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   Message 106,296 of 106,651   
   Niklas Holsti to Alain Fournier   
   Re: The only hing of the Starship...   
   21 Nov 23 22:39:18   
   
   From: niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid   
      
   On 2023-11-21 15:48, Alain Fournier wrote:   
   > On 2023-11-21 7:36 a.m., Doctor Who wrote:   
   >> that always work well is the autodestruction system :-)   
   >>   
   >> and lallo   
   >   
   > I think that the autodestruct system did not work well on the first   
   > flight. They improved it and it worked flawlessly on the second flight.   
      
      
   For the Superheavy booster, yes - or so it seems from the big bang   
   observed. But it seems that the Starship's payload bay and nose-cone   
   survived the second-stage FTS activation, although separated from the   
   tank and engine sections. Video was captured from the Florida Keys:   
   https://youtu.be/56r_twDliOc?t=847. Whether this is an FTS failure   
   depends on what SpaceX wanted to happen. At least propulsion was   
   terminated, even if a big chunk of the ship was left flying.   
      
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