That's just an illusion! It's extremely far away. The launch site is a few km from the nearest public road, and about 10km from the closest town, and I'm viewing it from a few hundred km!

I bet the editor just felt it was better to cut around for the sizzle reel. For the tip-over, I wonder if the booster went kaboom when it hit the water and they want to emphasize the success rather than what could be perceived as a failure. So you're right, maybe brand image. Maybe one day they'll finally release the footage!

I think they were more open when they were developing Falcon 9. Based on all these amazing test flights, the engineers still have that magic SpaceX culture, but perhaps the media department has become more corporate.

Thanks!! Yep, lots of planes flying around, going to San Francisco and San Jose!

I love that they showed more of the booster landing footage, but I still wish we could see it hit the water and tip over!

It's that simple!

Context: the FAA has closed the mishap investigation of IFT-2

My bad, I didn't convert units correctly! Should be about 35m/s^2

It blew up about 3000 km/hr short of orbit, so thankfully all of it has burned up in Earth's atmosphere already :)

It blew up about 3000 km/hr short of orbit, so thankfully all of it has burned up in Earth's atmosphere already :)

It blew up about 3000 km/hr short of orbit, so thankfully all of it has burned up in Earth's atmosphere already :)

"Congrats to SpaceX for completing & documented the 57 items required by the FAA for Flight 2 of Starship!

Worth noting that 6 of the 63 items refer to later flights."

And yet, looks like it's all been basically completed! Only a few "big ticket items" deferred to future vehicles.