My hat has been spared... For now...

A little beaten up, a little charred, but it happened.

Today Starship has proven that it is incredibly resilient. Engine out capability, surviving re-entry with missing tiles and structural damage while performing high-stress manoeuvres... As Starship reliability increases, in the rare even that something goes wrong, the crew and

I can see how Spitter becomes increasingly active as each Starship launch approaches.

This slide needs an update, but gives a rough idea of what we’re aiming for with V3 and V4. V3 should be built & tested (maybe flown) by end of this year. V4 is 2027. Probably closer to 150m height and 7500 tons.

Everyday Astronaut Starship catch is probably flight 13 to 15, depending on how well V3 flights go

My sleep schedule is still absolutely cooked because of Starship.😴

Starship | Tenth Flight Test

View of Starship landing burn and splashdown on Flight 10, made possible by SpaceX’s recovery team. Starship made it through reentry with intentionally missing tiles, completed maneuvers to intentionally stress its flaps, had visible damage to its aft skirt and flaps, and still

Comming up fast on 2K followers. Should probably make something for that milestone.

Eric Berger Worth noting that the heat shield tiles almost entirely stayed attached, so the latest upgrades are looking good! The red color is from some metallic test tiles that oxidized and the white is from insulation of areas where we deliberately removed tiles.

The Starship landing video in the Indian Ocean was taken from a camera bolted to a Starlink terminal sitting in a kiddie pool 😂

The spaceflight community has been quite harmonious since flight 10. It truly was Starship withdrawals driving us insane.