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SpaceX caught the top of Starship. The half it missed on Friday
Yesterday we reported the booster being dropped in the sea with the second catch still undecided. It went ahead, and it worked — the harder…
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SpaceX called off the booster catch, and dropped it in the sea instead
The first attempt to recover both halves of Starship got halfway. The booster was sent to the sea on safety grounds — which is the system…
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Starship goes for orbit for the first time today — and loses the safety net it has had for 13 flights
Thirteen test flights, nearly half ending in some kind of explosion, all deliberately kept on a trajectory that would bring the vehicle…