2020 has persuaded me that I need to do everything I can to save up for a ticket to Mars. Does anyone want to buy a Grandmother? I've got two for sale.
the problem is that getting people to Mars alive requires perfection, not only "near perfect" but this is fine for what the flight SN8 was supposed to be
@@DIASDEMUSICA exactly and even when we do get a perfect flight well be years away from getting to Mars due to the fact we have to make sure it’s reliable
@Tim Jacuzzi Raptor 42 wasnt supposed to relight during landing because 3 engines relight would have been to much thrust to land. It was only the loss of pressure that prevented a perfect landing.
After seeing that live, I'd be willing to bet money on sn9 working 100%, that was amazing, i was in my living room and the adrenaline rush... man, you crazy bastard elon, you've done it.👌
@@gundarvarr1024 I bet for 10 and 11. I know they need to tweak it a little bit more for 100% success but something unforeseen could still happen to SN9 (seeing that it was made before the test).
I even appreciate the fireball more than if it was a prefect landing, since it did add to my adranaline rush. And since I know it was a minor failure that caused that crash landing, I'm ready to bet my piggy bank against anybody that Elon will get this thing done before Christmas ... that will be our gift from our new Santa Claus ...
Take off = successful MECO = Successful Belly flop = Successful Cruising back to landing pad = successful Engine restart = Successful Landing = 30% Test is successful, gathering data for a mores accurate test. Congratulations to spaceX, they delivered on promise.
Even if they don't, they will roll out SN-10 and try again, Elon mentioned somewhere that he thought they would be in the middle-teens before they got it truly right!
That had to be the most incredible 7 minutes of my life watching Space Veichles the fact that SN8 only got the landing wrong was simply incredible Congratulations SpaceX on a spectacular flight RIP SN8
And I thought the 2 simultaneous RTLS of Falcon Heavy side boosters was so cool, it will never be topped by anything else? Guess I was reaaaaaaaaally wrong. That flip maneuver was on entirely different level of coolness!!!!
I was watching for almost 20 hours on the streams in total, was thinking yesterday was going to be another hold, until..... And finally SN8 did us proud, glad I can be a part of this new rocket history, many thanks @nasaspaceflight and @SPACEX..... ONWARDS AND UPWARDS
@@daysumalfinu1414 the only reason they didn’t have enough thrust is cause the header tank lost pressure so the engine started burning itself cause it had no fuel to burn that’s why you seen the green flames
Now I know what it was like to see the Saturn V fly for the first time back in the day. This was an epic! RIP SN8, thanks for your sacrifice & all that data! SpaceX rules!!! Congratulations!!!
Just amazing. Most epic thing I have seen! Unfortunately, mainstream media here in Australia poorly reported it of course... Spacex, keep doing what you do best, you guys are awesome. NSF fantastic coverage well done all!!!
Well of course we were all questioning it but as it moved through it all seemed pretty planned, like how the engines "prepped" the shut down by shifting its weight and the ones that shut down instantly moved to max gimbal to clear the way for the others to have room to finish up. Absolutely amazing!
well, everyone thought 2 engine failed in the middle of the flight but both 'failed' engines were ignited during landing burn. Elon later tweeted it planned to do so.
I thought that at first also, but after rewatching a couple times, I realized they were also testing what if scenarios, would it remain stable/flyable/controllable with a failed engine or 2. They may have succeeded slowing it down if they flipped 2 seconds earlier. They hit the ground before the legs even deployed.
@@user-dq4sh2mt8l One raptor can land as aneight by itself so if that raptor didn’t fail then SN8 would have landed it looked like they wanted to simulate a engine failure on landing but more than one failed
I still can't believe my eyes watch this beast actually fly and flip. One word to describe whole test, Marvelous! Thanks a lot NSF provide important recap of test flight, keep it up!
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As always amazing work all of you down at NSF and you mary most of all thank you so much for the unrelenting dedication you have, R.I.P. SN8 we thank you for powering our dreams and giving us the data to send us to the stars one day, SN8 will always be that first step we took today to take our first step onto mars tomorrow.
I'll admit it, I doubted when I saw the swing landing maneuver - that is, I thought it would be such a quick whipping motion it would be scary. But I was astonished at how smoothly and slowly it descended. Of course it'll be a while before us civilians are able to ride one, but it doesn't seem like it would be so G intensive anymore.
I want to, even if it is a little violent. I imagine passenger flights would ignite the engines much early and have a larger surplus of fuel for the slower landing. And then, it falls so slowly, maybe parachutes and inflatable bumpers would allow it to land safely even with no engines.
SN8 celui ci est peut etre un prototype mais je trouve a mon gout que cela ressemble a un echec on est pas pret a retourné sur la lune avec un tel engin oui il y a des echec sa fait parti des risque regarder saturne 5 en raport 1 echec de capsule pas du lanceur et en plus pas de technologie extraordinaire ,il ya beaucoup de disfonctionnement regarder bien la phase de decollage et le retour trop rapid cela ce voi Space X n est pas la NASA
The eventual plan is to use hot gas thrusters to do the flip maneuver instead of the engines. This will make it very smooth...but thats gonna be a whole other test series since those thrusters are still in development.
Great job everyone at NASASpaceflight. Footage and tracking is amazing, and so is the editing. Loved the commentary on the live stream also. And incredible engineering work from the entire Space-X team.
Thank you the the NSF team for the amazing streams and daily updates an all the hard work you all do. You are a top knock world class organization and we space fans are lucky to have you!
I watched two days worth of live streams of it getting scrubbed. With little sleep and feeling like the days were wasted, I quickly changed my mind as soon as I saw it launch. That was amazing! Thanks for the coverage!!
So in under 5 years Space has made many test prototypes of the Starship yet SLS hasn't even flown yet. Also I loved the whole thing. That swing maneuver, I thought it was never gonna work. Go Space and go SN9.
Great work guys and girls! For the last few years, we have been blessed with the sight provided by your team to witness this epic demonstration of a new era of space flight. Take care and God bless!
What a massive testing success. When you only fail a few final items out of a long list of things that could go wrong on an idea that is unproven, that is a massive win. This is a massive demonstration of a proof of concept and showing the idea is indeed viable! The transition in between phases of flight was surprisingly smooth, the vehicle looks confident in the switching of configurations, I fully expected it to be “twitchy” like a learner driver but no. Onwards and upwards with the program! Congratulations to SpaceX and the Starship team.
@@user-mh5pj7kg2k uh? do you not have twitter? If so understable, so heres a summary, successful ascent, header tank switchover and flap control. The fuel header tank had some anomaly causing low tank pressure which resulted in the touchdown to be quite fast. These are not my own keyboard analysis, Thats from elon, so if you have issues with these, ask him not me 😅✌ But even if I dont have all the information, the fact it blew up means yes, I am certain something in this enitre test regime has failed.
SN8 celui ci est peut etre un prototype mais je trouve a mon gout que cela ressemble a un echec on est pas pret a retourné sur la lune avec un tel engin oui il y a des echec sa fait parti des risque regarder saturne 5 en raport 1 echec de capsule pas du lanceur et en plus pas de technologie extraordinaire ,il ya beaucoup de disfonctionnement regarder bien la phase de decollage et le retour trop rapid cela ce voi Space X n est pas la NASA
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There is no such thing as failure, only moments of extreme teaching/learning. You learn more in one moment of failure than you can in a year of theoretical study. I love what SpaceX is doing!
@@martinhill9011 Some cultures refer to their vessels as male. That said, she was a gorgeous ship. I hope her sister sticks the landing. They already proved the flop, and the flip out of the flop. Stick another Roadster in the cone!
Mary You are a DIVA. Your filming is amazing. I'm sure your heart was racing, the ground was shaking, and it was extremely loud. Jack. You're not a diva but your filming was incredible. Congrats to SpaceX, but especially to the NSF team. The camera angles were unique and gave different views of a historic event. Next flight, I expect to see Jack in a camouflaged kayak, and Das with an extra set of eyes!! (to see all the many camera views) I really enjoyed the coverage and the commentary. I was glad that you showed the sunrise. It was breathtaking. Congrats again. "Peace and B Wild". (Prince)
On the scale of excitement, amazement. fear. and elation this falls just below being there to help birth my children! Spectacular coverage since the very start of Starhopper. Mary...you deserve all the accolades (and more actually) for the tireless thousands of hours you've invested to document all of this. You didn't have to do this. but thank the Lord you did. Between you and the magnificent NSF team you've managed to find the best of 2020 and share it with me and the rest of humanity.
Thank you for not negating a very productive test with the usual doom and gloom. Listen to the ecstatic response of everyone on site watching the test. They understand the significance of the performance as a victory for confirming flight principles. The explosive ending was but a bonus. Hey, that fireball was epic! Besides, so much went right with this test, that the ending hardly matters. Cheers!
I spent two whole days “with” you guys and loved every minute of it! I cannot wait to spend every build up to every one of these big ass launches with you guys! Amazing amazing job. And also, thanks to SpaceX for spreading joy and giving hope for an amazing futuristic future 🥲
Elon Musk: "Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough." I can't help thinking of the massive data harvest here. Pioneering is exciting.
This craft is about half the size as a C-5 Galaxy, flying with an engine array intended to operate it in the thinner atmosphere and lower gravity of Mars.
Stunning. We've been waiting so long for this moment to arrive, and it finally came! It was really exciting to watch the world's largest bullet collide with the ground in a fantastic fireball, and they came super close, more so than I fully expected.
One of the most amazing things in aviation I have seen in my life. It is clear SpaceX has the best software engineers on the planet and I suspect their electrical and mechanical peeps are very close. I live in Australia and was lucky to watch this live with my son, your live feed was excellent and your enthusiasm was something my 14yo son could grasp onto. Thanks heaps.
I found out about the SpaceX around six months ago and had read about them making a spaceship called the starship. Looked into it and I have been watching the development of starship SN8 for a while now. She had grown to be my favorite spaceship, and it would make me happy to look back on When any news would pop up on her, or any new developments were made on her, or anything was added to her. Yesterday I got to watch her earn her wings and I am so proud to have witnessed it. Going to miss her. Love you SN8! I’ll remember you when I make my official astronaut oath. I’m headed to Mars, baby!! 😎
Big bad a boom.... GOOD! Made me think of Marvin the Martian. "There was supposed to be a kaboom. A great big kaboom!" Great job, Mary and all the others. What a great day!
Outstanding test! Breathtaking how fast Starship development is advancing. Space-X has flight/component/systems data for the entire duration of a "nearly" nominal first flight!
Considering all the phases of this flight that hadn't EVER been done before... for SpaceX to complete so many of the phases successfully - INCLUDING the stabilized swing to vertical - I just can't put into words how much respect I have for their design team right now. "Bravo Zulu" to SpaceX. You've done well. Here's hoping SN9 takes the test to completion.
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2020's been a tough year and SpaceX made it WAY better.
Explosively better lmao
@@andromeda9340 somewhat true lol
Just as Apollo 8 did with 1968. 👍🏻
2020 has persuaded me that I need to do everything I can to save up for a ticket to Mars.
Does anyone want to buy a Grandmother? I've got two for sale.
Absolutely, Dude...
"Nearly perfect" is spot on. One little tweak and they got this
That one little tweak could mean 10 or 15 more such rockets, or just 1 more.
@@technotv3227 the only thing that went wrong was a loss of pressure in the header tank
the problem is that getting people to Mars alive requires perfection, not only "near perfect" but this is fine for what the flight SN8 was supposed to be
@@DIASDEMUSICA exactly and even when we do get a perfect flight well be years away from getting to Mars due to the fact we have to make sure it’s reliable
@Tim Jacuzzi Raptor 42 wasnt supposed to relight during landing because 3 engines relight would have been to much thrust to land. It was only the loss of pressure that prevented a perfect landing.
After seeing that live, I'd be willing to bet money on sn9 working 100%, that was amazing, i was in my living room and the adrenaline rush... man, you crazy bastard elon, you've done it.👌
Same thing for me, still cant get it over
nah, I bet for SN 12 or 13.
@@gundarvarr1024 I bet for sn9
@@gundarvarr1024 I bet for 10 and 11. I know they need to tweak it a little bit more for 100% success but something unforeseen could still happen to SN9 (seeing that it was made before the test).
I even appreciate the fireball more than if it was a prefect landing, since it did add to my adranaline rush. And since I know it was a minor failure that caused that crash landing, I'm ready to bet my piggy bank against anybody that Elon will get this thing done before Christmas ... that will be our gift from our new Santa Claus ...
Take off = successful
MECO = Successful
Belly flop = Successful
Cruising back to landing pad = successful
Engine restart = Successful
Landing = 30%
Test is successful, gathering data for a mores accurate test.
Congratulations to spaceX, they delivered on promise.
Clueless media: Explosion! Disaster! Failure!
Their landing was pretty damn on target even with an engine eating itself, nose cone landed right in the middle of the pad
You forgot Vertical Pivot: successful, Landing Legs Deployed: Negative, Header Tank Pressure: Partial, Engine Thrust: Insufficient.
@@peterkacandes5905 I hope I saw that... I don't see failure... My bad
That last part was just the successful disassembly and celebratory fireworks.
SN8 begins recycle process while SN9 is rolled to the pad.
Everybody around: screaming
Mary: Yep, boom.
Also big thanks to Mary, amazing job even wihout practice of tracking she made amazing footage.
Indeed! She was spot on! Loved watching this live with everyone, but it's nice to see the footage after the fact!
Not just "Boom", but "That's all she wrote." Boca Chica Gal through and through. This needs to be on hand for every RUD from now on.
Seriously Elon needs to send her a check! @bochachicagal is giving us so much cool up to date info.
It was good footage from her, is she one of the ones that Elon is trying to evict?
Making history and breaking ground at the same time!
Praise the kerbal way
This is the way .
especially ground breaking at the last seconds ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉)
KSP
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R.I.P SN8 2020 - 2020.
You went out like a star and you will never be forgotten!!
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@@simonflyboy no, its a Call of Duty meme . So when someone says “F in chat”, it basically means “pay your respects in chat.”
I stand corrected :)
That flip is simply incredible. Unbelievable.
Right now, SN9 is in Highbay, air boxing to "The Eye of the Tiger".
This comment. THIS COMMENT.
beautiful
Or Highway to the Danger Zone
It tipped over against the bay. They're gonna have to repair it.
@@Dragonfly9307 got a little tipsy from all the commotion. Training montage will resume in a few days.
OK this is when the NSF portal opens and everyone turns into a nerd. Brilliant, brilliant job over the last few months NSF.
Not just NSF though, every single person who streamed this for us is an amazing person
@@anirudhnair558 true.
And that`s how you get into the history books.... Mars here we come :):):)
Question.... i wonder if anyone is watching from another world or passing by though our solar system.... ???
@@kylereese4822 Elon Musk = Seffram Cockran... :-)
Jack screaming in the background after "touchdown" is everyone of us. Absolutely amazing, thanks for covering all of this! On to sn9!
Dude I screamed when I saw that thing flip, they’re gonna nail SN9
Even if they don't, they will roll out SN-10 and try again, Elon mentioned somewhere that he thought they would be in the middle-teens before they got it truly right!
@@CCGR-2024 "middle-teens" scary how accurate that is
Launch: Perfect - Flight: Perfect - Landing: Almost didn't explode
"It's just a rapid unscheduled disassembly"
Landing: groundbreaking
I see what you did there.
I can feel Mars getting closer and closer.....
add some small ullage rockets.
This video should be in a museum on Mars in the future. Thank you Mary
It will be
The crowds cheering is everything ❤
That's a very american crowd for you lol
I've already watched every camera view I can find of this like 10 times already and it still never gets old.
Right there with ya bud, Tim will be sending out his ultra high def goodness from their angle soon and man they did a stellar job tracking it.
That had to be the most incredible 7 minutes of my life watching Space Veichles the fact that SN8 only got the landing wrong was simply incredible Congratulations SpaceX on a spectacular flight RIP SN8
Yeah, took me quite a few tries to get that right as a kid playing Lunar Lander :)
I was grinning ear to ear as this test completed. The future is now!
@Earth Person Sometimes.
And I thought the 2 simultaneous RTLS of Falcon Heavy side boosters was so cool, it will never be topped by anything else? Guess I was reaaaaaaaaally wrong. That flip maneuver was on entirely different level of coolness!!!!
It actually looked like it was just floating.
I've seen this from all angles a hundred times now, but this one with the people cheering in the background gave me goosebumps. Great stuff NSF!
agree !!!
What an amazing two days of streaming! Congrats to the NSF team!
Yes great job all
I was watching for almost 20 hours on the streams in total, was thinking yesterday was going to be another hold, until..... And finally SN8 did us proud, glad I can be a part of this new rocket history, many thanks @nasaspaceflight and @SPACEX..... ONWARDS AND UPWARDS
Technically was a perfect test including landing. SpaceX didn't specify the touchdown/landing force. So, it checks out.
GREAT job team Starship.
Yeah It did technically land
@@GeekyBrian96 With perfect targeting too. Directly on the landing pad!!!
And much simplified task of disassembly, though there is a bit more effort on the retrieval task.
Just needed a tad-bit more of thrust power
@@daysumalfinu1414 the only reason they didn’t have enough thrust is cause the header tank lost pressure so the engine started burning itself cause it had no fuel to burn that’s why you seen the green flames
An Oscar for NSF in the category of private documentary filming. This coverage was great.
Now I know what it was like to see the Saturn V fly for the first time back in the day. This was an epic! RIP SN8, thanks for your sacrifice & all that data! SpaceX rules!!! Congratulations!!!
I remember watching the first shuttle launch with my Father, I cried tears of joy!
I've had the phone wallpaper of a rendering of Starship skydiving for months... Now i've just changed it to the real damn thing, it's unreal. :D
Belly flop
As usual, the work of the NASASpaceflight team was exceptional today. Thank you all for your hard work and dedication. Cheers!
Just amazing. Most epic thing I have seen! Unfortunately, mainstream media here in Australia poorly reported it of course... Spacex, keep doing what you do best, you guys are awesome. NSF fantastic coverage well done all!!!
Did anyone else not know that the engines were gonna turn off one by one and thought that something had gone horribly wrong, or was it just me?
I didn't know. I thought they had failed for a while.
Well of course we were all questioning it but as it moved through it all seemed pretty planned, like how the engines "prepped" the shut down by shifting its weight and the ones that shut down instantly moved to max gimbal to clear the way for the others to have room to finish up.
Absolutely amazing!
At first i thought it was like that too😆
well, everyone thought 2 engine failed in the middle of the flight but both 'failed' engines were ignited during landing burn. Elon later tweeted it planned to do so.
I thought that at first also, but after rewatching a couple times, I realized they were also testing what if scenarios, would it remain stable/flyable/controllable with a failed engine or 2. They may have succeeded slowing it down if they flipped 2 seconds earlier. They hit the ground before the legs even deployed.
Wow ! The sound is just soooo amazing !! Thanks for all the work that went into this !
One of the most surreal things I’ve ever seen
MOST AMAZING THING I HAVE EVER SEEN!!! THANK YOU NASASPACEFLIGHT AND SPACEX FOR SAVING 2020!!!
Hear! Hear!
SN8: *falling*
Birds: *tf is that?*
hahaha
@@Herosoulstone 😂😂
they gonna find a way to mars too
ITS THE FUTURE!!
green flame
@@user-dq4sh2mt8l One raptor can land as aneight by itself so if that raptor didn’t fail then SN8 would have landed it looked like they wanted to simulate a engine failure on landing but more than one failed
Thank you Mary and Jack. Love the sound of the rocket engines 👏👍🤩
Overwhelming success is right!!! It was sooooo impressive :) I was in tears of joy watching this.
Farewell SN8, we thank you.
History made: the first time ever that the SECOND STAGE of a rocket has taken off on its own!
Wellll... it was not first time in history
@@qzg7857 no the space shuttle doesn’t count, it burned its main engines during 1st stage ascent if that’s what you where hinting at
I've seen third stages do it :)
Indeed, now you mention it
The Saturn program NASA launch the second and third stages alone.
It was ssssoooooo close! Can't wait to see the next starship fly!
SN8 will not fly again. SN9 might be moved to the launch mount before the remains of SN8 are removed.
@@KnightRanger38 fixed lol
Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to the NSF crew for your ongoing coverage of Starship and all things SpaceX. You all did an excellent job.
I still can't believe my eyes watch this beast actually fly and flip. One word to describe whole test, Marvelous! Thanks a lot NSF provide important recap of test flight, keep it up!
Let's go, SN9!
maybe we have to wait for a month at least
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As always amazing work all of you down at NSF and you mary most of all thank you so much for the unrelenting dedication you have, R.I.P. SN8 we thank you for powering our dreams and giving us the data to send us to the stars one day, SN8 will always be that first step we took today to take our first step onto mars tomorrow.
I'll admit it, I doubted when I saw the swing landing maneuver - that is, I thought it would be such a quick whipping motion it would be scary.
But I was astonished at how smoothly and slowly it descended. Of course it'll be a while before us civilians are able to ride one, but it doesn't seem like it would be so G intensive anymore.
I want to, even if it is a little violent. I imagine passenger flights would ignite the engines much early and have a larger surplus of fuel for the slower landing.
And then, it falls so slowly, maybe parachutes and inflatable bumpers would allow it to land safely even with no engines.
Coming from 0g's and 147mph/66m/s to 1g and 0mph/0m/s in such a short time will not be for the faint hearted~
SN8 celui ci est peut etre un prototype mais je trouve a mon gout que cela ressemble a un echec on est pas pret a retourné sur la lune avec un tel engin oui il y a des echec sa fait parti des risque regarder saturne 5 en raport 1 echec de capsule pas du lanceur et en plus pas de technologie extraordinaire ,il ya beaucoup de disfonctionnement regarder bien la phase de decollage et le retour trop rapid cela ce voi Space X n est pas la NASA
@@haydentravis3348 no lol the chute would need to be the size of 3 football fields to slow it down
The eventual plan is to use hot gas thrusters to do the flip maneuver instead of the engines. This will make it very smooth...but thats gonna be a whole other test series since those thrusters are still in development.
Great job everyone at NASASpaceflight. Footage and tracking is amazing, and so is the editing. Loved the commentary on the live stream also. And incredible engineering work from the entire Space-X team.
This is just. I still cant believe this happened, and look at how many objectives were MET!
@@cyber2526 Bah, details!
@@cyber2526 It was a massive success. So many firsts on one test flight!
Way better than my wildest expectations. Thanks Mary and Jack for coverage.
Thank you the the NSF team for the amazing streams and daily updates an all the hard work you all do. You are a top knock world class organization and we space fans are lucky to have you!
I watched two days worth of live streams of it getting scrubbed. With little sleep and feeling like the days were wasted, I quickly changed my mind as soon as I saw it launch. That was amazing! Thanks for the coverage!!
And I already can’t wait until I go through the same process all over again with SN-9!
So in under 5 years Space has made many test prototypes of the Starship yet SLS hasn't even flown yet.
Also I loved the whole thing. That swing maneuver, I thought it was never gonna work. Go Space and go SN9.
love watching a replay of the nearly perfect launch and this is without a booster
Yeah, a good sense of what it will probably take to get off of the moon, or Mars.
Mary, Jack - incredible videography; Brady outstanding editing. All on a volunteer fans budget. Quite an accomplishment.
Great work guys and girls! For the last few years, we have been blessed with the sight provided by your team to witness this epic demonstration of a new era of space flight. Take care and God bless!
it seemed like SN8 didn't want to end up in a museum somewhere, thus the explosive ending. :)
Nosecone survived lol
Best to go out with a BANG!
@@randgrithr7387 I;m curious about the condition of the batteries and motors for the flaps... wonder if any of that is salvagable.
Starhopper : -_-||
Best live broadcast of them all!
Well done NSF and Spacex.
That was amazing! Hanging out with yall the last two days was fantastic, keep it up! Silos can fly!
What a massive testing success. When you only fail a few final items out of a long list of things that could go wrong on an idea that is unproven, that is a massive win. This is a massive demonstration of a proof of concept and showing the idea is indeed viable! The transition in between phases of flight was surprisingly smooth, the vehicle looks confident in the switching of configurations, I fully expected it to be “twitchy” like a learner driver but no.
Onwards and upwards with the program! Congratulations to SpaceX and the Starship team.
Are you absolutely sure that some tests have failed? Is there a possibility that you are mistaken because you do not have all the information?
@@user-mh5pj7kg2k uh? do you not have twitter? If so understable, so heres a summary, successful ascent, header tank switchover and flap control. The fuel header tank had some anomaly causing low tank pressure which resulted in the touchdown to be quite fast. These are not my own keyboard analysis, Thats from elon, so if you have issues with these, ask him not me 😅✌
But even if I dont have all the information, the fact it blew up means yes, I am certain something in this enitre test regime has failed.
SN8 celui ci est peut etre un prototype mais je trouve a mon gout que cela ressemble a un echec on est pas pret a retourné sur la lune avec un tel engin oui il y a des echec sa fait parti des risque regarder saturne 5 en raport 1 echec de capsule pas du lanceur et en plus pas de technologie extraordinaire ,il ya beaucoup de disfonctionnement regarder bien la phase de decollage et le retour trop rapid cela ce voi Space X n est pas la NASA
One step closer to the Moon and Mars. Cheers from Italy
Starships were meant to fly! Hands up and touch the sky! Thank you for your service SN8, you will be lovingly remembered!
Great coverage everyone - your enthusiasm was almost as exciting as watching the rocket itself.
Fantastic work! Thanks to all involved in bringing us this awesome footage.
NSF Team, your coverage was absolutely spectacular! Freaking brilliant work the last 2 days. Keep up the great work!
Absolute amazing work by all at NSF!!!!!!! You guys are the absolute best!
Awesome! Best footage, excellent editing, and amazing team work - NSF...., you’re the best... 🙏 It is impossible to put into words how blessed we are that all of you exist and do what you do - thankyou...
ps: this is the best ever early Christmas present..., assuming SN9 is in the new year... 😉🤔👍🦘🦘🦘
Brilliant super cut and nice editing. Thanks NSF for the livesteam and this. Off to Mars!
Amazing how accurately it glided to the landing pad
I wonder is everyone realises how SN8 was gliding back to its landing pad. Was there a remote pilot, or was it on auto?
There is no such thing as failure, only moments of extreme teaching/learning. You learn more in one moment of failure than you can in a year of theoretical study. I love what SpaceX is doing!
This was a triumph.
I'm making a note here: "Huge success"
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction
Such an incredible launch. Thanks for the amazing content!
Thanks for all the different view points. What a feeling it must be to witness this.
Fantastic job by SN8 AND by YOU guys, for capturing it all!!! A big THANKS to all involved.
Man i miss SN8 now, he will forever be remembered
I think the gender of spaceships, like terrestrial ships is probably female. She will not be forgotten.
@@martinhill9011 Some cultures refer to their vessels as male. That said, she was a gorgeous ship. I hope her sister sticks the landing. They already proved the flop, and the flip out of the flop. Stick another Roadster in the cone!
Well guys it does looks like a giant p*nis flying so there's that 😋
@@Chocobollz Silver Bullet. Definitely Female.
Was there (hwy 48 ) saw it up close felt it and got my own footage and this video still gives me goose bumps !! Amazing !!
We got to see this thing made day to day. That is special, it's unheard of. Secret usually no?
Space x doesn’t have patents, if they did the Chinese would have a field day all they do is copy/ steal from other countries.
Well said Mike i feel very privileged and lucky to be able to witness all of this back in NASA days it was all secretive and no access
NSF you guys have really out done yourselves. I didn’t know which I was more impressed by, Starship or the great camera work. Awesome stuff!
One of the best Day. Thank you so much 🙏🏽
Today was an amazing day for everyone!!
👍
Mary You are a DIVA. Your filming is amazing. I'm sure your heart was racing, the ground was shaking, and it was extremely loud. Jack. You're not a diva but your filming was incredible. Congrats to SpaceX, but especially to the NSF team. The camera angles were unique and gave different views of a historic event. Next flight, I expect to see Jack in a camouflaged kayak, and Das with an extra set of eyes!! (to see all the many camera views) I really enjoyed the coverage and the commentary. I was glad that you showed the sunrise. It was breathtaking. Congrats again. "Peace and B Wild". (Prince)
On the scale of excitement, amazement. fear. and elation this falls just below being there to help birth my children! Spectacular coverage since the very start of Starhopper. Mary...you deserve all the accolades (and more actually) for the tireless thousands of hours you've invested to document all of this. You didn't have to do this. but thank the Lord you did. Between you and the magnificent NSF team you've managed to find the best of 2020 and share it with me and the rest of humanity.
History in the making! Thanks for sharing. Awesome vid.
Thank you for not negating a very productive test with the usual doom and gloom. Listen to the ecstatic response of everyone on site watching the test. They understand the significance of the performance as a victory for confirming flight principles. The explosive ending was but a bonus. Hey, that fireball was epic! Besides, so much went right with this test, that the ending hardly matters. Cheers!
cooool🤩👍✨今後の開発がますます楽しみ❤️🇯🇵
Mary's photography /video skills are truly amazing. A heart felt thank you to Mary and the NSF team.
This test was a great success. Almost perfect.
5:49 suprised you cant here tim dodd screaming
I agree, and *hear
That's because he was broadcasting his live stream from one of the hotels further away from the launch site, compared to Jack.
They had to turn down his mic at one point during his livestream.
"water tower flies"
He was screaming on his live broadcast. He nearly lost his voice
I spent two whole days “with” you guys and loved every minute of it! I cannot wait to spend every build up to every one of these big ass launches with you guys! Amazing amazing job. And also, thanks to SpaceX for spreading joy and giving hope for an amazing futuristic future 🥲
I've seen that free fall belly flop movement before. It was on Battlestar Galactica and it was called "The Adama Maneuver", classic!
This was AMAZINGGGG!!!!! Bring on SN9!!!!!! Go SpaceX, NSF, BocaChicaGal, EvA, LabPadre and SouthPadre!!!!
Thanks team, well captured. History has a new entry.
An Elon Musk ''failure'' is more of a success than one can imagine
Unreal
elon called this a success.
Elon Musk:
"Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."
I can't help thinking of the massive data harvest here.
Pioneering is exciting.
This craft is about half the size as a C-5 Galaxy, flying with an engine array intended to operate it in the thinner atmosphere and lower gravity of Mars.
@@whytrap4901 yeah it was a success, almost perfect and certainly beautiful
@@whytrap4901 it was quite the success
It’s a game changer for sure, you served us well Snate👌🇦🇺
Hard to believe there are going to be hundreds of them descending horizontally like that.
Thousands*
Thousands perhaps
Great recap. Thanks for the amazing commentary and feed throughout this process.
Stunning. We've been waiting so long for this moment to arrive, and it finally came! It was really exciting to watch the world's largest bullet collide with the ground in a fantastic fireball, and they came super close, more so than I fully expected.
One of the most amazing things in aviation I have seen in my life. It is clear SpaceX has the best software engineers on the planet and I suspect their electrical and mechanical peeps are very close. I live in Australia and was lucky to watch this live with my son, your live feed was excellent and your enthusiasm was something my 14yo son could grasp onto. Thanks heaps.
A cool additional perspective. Wish I was there with you guys!
I found out about the SpaceX around six months ago and had read about them making a spaceship called the starship. Looked into it and I have been watching the development of starship SN8 for a while now. She had grown to be my favorite spaceship, and it would make me happy to look back on When any news would pop up on her, or any new developments were made on her, or anything was added to her. Yesterday I got to watch her earn her wings and I am so proud to have witnessed it. Going to miss her. Love you SN8! I’ll remember you when I make my official astronaut oath. I’m headed to Mars, baby!! 😎
Big bad a boom.... GOOD! Made me think of Marvin the Martian. "There was supposed to be a kaboom. A great big kaboom!" Great job, Mary and all the others. What a great day!
Outstanding test! Breathtaking how fast Starship development is advancing. Space-X has flight/component/systems data for the entire duration of a "nearly" nominal first flight!
This went better than I thought. Epic!
What a launch! What a belly flop! What a test! Awesome!
Bring on SN9 :)
SN8, the future citizens of Mars salute your contribution to the evolution of the species!
Considering all the phases of this flight that hadn't EVER been done before... for SpaceX to complete so many of the phases successfully - INCLUDING the stabilized swing to vertical - I just can't put into words how much respect I have for their design team right now. "Bravo Zulu" to SpaceX. You've done well. Here's hoping SN9 takes the test to completion.