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It's probably been posted before, but I don't mind

I wonder how feasible it would be to bring down at least parts of it back to Earth intact. Maybe some heat shield module using the docking port? The shuttle is now long gone, but perhaps Starship could grab a few if it is functional by then?

Well, at least it will be a target for ROVs and diving expeditions

I assume they have plans to recover it

I'm afraid they have a bit of a 'putting the carriage ahead of the horses and still expecting it to move forward' problem. At first, I was bewildered by the fact that they were making motorized fuel tanks fly and land back and calling it a success, before they even had a smaller scale...

Well, I'm sure a flyby could happen using a Dragon or the Orion with some adaptations to heat shield and some other stuff, maybe launching on a Falcon Heavy. Of course, it wouldn't be 9 people at a time, but manned circumlunar Starship flights were always going to be pie in the sky, at least...

It keeps venting something

It certainly works in general and especially for a sim, but 0.5 seconds might be a bit on the slow side. I mean, I'm just rediscovering the joys of online multiplayer and a ping of 220 ms is already somewhat noticeable. Might be worse if that adds on top of the half second interval. (edit: I...

Well, took advantage of the clear skies a while ago and took some photos. Samsung S23 Ultra on a tripod mount. Gonna try to do the same today, if I manage to stay outside long enough without freezing. As far as I can tell, the dedicated astrophoto mode is a bit underwhelming, despite its ability...

Well, ook ... good thing they found that out now, at least I think the main risk is the other few launches failing due to water hammer / LO2 venting/ loss of the booster. Not exactlt encouraging

Had a bit of an issue with a portable Western Digital hard drive, specifically the one where I store my photo archive. It's not an SSD, and it's now 10 years old. As far as usage goes, it's very rarely been plugged in, only to upload or retrieve some photos from time to time. However, I use a...

For a small suborbital launch system, this sure has a lot of issues.

The version I heard a few years ago was like an extra launch or two and they're going, what with 'tanker Starships' and all that. Guess the whole boil-off thing is kinda like a negative feedback loop. More launches needed means more waiting time in LEO, thus more boil-off and extra launches...

I can't wait to see and hear the booster landings😁

I wouldn't have expected it to fail so far into the flight. At that point , even cutting the engines would have yielded useful info. Perhaps fear that it would survive reentry and fall on land? Steeper descent than nominal would make that unlikely, I guess... That vent that was there even...

How does what is basically a suborbital test flight have a launch window? They don't need to meet up with anything