13 pointsby bookmtn14 hours ago2 comments
  • lorenzohess8 hours ago
    The stress tests they'll perform are really interesting:

    1) Starship will deploy "two modified satellites... [to] transmit imagery [of the heat shield] down to operators... Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test."

    2) Relighting a Raptor engine

    3) "For Starship entry, a single heat shield tile has been intentionally removed to measure the aerodynamic load differences on adjacent tiles when there is a tile missing"

    4) Banking maneuver and rear flap structural test

  • xyzsparetimexyz3 hours ago
    > May 21, 2026 17:30 - 19:00 Germany Time

    > The twelfth flight test of Starship is preparing to launch as soon as Wednesday, May 20. The launch window will open at 5:30 p.m. CT.

    So that was a lie