Canadian retired astronaut Chris Hadfield explains why SpaceX will learn so much from their giant rocket exploding after liftoff.
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launch went better than they had hoped, anything after leaving the launch pad was considered a success
@Ian Heier it was supposed to flip and seperate, once it failed to seperate it was downhill from there
@Wes G No not with a fully re-usable 2nd stage. That is yet to be done.
“If it doesn’t explode on the pad we consider it a success.” ladies and gentlemen the new motto of Space X.
@EinKerllol after creating the most useful rockets in history that went through the EXACT SAME processes of failure?
In other words, the entire point of the test was to see if they could get it off the f–ing ground!
Thank you Chris for setting the record straight
@Captain Obviousit’s objective was to make it off of the launch pad, which it did complete. It’s next objective was to send back data so that they can make modifications to the next one, which it also did complete. Anything other than those two objectives were it excelling past it’s goals, which it also did. It’s went past it’s objectives and outperformed them
Yes thank you! You set the reporter straight!
@BartMan Comparing the development and eventual operational costs of Starship to SLS is crazy! NASA has stated that $500 million is a reasonable target cost per flight for the SLS program. Elon says a Starship launch could eventually cost $10 million or less! Also, SLS can only carry about 30 tons to orbit. Starship will be about 5 times that while reusable and almost 10 times the capacity if expended like the SLS! Ten times the capacity for 1/50th the price!
@Anthony Do you not understand how progress in engineering happens?
Great coverage. Everyone else is painting the explosion as bad; probably for click bait.
The Falcon 9 exploded multiple times, and it’s now the most reliable rocket in history
I don’t think its for clickbait. The thing exploded. Of course, you can learn things from it, but its mission wasn’t to explode.
@MelSuggs Artemis is made by NASA, but Starship is made by SpaceX. It wasn’t made just for Artemis. It was also created so SpaceX could launch a lot of cargo at once to the Moon and Mars.
I would contest the point that the falcon 9 is the most reliable rocket in history. But yes this was a success.
The explosion wasn’t the issue, the real problem is the ground equipment getting obliterated. Hope it doesn’t take that long to install a proper flame diverter.
@MelSuggs because at the end of the day SLS, the only vehicle that could come close to this, will end up costing Billions of dollars per launch while Starship, when fully operational, will only cost the price of the fuel which would be low double digit millions. Without a low cost to space we will lose access to it.
Can you imagine being the person who hits the “Destroy” button?
I’m guessing it was automated, like when Starship Superheavy abnormally drops below 30km, go boom, and boom again.
Range Safety Officer has strict criteria to follow.
I don’t think it was a difficult decision to make today. The final trajectory was very much not norminal.
@Steven Veldt I know. It wasn’t a criticism. I just thought that even with the learnings, it could be sad to destroy it.
@Naor Tartarotti Or awesome! 😂
I’m grand somebody with knowledge is able to give context
Amazing guy…always great to see and hear from him!
Great guest to have on the show.
perfect explanation Chris, well done 🙂
Thank you, Chris
Props to Cmdr. Hadfield for clarifying it!
Honest words from Chris Hadfield🤙
I’ve watched a 50+ videos today on this and Chris is by far the best on Starship
Haha me too, yeah Chris always has based takes
@volleybrawl True, can’t keep my mind off this next-generation rocket!
Of course it would have to be Chris to set the record straight. HUGE success!
Most powerful rocket ever built. These guys are raising the bar.
@MelSuggsdoes your plane have a payload capacity of 150T into low earth orbit? Does it have 3,300,000 pounds of thrust? Has anything even remotely like it ever been built before? Didn’t think so
@MelSuggs aircraft and rocket are two different things.
Anyone billing cost-plus has to be evaluating their future in aerospace.
@MelSuggs Oh wow! You’ve built an rc plane, sick
@MelSuggsBS if you say aeronautical engineer.
Your plane literally has so much less energy to managed compared to Starship.
Your plane doesn’t even match Falcon 9, the most reliable rocket right now.
The reporter is ignorant. But, hey, journalism isn’t what it used to be.
Yes. Moronic questioning. But Chris immediately disagreed and set him straight. Instead of trying to sensationalize, he could have tried to learn a thing or two before shooting his mouth off.
What impressed me was the fact that despite the massive corkscrewing going on in the latter stages it still held together structurally.
Me to!
@Deploracle “Non-existent” isn’t really a fair assessment. We’ve seen rockets float sideways off the pad (Astra), we’ve seen rockets immediately pitch over and plow into the ground (Proton)… this one kept the flamey end and the pointy end pointed in the right direction up until the stage separation was supposed to happen. THEN stability went out the window… obviously.
That was kinda the problem. It was SUPPOSED to separate!
This is all to make space flight safer we have lost to many hero’s going to space
Guess it’s gotta be strong to make it all the way to space!
Chris is amazing! Nothing but respect for him. Spot on of course also.
I live in Brownsville so as soon as it went up the whole city shook. What an amazing time to be alive!
I know that area and I’ll bet the town shook! I just hope there isn’t a petition going around now from the Long Island resort to shut the launch pad down!
I almost cried when I saw the rocket clearing stage 0. That is its own feat. Elon stated that there was a 50% chance of failure well-before the launch.
Rockets are hard. It is literally rocket science! Well done SpaceX team!!
It is so nice to hear from somebody who understand this stuff and love the progress – Big respect to Chris!