Almost a million people watching on the tweeties. Crazy.

Lost one engine right away.

Holy shit. The booster at least is gonna work. What a view.

And nominal orbital insertion. Now to see if it survives reentry.

Wow. Landed that sucker.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Super Heavy has splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico <a href="https://t.co/hIY3Gkq57k">pic.twitter.com/hIY3Gkq57k</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1798701489097183286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Holy shit!

No visibility down here. Could hear but not see from Port Isabel. Even from on site at Starbase, same thing per Mrs. ZimZam.

But those onboard views are niiiiiiiice!

I feel like this thread should be renamed as the space exploitation thread. None of these private sector actions are exploring.

That's not really accurate. You're aware NASA is paying for a lot of this, right? Starship will hopefully be a moon lander and, theoretically, Mars some day.

Crazy plasma build up. Love those views.

Seems much more stable this time. Now to see if that lasts into the heavy atmosphere.

Incredible.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Starship coasting in space <a href="https://t.co/kphbuXuEMr">pic.twitter.com/kphbuXuEMr</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1798710087869153446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Oh no. Lol

Well...I think it got hot. ROFL