Elon-talk but getting past Max Q was a great result.

Looks like 38km.

true but the fact all parts were going to hard land instead of trying to recover I think implies they just wanted to get past max g

this image tho was super cool

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuKW1QRa...jpg&name=small

Sure, no question they would have wanted more. My initial hunch, though, is that it was mainly an issue with the separation system. Hopefully they at least got enough data to know what they need to troubleshoot.

Just so freaking cool to see something that big get off the ground

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpaceX</a> team on an exciting test launch of Starship!<br><br>Learned a lot for next test launch in a few months. <a href="https://t.co/gswdFut1dK">pic.twitter.com/gswdFut1dK</a></p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1649050306943266819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This is hilarious but also suggests how challenging the ground support systems are going to be for this thing. It's hard to imagine that there's not any ground-level damage even though the liftoff was completely nominal.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">VR Cam caught some spectacular footage as <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperHeavy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SuperHeavy</a> rocked <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SpaceX</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Starbase?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Starbase</a> this morning. I am floored at the amount of debris that was ejected. Waiting on Rover 2 damage assessment. Congratulations <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> on pulling this historical launch! <a href="https://t.co/6WKEXFqCGN">pic.twitter.com/6WKEXFqCGN</a></p>&mdash; LabPadre (@LabPadre) <a href="https://twitter.com/LabPadre/status/1649053476276797440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Yikes. I hope Starbase didn't get too damaged. Looks like that vehicle took a good beating.

Yeah, I feel for whoever's van that is. Looks like the back end got completely crushed.

I bet the owner is more concerned with the equipment on top than the 20 year old minivan it's mounted on.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Crater McCrater face underneath OLM . Holy cow! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SpaceX</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Starbase?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Starbase</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Starship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Starship</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Superheavy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Superheavy</a> <a href="https://t.co/mgjefc3MNe">pic.twitter.com/mgjefc3MNe</a></p>&mdash; LabPadre (@LabPadre) <a href="https://twitter.com/LabPadre/status/1649062784167030785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That's nuts.

Some cool shots here:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uouujjgkR3A?start=28900" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Unless it's a weird illusion, the ship really "leaned" away from the tower on launch.

Man. That's a lot of carnage.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here&#39;s a look at the debris-strewn launch pad at SpaceX&#39;s Starbase facility in Texas following this morning&#39;s Starship test flight.<br><br>The launch of the world&#39;s largest rocket also left a large crater in the concrete under the launch mount.<br><br>��: <a href="https://twitter.com/LabPadre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LabPadre</a> <a href="https://t.co/4Qlst35wgT">https://t.co/4Qlst35wgT</a> <a href="https://t.co/rIS3LVkPTY">pic.twitter.com/rIS3LVkPTY</a></p>&mdash; Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1649090292836884480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>