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[Closed] SpaceX starship high altitude test

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I could well be wrong! But are they hovering at 10km high, or just moving up slowly?


 
Posted : 04/03/2021 5:17 pm
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So once this is all working and going to the moon, is it also intended to be the re-entry vehicle? If so, before I book my trip can I ask to be dropped off at the ISS on the way back and come back to Earth in an old fashioned parachute braked capsule?


 
Posted : 04/03/2021 8:43 pm
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The commentator says that they were hovering at 10km (and they do climb with just one engine, but ..... 🤷🏻‍♂️

So they light all 3 engines to get back to vertical (and slow quickly, then go back to one for the last part of the landing - maybe it was throttled down a bit too much.


 
Posted : 04/03/2021 8:55 pm
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The commentator says that they were hovering at 10km (and they do climb with just one engine, but ..... 🤷🏻‍♂️

So they light all 3 engines to get back to vertical (and slow quickly, then go back to one for the last part of the landing - maybe it was throttled down a bit too much.


 
Posted : 04/03/2021 8:55 pm
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Oh and another thing. Assuming they do take this to Mars, how do the crew get down from the top and how long will it take to create fuel from Martian resources to get back?


 
Posted : 04/03/2021 10:07 pm
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