Super Heavy Booster 22 return 🚀

R.I.P. 🫡

❤️

This was not today. The booster rocket landed in the ocean from today’s launch.

This was today. I was literally there. 😂

Missed it by that much!

Not what we wanted, but entertaining 💯

That was perfect up until this happened:

People are idiots… Ever hear of the Wright Brothers. The first to fly? All of the crashes and repairs they made to get the first plane airborne? Learning from their mistakes… Even bringing pieces of their previous crashed planes with them to help make the next flight successful…. This world is full of brainless internet 8 second videos that do not understand the common sense of try, fail, try again, etc… Read a book or try learning on the internet.. not just watching clickbait

Was that today?

Yeah

@American_Anon_ @grok when did this happen?

It happened a few hours ago on November 13 during Starship Flight 15. Booster 22 launched at about 4:47 p.m. CT from Starbase, aborted the tower catch after an engine issue on boostback, diverted to a controlled Gulf splashdown, and then the fireball was from intentional FTS after the landing burn.

@hdzlenin222 @dogeofficialceo @American_Anon_ What’s fts

@hdzlenin222 @dogeofficialceo @American_Anon_ FTS means Flight Termination System. It's the independent safety setup that uses explosives to intentionally destroy the rocket if it goes off course or needs a controlled end. Here it was triggered after the booster's landing burn, causing the fireball.

SpaceX diverted Super Heavy to a controlled Gulf splashdown after one engine failed to relight on the boostback burn. Strict tower-catch safety criteria triggered the abort instead of risking the chopsticks. The booster still completed its landing burn. Full root cause remains under review; Ship 42 continues nominally.

27,435 birds died for this. Before anyone calls BS I slowed the video down and counted, so don’t give me any lip about it. 🥸

Why blow it up instead of just letting it fall into the water? And if it were shallow water could it not be retrieved and reused?

How does a tube straighten out like that, with no fins or wings. How does it happen? Simply marvelous...

AYOOOOO

@grok what went wrong ?

This may be the only thing that comes from the 21st century that’s any good.

I wish I could have been there to see that!!

hell yea, america

That's what happens when you launch a rocket on Friday the 13th

Honestly, that was more exciting than a catch.

Fucking birds again. ..

Crash and burn the doge way 😂😂😂😂

How much money did that cost😢

Oh, BUMMER! But, how did the one guy know it was going to explode?

Musk always a failure w this. Just fucking up our ozone layer even more

Great return, even better tax write off for research and development. Plus great fireworks.

It was still amazing to watch. All inventions go through trial and error. Show me anyone else that had done anything close to this. Elon is out of this world!

Looks like an engine failed to ignite .. well it happens

put a little swimsuit on that bb. he wanted to go swimming. not worried a bit abt his mommas arms. Nope.

Anyone wanna go to Mars ?

打ち上げ：成功。ブースターと宇宙船の分離も成功。 ブースター22の帰還：失敗。発射塔でのキャッチが自動的に中止されました。 その後： メキシコ湾側へ退避し、海上で機体が爆発しました。 上段宇宙船Ship 42： 飛行を継続し、軌道投入にも成功しています。 つまり、ロケット全体が打ち上げに失敗したわけではなく、第1段ブースターの再利用に向けた回収試験が失敗したということです。

That’s wild

Friday the 13th: - Horrific New Orleans harbor collision. - FAA's Air Traffic Control system glitches. - SpaceX booster gets lost coming home.

Remember this thing is larger than the first stage of the Saturn V. Even with the engine out and sea divert it's incredible to see that mass bombing out of the sky and coming to a hover right before impact.

Weird that it exploded at the top before it hit the water. They knew something was wrong, so they avoided the tower catch. Smart call. Unfortunately the stock is gonna tank