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   Snidely to Alain Fournier   
   Re: 2nd Starship test flight Friday?   
   18 Nov 23 08:46:17   
   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Alain Fournier wrote on 11/18/2023 :   
   > On 2023-11-18 9:50 a.m., Alain Fournier wrote:   
   >> The bangs were far away and thus not as impressive as a low altitude bang.   
   >> But at least we got two bangs for the price of one. :-)   
   >   
   > For a while, after the booster went kaboom and the second stage seemed to be   
   > doing fine, I thought we were going to have the best of both worlds. An   
   > explosion and a success with the second stage going to Hawaii.   
      
   It was like we were cruising!   
      
   > It seems that there was not much damage from flying pieces of concrete and   
   > other such debris. Also, flight termination seemed to work fine. That   
   > probably means that the next launch attempt could happen soon.   
      
   Many of the NSF team expect late Q1 of 2024.   
      
   > My   
   > understanding is that the delay for the launch licence were because of those   
   > two problems with the first launch.   
      
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   > Alain Fournier   
      
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