Starship test

Oh well that's just brilliant! A gust of wind and you lose the whole thing. A failed reverse thrust burn and you lose the whole thing. A million reasons why you lose the whole thing. All so you can quickly turn it around and relaunch? How about the amount of time it takes to clean up the pad after a crash-and-burn? And having to build a new one?

Musk has been snorting punks if that is his game plan.

 

I think it has something to do with Mar’s atmosphere...parachutes don’t work as well on Mars.

I’m sure they know what their doing.

 

Indeed. Martian atmospthere is very, very thin.

 

This thing is not meant to go to Mars I thought. It's just a reusable launch vehicle for earth?

Anyways, here's he live stream channel for the tests. They are trying again soon.

 

Speaking of the Martian atmosphere, while it is very thin - like 1% of the Earth atmosphere, as far as I know - parachutes do work, it's how all those rovers land there?

 

I believe they previously have used parachutes and air bags. They bounced a lot after touching down.

The current mission needed the ability to land precisely.

 

Ooh, I didn't know about the airbags. That makes sense.

 

Low quality video. But you get the idea.

 

That was absolutely amazing to watch, thank you!

 

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Yes, the landing of the Perseverence rover on February 18 used parachutes too.

Great live, narrated video of the landing here: