Awesome.

I know they wouldn't have helped with today's landing, but I wonder if they'll beef up the landing legs on Starship a little.

ROFL


I think SpaceX Crew 2 is supposed to launch in Spring also. Talk about shutting up the old space naysayers!

That thing looks so 1960s...

Supposedly there will be significant design changes starting with SN15. Musk has also said the current legs are just "demonstrator". Watching the landing at 1/4 speed, it does not look like the legs extended for this.

I think watching it free fall through the clouds was one of the coolest moments for me.

They are also definitely down to only one engine firing at landing, after relighting 2.

Oh okay, thanks. Well they probably ended up in Mexico!

I know he gets on some peoples' nerves, but this is pretty cool:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today I witnessed the most insane thing I’ve ever seen with my eyes. Watching <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SN8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SN8</a> fall from the sky, that slowly, &amp; then seeing the engines relight... yeah... I lost my mind! Incredible work <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpaceX</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a>. That was even cooler than I could’ve ever imagined �� <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SN9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SN9</a> next! <a href="https://t.co/eJLqClKMDq">pic.twitter.com/eJLqClKMDq</a></p>&mdash; Everyday Astronaut (@Erdayastronaut) <a href="https://twitter.com/Erdayastronaut/status/1336829260544270339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SN8 did great! Even reaching apogee would’ve been great, so controlling all way to putting the crater in the right spot was epic!!</p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1336827715291406343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </code></samp>

Oh yeah, I love Tim's work. Watch most of his vids and usually have his stream for audio pre-launch before switching to SpaceX. He knows he has a problem. He admitted it today. :D

I love that the most influential man in aerospace right now is such a huqe and unabashed scifi geek.

<samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Life, the Universe and Everything <a href="https://t.co/1ZCzInfc4u">pic.twitter.com/1ZCzInfc4u</a></p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1336825121223434241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </code></samp>

Unless I'm missing something, SN8 didn't hit the pad on "landing." The video shows that it was way short. Not that it really matters, but...

Clue me in? I don't get the 42 stuff... :huh:

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