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CXRAndy
Squire
What a dopey answer- never heard of test flights
CXRAndy
Squire
Its a new rocket, biggest ever built. Its obvious to go through numerous revisions to try and perfect every aspect.
All you need to do is look at the Falcon 9 rocket system.
It as of this month
As of August 24, 2025, the Falcon 9 family of rockets has been launched 531 times, with 528 full mission successes, resulting in a success rate of 99.44%.
That success rate was perfected through test flights, 5 to be precise before going commercial.
All you need to do is look at the Falcon 9 rocket system.
It as of this month
As of August 24, 2025, the Falcon 9 family of rockets has been launched 531 times, with 528 full mission successes, resulting in a success rate of 99.44%.
That success rate was perfected through test flights, 5 to be precise before going commercial.
CXRAndy
Squire
I dont know what you're getting at.
It seems you're criticising a test program, as those are avoidable failures.
All new machines go through a testing program. Most do it secretly, to avoid petty, 'look it failed again' comments.
Slightly difficult to hide the biggest rocket ever made from prying eyes.
SpaceX unlike other rockets systems before endeavour to reuse most of their rockets by being able to land them. No one has ever done that before. They just let them crash into the oceans
It seems you're criticising a test program, as those are avoidable failures.
All new machines go through a testing program. Most do it secretly, to avoid petty, 'look it failed again' comments.
Slightly difficult to hide the biggest rocket ever made from prying eyes.
SpaceX unlike other rockets systems before endeavour to reuse most of their rockets by being able to land them. No one has ever done that before. They just let them crash into the oceans
CXRAndy
Squire
The new Starship is still in test program phase.
If you looked and watched the commentary, the re entry attitude angle was adjusted from last time to find the best angle. The previous test flights were to find the stress limits on fuselage.
A bit like formula 1 teams testing their monocoque chassis to destruction by crashing it
Xipe Totec
Something nasty in the woodshed
Ouch.
classic33
Missen
They've been doing that these last six months.
All uphill
Well-Known Member
I find some hope in this; there is a limit to the credibility of the market.
orraloon
You wot?
Ah c'mon, this is USania, like wot voted in the orange shitgibbon. Again.
icowden
Shaman
it's a test program to create a usable and viable system. The latest test was 100% successful with a controlled touchdown on the ocean. I'd imagine they will now move to test flights returning to land.
