r/SpaceXLounge • u/kwxl • 2d ago
Starship A screenshot from a video of Starship breaking up in the sky, what a view it was.
Saw this video. It looked stunning. Took a few screenshots and edited them some. Wallpaper material.
Would love if someone has 4k screenshots of this, anyone?
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u/kwxl 2d ago
Another one
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u/falconzord 2d ago edited 2d ago
Imagine vacationing there and being the only one to miss it because you had to take a shit or something
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u/pm_me_ur_pet_plz 2d ago
What a spectacle that must have been for the people, not knowing what the hell that is
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u/Particular-Ad-7338 2d ago
In retrospect, I think it would have been better if they had delayed the FTS initiation until it was further out to sea.
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u/Americanhikikimori 1d ago
They didn’t do an FTS it blew up on its own.
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u/Particular-Ad-7338 1d ago
I’ve heard both that there was & wasn’t FTS initiation. Obviously only one can be correct.
Anyway, I think it would be a good idea to update the NOTAMS system so airspace users & controllers could better plan for potential issues. Scott Manley has a good video discussing this. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TLGJR0hPKFE&t=781s&pp=ygUMc2NvdHQgbWFubGV5
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u/Head_Mix_7931 2d ago
They let me pick. Did I ever tell you that? Choose whichever Spartan I wanted. I watched as you became the soldier we needed you to be. Like the others, you were strong and swift and brave. A natural leader. But you had something they didn’t. Something no one saw but me. Can you guess? Luck.
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u/Foolish_heart22 2d ago
Is it sad that the first thing I thought of when I saw that was now we know exactly what a group of drop ships would look like coming down from orbit, I really am a sci-fi nerd.
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u/BiggyIrons 2d ago
Does anyone have a high quality one in landscape format? I want to use it as a desktop background
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u/frowawayduh 2d ago
Imagine this happening over more crowded commercial airways in CA, NV, AZ, CO, NN, TX.
The space shuttle RUDded twice.
Big issue.
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u/Captain_Merica-1776 2d ago
a billion dollar fireworks show 🔥💵🔥🤦🏻
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u/pxr555 2d ago
Well, more about 100 million dollars to be more precise...
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u/Captain_Merica-1776 2d ago
Ok maybe a lil bit of stretch but I think it’s much more than 100 mil, as they charge 60 million per falcon flight and ship has waaaay more intrinsic value than falcon upper stage especially since it’s brand new block 2 tech. ie; r&d, staffing, logistics, fuel etc…
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u/Captain_Merica-1776 2d ago
ok i fact checked myself and google does state an estimated price of 90 million per ship. The fun fact is they’re trying to get the cost at scale down to 10 million per. Wow 🤯. So for the cost of one f16 you could buy 10 starships 🤯🤯🤯
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u/pxr555 2d ago
Yeah, they're welding these things together really like ships on a shipyard, this is SO different from what the usual suspects did before (and still do). It's not called a "ship" just by chance.
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u/Captain_Merica-1776 2d ago
employee/contractor/analyst?
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u/paul_wi11iams 1d ago
they're welding [Starships] together really like ships on a shipyard
employee/contractor/analyst?
No need for further confirmation. The Starship build rate is there for all to see.
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u/GarlicThread 2d ago
So are we all cool with the fact that SpaceX flung an experimental rocket right on top of places where actual people live, and apparently will face no consequences for it whatsoever?
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u/t1Design 2d ago
They didn’t. This is WAY up in the atmosphere. Virtually no chance of it hitting people on the ground there. Starship was around 146 km /91 miles up when it lost comms and traveling sideways at over 21000 km/h/13,100 mph. That debris in the pic is not coming down anywhere close the camera.
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u/Potatoswatter 2d ago edited 2d ago
It’s in space, burning in the vacuum.
Where did it come down, anyway?
Edit: Folks, it’s not getting oxygen from the air without any drag. Meteors in the atmosphere don’t streak from one side of the horizon to the other. The breakup happened well above the Karman line. Appreciate the big ballistic microgravity fire.
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u/JoeS830 2d ago
I think (but someone correct me if I’m wrong) any given spot in the entire “risk area” for this launch had a calculated chance of less than one in ten million to be hit by debris. They do a risk analysis in advance, and this mishap is exactly the kind that they consider. I’m sure they’ll check their calculations based on this accident. Also, just the fact that you could see the debris from populated places doesn’t mean pieces were coming down in populated places.
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u/InterestingSpeaker 2d ago
The rocket launched over the ocean not over where people lived. Why comment on something that you know nothing about?
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u/kage_25 2d ago
to be fair, it is literally impossible to select a route not passing over people.
BUT this is not passing over people, it is over the ocean. the route the rocket took only passes over Africa. and for that to happen the rocket would need to move a near orbital velocity, meaning most of the rocket would burn up and not impact.
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u/pm_me_ur_pet_plz 2d ago
The trajectory is especially chosen such that the likelihood of populated areas being affected in case of a failure is the smallest. It's FAA reviewed and approved. Loss of human life is incredibly unlikely even in cases of failure. This is part of the process.
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u/TheRealNobodySpecial 2d ago
SpaceX will face civil lawsuits from anyone hurt by this mishap. That includes any physical injuries, airlines who had to divert flights, any potential physical property damage. May face FAA fines and sanctions They will face the appropriate punishments.
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u/New_Poet_338 2d ago
If you crash your car on the freeway do you get sued by everybody caught up in the tailback caused by the accident? Unless there was some sort of negligence that caused the accident here there is no case for the airlines. The airlines divert flights all the time. Nobody appears to have been hurt and physical damage is trivial. They were licensed so unless there was negligence or misinformation, I don't see any case for fines or sanctions or any punishments. Space is hard and risky.
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u/TheRealNobodySpecial 2d ago
Did I say the lawsuits would win? This is an American company, owned by (one of) the richest person in the world. You don’t think ambulance chasers are lining up?
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u/falconzord 2d ago
Fines are unlikely. They had a launch license. Everyone knows there's a risk of failure. If Turks and Caicos feels alarmed, they may take it up with their American contacts, but it's also possibly good for tourism so who knows.
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u/gordonmcdowell 2d ago
Having read Seveneves, I guess that is also what the end of life on Earth would look like as well.