Hard Landing, On Target, Destroys Starship SN8
It was one of the most remarkable things we've ever seen... the launch of a SpaceX Starship prototype to 40,000 feet, the repitching to a belly-level descent precision-guided by control surfaces attached to each side, and then a last-minute radical pitch-up followed by reignition of the Raptor rocket engines to a targeted landing... and it came SO close to working this time around. But... the final approach appeared to show problems with getting the engines up to full thrust, followed by what appeared to one or more failures... and the vehicle hit the target ramp at about 70 mph. Flames followed.
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