SpaceX’s Starship rocket system reached several milestones in its second test flight before the rocket booster and spacecraft exploded over the Gulf of Mexico.

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I'm sure they have tons. But we don't know the full thermo areo dynamics at hypersonic speeds and complex geometries, especially their effect on unconventional control surfaces across huge temperature and speed ranges. Some military companies have even bought flights on electron to get high altitude hypersonic velocity data on how the air behaves in that regime.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    So rocket science...the thing the world has been doing since the end of WWII. Weird how other rockets don't have this problem....

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You know of any other companies doing a belly flop maneuver? Or a reusable first stage with hot staging?

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    How reusable? NASA had recoverable boosters How does math and physics change based on goals?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    NASA has never used hot staging.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I repeat math or physics changed?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No, the constants and dynamics in that flight regime are just not well understood.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So you are telling me PhD physicists don't know?

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