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Cu3PO4201/16/20257 repliesview on HN

What a strangely beautiful sight. While I was excited to see ship land, I'm also happy I get to see videos of this!


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mrandish01/17/2025

Yes, both spectacular and beautiful. I guess Starship can now say what the legendary comedy actress (and sex symbol) of early cinema Mae West said:

"When I'm good... I'm very good. But when I'm bad... I'm even better." :-)

Combined with another tower catch, that's two spectacular shows for the price of one. Hopefully the onboard diagnostic telemetry immediately prior to the RUD is enough to identify the root cause so it can be corrected.

Molitor590101/17/2025

I felt.. bad watching that breakup, it reminded me of Columbia.

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afavour01/16/2025

As long as the debris has no effect wherever it lands, I agree with you

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ijidak01/17/2025

Looks like something out of a sci-fi movie.

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TMWNN01/17/2025

>What a strangely beautiful sight.

"My god, Bones, what have I done?"

badgersnake01/17/2025

It’s a pretty expensive way to make fireworks.

dotancohen01/17/2025

Excitement guaranteed