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		pantalaimon 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX Starship 36 Anomaly v1 Starships were working just fine and even managed to make a soft splashdown. The problems all started with v2.

m4rtink 6 months ago | [–]

Sure, but AFAIK the V1 design just wasn't mass effective for the goals of the program - eq. lifting usable payload & being fully reusable.

Still in hindsight, a couple more flights to test the improved heat shield could help move that are forward & reduce some of the unknowns.

dfedbeef 6 months ago | | [–]

Too many Vs

tonyhart7 6 months ago | [–]

so whats the differences

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