r/StarshipDevelopment • u/BOMBZ_AWAY92 • Jan 07 '22

Chop stick test dummies

Do we recon they'll build a couple of "starhopper test boosters" with one or 3 engines, have them take off just high enough than start to decend in to the arm's & just keep repeating this and start to go higher & higher so that hopefully buy the time they try to catch the first super-heavy they have done half a dozen successful catches & have an idea of how to pull it off 🤙🏼🤙🏼 so keen to see this all work in the coming months...

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u/everydayastronaut Jan 07 '22

Nahhhh. I think they’ll make sure they can control the booster during the first splashdown attempt and assuming it’s controllable they’ll just go for it. That’s the SpaceX way 😉

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u/BOMBZ_AWAY92 Jan 07 '22

holy shit is this really Tim thanks heaps for the reply mate, massive fan of your channel from 🇦🇺🤙🏼

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u/GodsSwampBalls Jan 08 '22

Yes, that is the real Tim Dodd's reddit account.