

SpaceX is Badass! Elon will take humanity to Mars in his lifetime

[@00ta]

Just beautiful. Congrats on your success!

[@ceerstar851]

I can't believe how close they were testing to the building in the beginning.

[@theuksubs]

Today, only four years later the first lift off, the whole SuperHeavyStarship-Rocket reached the Sky! Forward to moon and mars :)

[@Stallnig]

What a time to be alive.

[@BradiKal61]

You kids imagine what it was like back in the 1960s during the Apollo missions when you might have to wait YEARS between seeing launches !

[@evelknievel2000]

Back in the sixties there were launches within months, not years. Look back at the launchdates of the Mercury and Gemini programs that preceded the Apolloprogram. From january 1965 to march 1966 there were 7 Gemini launches in that timeperiod.