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First complete deluge test at Starbase pad B (bsky.app)

submitted 3 weeks ago by llamacoffee@lemmy.world to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

the showerhead era

The wildest era was definitely "maybe we can fire directly onto the concrete".

They could. And they did. Once.

[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

Using a rocket as an excavator 🌌🧠

Watching chunks of concrete get hurled in every direction during IFT-1 was insane. That whole flight was. Engines cutting out. FTS not taking it out. Spinning out of control.