SN 8 Starship launch to landing explosion tracked by my software

So primitive, crazy we are still using rockets.

Doesn’t this star ship design seem out dated? Its ass if he’s trolling TPTB with their own out dated technology just to prove a point he’s vastly superior. The same with that hideous metal truck. The exaplosion was a Huge finger to someone.

What about this story with trump Israel and the galactic federation. Any news on that Astro? Is it all crap?

Amazing footage! So happy that your software got used and you all were able to collaborate to get the footage shot.

What happened? Did they mean to restart the engines that close to the ground or were they supposed to fire long before that. It was traveling at a pretty decent clip on its descent just before it hit the pad.

Still, they did manage to get her up there. I can launch a rocket from a kit as long as I have about eight really smart people to help me out.

It's like having the Space Program back all of this SpaceX stuff. Just like when I was a kid and a teen and then a young adult, there was always something going up or coming down from space. Gave you hope!

Very impressive, Astromut.

You keep saying tracked by my software as if you invented tracking lmfao it's not hard to do.

The timing was fine but the engines began shutting down and lost thrust. Watch one of the engines flame out in the middle of the landing on the slow mo footage. The other one starts burning green because it's fuel starved. The mix of oxygen to fuel is then weighted heavily in favor of oxygen, which begins oxidizing everything in the engine and burning the metals, causing the green flame. The rocket has to use header tanks to provide fuel to the engines during the landing, the fuel in the main tanks is all sitting to the side during the belly flop. They're relying on autogenous pressurization of the fuel tanks (gassification of the fuel itself to keep the tank pressurized) but it wasn't enough.

It is to reiterate to the naysayers that it actually exists and real footage.

Oh, that's why it was green. *facepalm*

I'll watch the slow motion footage and watch for the things you pointed out. Thank you for your reply.

Of course, you’re correct. It was clearly nothing more than an Amish corn silo. Old Hezidiah probably lit his pipe and ignited the corn dust.

:fireball xl5:

Do you think they could have prevented the explosion?

Please, share your videos... would love to watch them!

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The naysayers also try to deny that it's my software.

I never claimed to invent the concept of telescopic tracking in general, but I did write this program to make it easy to track launches with a variety of off the shelf telescope hardware. There are multiple people now using it to track launches. And I dare say my satellite tracking program is the easiest way to observe ISS at high magnification with an amateur telescope. Yes, I advertise my software so that other content creators might see it and set up even more collaborations with me. Is that so wrong?

Do you have a pic of the camera rig? Is it motorized?

Yes it's motorized. You can see the setup at 5:30 in this video:

very pleased it exploded. we don't want the kings of the earth to have this capability

I know of only a couple other people who have ever tracked a Falcon rocket from launch to landing in one continuous shot. It's not easy at all. I did it on the very first Falcon Heavy launch and I'm the only one who got that shot on that launch. It was all thanks to my software.

What is the saying, if you star at mars, it will stair back at you

they better be cheap if they keep blowing them up!

yes I am not very impressed.

You're a knob.

Sorry. Did you call that toy a “starship”??

That’s a riot.

How many miles is it to the Moon and back?

Hey Elon. Your going to need a bigger boat!

Amazing coverage , thank you sir.

Congratulations. That was outstanding video.

Thanks Astro...I found it facinating!

So what?

They arent going to space.

They arent innovating.

They are failing.

And their failures are being celebrated.

Pathetic.

Let me know when they do something groundbreaking.