It looks like some small pieces blew off the booster and there was a little fire at the end, but they recovered it and can work on solving that for the next flight. What a catch.
I wonder how much they’ll be able to learn through thoroughly inspecting the flown hardware. That’s not a luxury they’ve had up until now. I would imagine it’s way easier to figure out exactly how minor issues manifested when they can go through the booster with a fine toothed comb.
It looks like some small pieces blew off the booster and there was a little fire at the end, but they recovered it and can work on solving that for the next flight. What a catch.
I wonder how much they’ll be able to learn through thoroughly inspecting the flown hardware. That’s not a luxury they’ve had up until now. I would imagine it’s way easier to figure out exactly how minor issues manifested when they can go through the booster with a fine toothed comb.
They won’t have this chance with the starship, although they tried. The splash-down seamed relatively smooth, but the starship exploded soon after.
Elon said they’ve done an initial inspection and it’s looking great. Also already found some stuff to improve that they’d never know without the catch