rocket landing off of Hawaii

[TomK]

The problem with that is many people out that way would actually think it's a real space alien landing, and who knows what would happen then?

[kalianna]

A BIG drum circle.

[TomK]

Won't they be a bit disappointed when no alien exits the rocket? OF course, if a real space alien landed, they might not appreciate a drum circle, even a big one, and might interpret it as hostile. Unless we've been in touch with the space creature beforehand, you just don't know how they'll see things. There are so many movies that show how true this is.

[SBH]

I watched a well done SpaceX Starship animation last night published a few days ago and if this is depicting what we expect to be the “landing” near Hawaii it is actually showing it breaking up like the shuttle Columbia which would have quite a large debris field.

https://youtu.be/hyYqLaeHM7g

[TomK]

I watched a well done SpaceX Starship animation last night published a few days ago and if this is depicting what we expect to be the “landing” near Hawaii it is actually showing it breaking up like the shuttle Columbia which would have quite a large debris field.

https://youtu.be/hyYqLaeHM7g

That was brilliant, thanks so much for posting it. BTW, it's depicting a failure as it re-enters the atmosphere, and if that happened on the upcoming test it won't be a threat to Hawaii as it'll happen a long way to the southwest of the island over an empty ocean. There is at least one other failure shown in the video as well - I think they're trying to make it as realistic as possible for a first test. Nevertheless, what a great video!

[kalianna]

Perhaps 4/17?

https://weatherboy.com/faa-says-huge-roc...-april-17/

[TomK]

To answer the original question as to whether we'll be able to see this from here, this will give you an idea of how difficult it is to answer that question until the actual launch:

https://youtu.be/acxnPFOV9jU

I suspect it won't be visible from Puna.

[kalianna]

Mark your calendars:
"The FAA is providing new clues for when SpaceX may attempt to launch it’s giant Starship rocket from Texas to Hawaii: April 17. According to the FAA Operations Plan Advisory issued today, SpaceX has its first launch window open on Monday, April 17 at 7:00 am local time, 2:00 am Hawaii time, and 8:00 am Eastern Time. The launch window is open for three hours and five minutes. Should conditions not allow lift-off on the 17th, back-up launch dates of Tuesday, April 18, Wednesday April 19, Thursday April 20, and Friday April 21 are also available with the same three hour, five minute launch window available each day."

https://weatherboy.com/faa-says-huge-roc...-april-17/

[leilanidude]

Anyone else find it odd that the employee in the video is driving a pickup truck and not a Tesla?

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Rendering of splashdown:
https://twitter.com/ercxspace/status/164...61248?s=21

Elon Musk’s comment: 
“Unlikely for early ships to splashdown intact. Getting to orbit at all on first try would be a major win.”

Let’s hope he also considers aiming the rocket a major win.  Maybe we DON’T want to see it from Puna!