• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Funny how you claim I know little, when you just claimed Starship is basically ready, when all it can do is a few minutes before it blows up, it can’t even leave the atmosphere yet.
    One stupid comment more and I block you.

    • Pennomi@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I mean, let’s crunch the numbers: the final velocity was 24,124 km/hr and LEO orbital speed is about 28,000 km/hr. Contrary to what you claim, it did in fact leave the atmosphere at an altitude of ~148km. That means that this iteration of Starship was 86% of the way to its destination. It made it through max q and stage separation, which are generally considered the most dangerous parts of flight.

      Yeah, they were damn close.