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SpaceX and other space stuff

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Video and images have been posted in various places of the Starship debris burn-up as spotted from aircraft.

Some notes to bear in mind for those not used to looking at these things: First, bright objects in the sky tend to look closer than they actually are (think of how impressed people are with a full Moon, for example), and, with the curvature of the Earth, the altitude of the debris at this point was far above general or commercial aviation. Nothing pictured here was "right outside the window," or even in the same horizontal plane as the aircraft. Air traffic notices and diversion contingencies for space launches are part of the standard planning for any launch, by any organization. They are issued well in advance, generally several days beforehand, and were in place for this one. Contrary to hyperbolic youtube and tweety exclamations (similar to the laughable tourist reactions above), no aircraft piloted by anyone with a habit of being responsible and well-informed about the task were in the path of the debris. If you want to see people dig into the details of all of this (including the math), check this article over at Ars, and hop down the rabbit hole of its comment section.

Otherwise, just enjoy the cool pictures:


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Starship Flight 8 attempt in about 8 minutes!

Go SpaceX! (And Elon, yeah, you can go too, the other way though!) hehe

...holding at 40 seconds, booster issue solved, something popped up on Starship itself.
 
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