{"id":225867,"date":"2025-10-26T04:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T04:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/225867\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T04:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T04:36:09","slug":"was-starship-test-flight-11-a-success-by-will-lockett-oct-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/225867\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Starship Test Flight 11 A \u201cSuccess\u201d? | by Will Lockett | Oct, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Press enter or click to view image in full size<img alt=\"\" class=\"bi hs ht c\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" loading=\"eager\" role=\"presentation\"\/>Photo by <a class=\"ah hy\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@nssaremi?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"noopener ugc nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">nader saremi<\/a> on <a class=\"ah hy\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"noopener ugc nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Unsplash<\/a>Yes, kind of\u2026?<a rel=\"noopener follow nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/wlockett.medium.com\/?source=post_page---byline--6aaf686f6b12---------------------------------------\" data-discover=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Will Lockett\" class=\"m fk by bz ca de\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1*V0qWMQ8V5_NaF9yUoHAdyg.jpeg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" loading=\"lazy\" data-testid=\"authorPhoto\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"b1b8\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph nv nw ie nx b iy ny nz oa jb ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq he bl\">I have a bit of a reputation as a \u201cMusk hater\u201d. And that is true \u2014 I hate any egotistical, maniacal oligarch who has an obvious problem with kleptomania. You would need to be a little delusional not to at this point. But I\u2019m not inherently against Musk\u2019s products, because they aren\u2019t really \u201chis\u201d. Falcon 9 and the Model 3 were brilliant, even if they aren\u2019t anything like the technological advancements Musk claims they are. However, calling these \u201cMusk\u2019s\u201d projects is doing a disservice to the small army of engineers and technicians that actually did the grunt work to bring them to life. So, with Starship\u2019s latest test flight, let\u2019s try to do the impossible and separate the art from the artist and maybe give these engineers their own fair appraisal. Was this a success? Has it moved the needle forward on this arduous project?<\/p>\n<p id=\"f2dc\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph nv nw ie nx b iy ny nz oa jb ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq he bl\">Well, this test flight seems to have gone really well.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5e35\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph nv nw ie nx b iy ny nz oa jb ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq he bl\">Firstly, the Super Heavy Booster (SHB) they used, B15, was previously used in Test Flight 8. B15 underwent extensive refurbishment after its first flight, from March 8 to September 5 of this year, before conducting this test flight. During the flight, it performed impeccably, launching Starship up and away, separating correctly, and then conducting a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. It tested new landing manoeuvres\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Press enter or click to view image in full sizePhoto by nader saremi on UnsplashYes, kind of\u2026? 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