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manicdem

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2. Looked pretty successful

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2026, 08:00 PM

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It was able to accomplish it's primary mission of getting into the proper suborbit and releasing it's payload. The starship itself got through it's extreme stress testing unscathed. The new launch tower worked fine. It's with the reusability and relaunch abilities that gave it trouble and those are important goals to meet for it's mission.

Overall the Starship is trying to make breakthroughs that no one else has done before which is amazing.

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