IFT-4 and the Future of Starship: All You Need to Know (with @scottmanley and @MarcusHouse )

was that cgi of the soft crash into the ocean? The success of this flight was coms during burn up?

I think spacex need to look into the possibility of using the heat shield tiles on the launch mount to help it survive lauches

In the plasma's pink glare, steel burning in air, gave proof through the flight, that the fin was still there.

Once they get even one starship back, even if it is so badly damaged (and obsolete) that it will never fly again, they'll learn a lot about the engines and the spacecraft to seriously speed up innovation.

I wonder how those pressure waves will affect the cargo inside the rocket

I can use sub centimeter guidance on my RC airplanes with off the shelf products. I'm shure horizontal guidance isn't an issue for Space X. the issue is calibration and software and that just takes time and data.

Aerodynamic modeling has come a long way. They don't necessary need to redesign the fins, or the hinges. They just need to redesign the airflow around them.

What a stupid comment Frazer, (why are they trying so FAST).
Because Elon wants to get humans off planet EARTH before the WEF Global white developed people all get anailated.

One would think that a good gust of wind would throw everything off as far as aligning with the chopsticks.

I'd like to know if the current starship's payload capacity is equal to the Shuttle's 30 tons. That is Elon Musk's deadliest secret.

E.T. did a fly by. Had to shut down them cameras.

Why not launch a rocket half the size just for refueling..

Ok so what exactly are you commentators saying?
The way you guys edited this video, it left me scratching my head.
Was Biden confused or not?
And what has that got to do with Trump?
How about you just showing the complete video without putting a spin on it. Sheesh!

So?

Where did my comment go?

OK, I really need someone to explain to me this:

How can all of this be 'AMAZING' when SpaceX has literally failed in every project or contract they got, not achieving any of the milestones, being in a baby toddler state of the things?, Remember all of this was about going to the Moon and colonize Mars (in fudging 2024), and when the main project for a manned mission spacecraft has never achieved any success, when the cost of all of this equals the Apollo project, but Apollo project was able, in this scale and time of the project, to put several men in space and even orbit our satellite. SpaceX has not even capable of finishing ONE UNMANNED MISSION succesfuly.

Well, it was a rethoric question. The answer is that this is a scam, a trillionaire big scam.

Amazing they still doubt Elon , every ship has made great strides more then the last , and you think he years away from perfection , your nuts , he newest guy building these and 10 x farther then rest of competition , some people are meant to sit and watch and complain in life and others are go getters , with no such thing as can’t

Hey, NASA! Do America a favor and cut all funds to anything Musk.

what is the goal after LEO ?

Design to 3 links frontal s prallelas. ❤Smoke _

That reentry was like a Tom Cruise action movie. Amazing.

Can't be just build his hyperloop to Mars?

Hey, Fraser - good to know that you and Justin Trudeau and Vladimir Putin are on the same page.

So, we've gone from skate board to tricycle to bicycle. WAKE me when we have
WARP DRIVE !

The Dear Moon crowd cancelling is no big issue. Engineering is way harder than art.

The plasma at 48 minutes looks like aspitting image of the Mutara Nebula from ST: Wrath of Khan

yeah.. if one engine malfunctions (not catastrophically) out of 35, it's not nearly as important as it is if you only have 5...

why does everyone cut the vid as soon as it starts to topple?

How many engines and ships have been destroyed at this point? Weren't they supposed to have orbited the moon by now?

the rush, Mr. Slowsky, is that our species is still vulnerable to a planet scale disaster... once we are living self sufficiently on multiple bodies, we will be harder to exterminate.

"... they could lose a bunch" *
* For certain values of "a bunch".

Starship sank after landing?

Things hard to believe for a NASA fan. Welcome to the 21st.

I wonder if titanium hinges/flaps would be positive ?

Hello little birdie

I'm wondering if an ablative composite structure would perform better than a hot staging ring.

still amazing ,,, this will never get old

did spaceX recovery the booster or starship? why isnt there anything about post splashdown?

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Thank you - learnt a lot.

Stage ring needs its own recovery parachute another ton won’t make any difference to the overall stack.

Have you guys been given directive to ignore the fact that accumulating ufo’s in the footage was the reason?

My 3 Best blue eyed commentaters Great job guys! Go SpaceX Go Elon Go Tesla.

the vapour cloud just before the landing burn is so sick

Great video!

Nearly 27000 kph down to the 300s kph BEFORE engine relight. Amazing! I wish there was discussion of this.