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xixixao • yesterday at 9:21 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

This is much longer (22h) than starship ever spent coasting, right? If it doesn’t make it back I’d expect problems with boil off.


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NitpickLawyer • today at 6:36 PM

They have several points where they can take an earlier backup option for de-orbiting. So they'll have the teams check things constantly, and only wait if they're confident that things look good for their de-orbit burn.

ls612 • today at 12:20 AM

That’s probably part of the point, to get real data on boil off and how they will need to spec their cooling system for the lunar and mars missions.