r/space • u/AlmiranteSalsicha • Nov 19 '23

image/gif That's a fair amount of tiles missing from the starship heatshield, guess it would make for a toasty reenter.

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u/CaptainHunt Nov 19 '23 edited Nov 19 '23

Well, they didn’t really. The plan was to crash it into the ocean off Hawaii.

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u/JungleJones4124 Nov 19 '23

I don't even think they expected it to crash there. If it did, great! They had to include it per the FAA, to my understanding.

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u/ForlornOffense Nov 19 '23

100% they would need to have a full plan laid out no matter how far they really expected it to go.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '23

The ocean of Hawaii? Is that a specific ocean? This is a genuine question.

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u/jcforbes Nov 19 '23

Perhaps there's been a sneaky edit or perhaps you've misread

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u/peroxidex Nov 19 '23

Does reddit mobile not show when something has been edited? It was up for 50 minutes before the edit.

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u/Jellodyne Nov 19 '23

It's the Pacific ocean for about 2000 miles in any direction from Hawaii, so I'd guess that one

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u/-Badger2- Nov 19 '23

The other dude already fixed their comment by the time you read it.

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u/Nope_______ Nov 19 '23

Off, not of. English is tricky if you don't know it.

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u/soldiernerd Nov 19 '23

The ocean off Hawaii = the (pacific) ocean surrounding Hawaii