Starship | SN8 | High-Altitude Flight Test
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It almost looked like the rocket didn't have enough thrust to allow a soft touch-down. Perhaps the descent was too quick.
But, on the positive side, they were able to rotate the craft, and get it aligned with the landing location.
As you said, "Next time!"
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Elon: "Fuel header tank pressure was low during landing burn, causing touchdown velocity to be high & RUD, but we got all the data we needed! Congrats SpaceX team hell yeah!!"
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Elon: "Fuel header tank pressure was low during landing burn, causing touchdown velocity to be high & RUD, but we got all the data we needed! Congrats SpaceX team hell yeah!!"
@George-K said in Starship | SN8 | High-Altitude Flight Test:
Elon: "Fuel header tank pressure was low during landing burn, causing touchdown velocity to be high & RUD, but we got all the data we needed! Congrats SpaceX team hell yeah!!"
Yeah, I've had a few of those kind of successes. I just didn't share any of them with a worldwide audience.
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