For anyone booked on a trip to Mars . . .

[Laughing]

NYBoro dont fly wizzair either, they lost my bag then shuttled it between amsterdam and luton in the exact opposite direction to my travel for 3 weeks.

My car parking (my keys were in the case) was 1,200 quid by the time I could pick up the car.

 

[HundredRoom]

NYBoro dont fly wizzair either, they lost my bag then shuttled it between amsterdam and luton in the exact opposite direction to my travel for 3 weeks.

My car parking (my keys were in the case) was 1,200 quid by the time I could pick up the car.

Hmm keys in the hold bag - well lesson learned I presume.

 

[Laughing]

Hmm keys in the hold bag - well lesson learned I presume.

Yup never done it since. To be fair the airport parking company let me out for my original booking fee.

 

[NZBoro1]

Remind me never to fly with them. When my son went to Australia to play football, he went with Air New Zealand and the flight attendant gave him 4 across the middle to himself so he could sleep.....

we're nice like that

 

[bear66]

Remind me never to fly with them. When my son went to Australia to play football, he went with Air New Zealand and the flight attendant gave him 4 across the middle to himself so he could sleep.....

I was on a 747 in the 80s. There were two of us, not travelling together, on the flight from Boston and they seated us next to each other.

 

[RedAsABeetroot]

Will you need to quarantine for 2 weeks when you return?

 

[bear66]

Will you need to quarantine for 2 weeks when you return?

Earth creatures, yes. Martians will be locked up as illegal immigrants and put on the next flight back.

 

[Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret]

Was anyone else watching that expecting to see Sebastien Grosjean emerging from the flames?

 

[Chris_Boro]

MATT DAMON.

MATT DAMON.

MATT DAMON.

 

[Liamo]

It's actually being hailed as a successful test!! Must be the "Let's see what happens when we crash land test" .. in that case .. Yep! Right on the money! Onwards and upwards!

It was a successful test because this was only a prototype to test primarily the ascent phase and the steering mechanisms which would guide it back to a precise landing area, all of which it did.

The failure to land softly was evidently because, as mentioned in the article below, it only had half the number of engines that the final production model will have:

The vehicle was also equipped with three Raptors, giant engines that SpaceX has developed just for Starship. The final Starship will supposedly be equipped with six main Raptor engines ...

So in terms of what it was supposed to demonstrate, it was a success.

Anyone paying attention to what was actually planned for this test flight would realise it did exactly what is was designed to do.

As Elon Musk said, in advance of the launch:

"Goals are to test 3 engine ascent, body flaps, transition from main to header tanks & landing flip."

SpaceX tests Starship prototype rocket

It was never supposed to be a test of a successful landing.

 

[Liamo]

. . . in 2026, the landing could be a bit rough.

As mentioned, that was not the final production model. It was a prototype with only half the number of engines.