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		moffkalast on April 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX Starship rocket explodes minutes after laun... Well the flight plan was to throw both stages into the ocean, so they couldn't have been overly confident about getting that far.

lupyro on April 20, 2023 [–]

I'm pretty sure they planned on the booster to land on a barge in the ocean

stetrain on April 20, 2023 | [–]

No barge, just a touchdown on the water.

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