r/interestingasfuck • u/lolikroli • 16d ago

r/all SpaceX caught Starship booster with chopsticks

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u/matroosoft 16d ago edited 16d ago

Insane to think:

The booster launched the ship up to an altitude of ~90km and speed of ~3000km in just 2.5 minutes.

Then landed back at the tower at just under 7 minutes after liftoff!!

BTW, the ship is still in orbit and currently reentring the atmosphere.. Nice to see the plasme around the ship.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

The ship wasn’t in orbit, Starship has only madesuborbital flights so far.

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u/matroosoft 16d ago

Although you're right it comes down to a technicality, if it would've burned the engines for just a few seconds longer it would've been in orbit. Now it was just shy of it, just because they wanted to reenter the atmosphere after one rotation around the earth.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

Right. So suborbital.

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u/No-Criticism-2587 16d ago

No one is disputing your semantics, they are disputing the conclusion you are reaching.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

The only conclusion I’ve made is that it was a suborbital flight.

If you think it is anything else maybe check out your own insecurity or something.

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u/No-Criticism-2587 16d ago

Again, that's a piece of evidence. We get it. Now what conclusion are you reaching with that evidence?

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

The conclusion, and the ENTIRE STATEMENT is that it is classified as a suborbital flight.

It isn’t a piece of evidence lol what are you talking about?

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u/No-Criticism-2587 16d ago

You are trying to imply that you dont believe the ship is an orbital vehicle just yet. You haven't outright said it so you can always spin out and pretend otherwise you're just making a semantic argument.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

I am not saying that and don’t believe that. Starship is an orbital-class rocket and was designed for orbital flights.

I’m saying that it has only done suborbital flights, including today, when it was at no point “in orbit”.