What is the goal with this series of tests?

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Nov 19, 2024
3:14:23pm

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What is the goal with this series of tests?

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UNLVcougar

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Beautiful shots from SpaceX!!

DanDM

3:01pm

so incredible

Buffalo

3:02pm

So amazing thanks for sharing....

TheHop

3:02pm

Here...

DanDM

3:03pm

Likely a catch attempt upcoming!

DanDM

3:04pm

Darn - no catch attempt. Ocean landing

DanDM

3:04pm

They likely simulate a catch over the ocean?

3:05pm

offshore landing attempt

Buffalo

3:06pm

It looks like it did a slide-over like it would of in a catch scenario

3:07pm

Do they recover the booster or does it just sink?

groy

3:10pm

I know they pulled chunks of a different water landing...I don't know

DanDM

3:10pm

It had a pretty spectacular explosion after hitting the water, through it looks like it didn't sink as yet

3:11pm

I just scrolled back on NSF stream to see it.. good explosion!

DanDM

3:12pm

Yeah, flipping between the official twitter stream and Everyday Astronaut's YouTube stream

3:15pm

no-go for catch 🙁

Buffalo

3:04pm

Good water landing, but they cut that video too early 🙂

DanDM

3:07pm

Still a lot of good stuff coming with ship itself

DanDM

3:10pm

What is the goal with this series of tests?

UNLVcougar

3:14pm

Orbital relight of engines, pushing flight envelope of reentry, I think they did

RedHeadedStranger

3:19pm

They removed many rows of the tiles - like you said, to push the limits. It's a

DanDM

3:21pm

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