• llamacoffee@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 months ago

      Think it’ll make it to stage sep? I bet if it does, it’ll go all the way to reentry. After that… I don’t have high hopes but I do hope for some juicy flamey footage!

      • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM
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        10 months ago

        I’m 95% sure it will make it to stage sep. I’m less certain that it will make it through stage sep, as SpaceX has not previously tested hot-staging. If it makes it past stage sep though, I think it should be a smooth ride to (almost) orbit. I have no idea about reentry, but I’m sure whatever happens will be exciting.

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          10 months ago

          Same for this one, then the next few ones will be without any heatshield or aero surfaces, to focus on everything up to re-entry, and probably test the limits of the ship with no heatshield, they might get better results than they expect (most definitely wouldn’t make it in one piece tho).