Starship S31's debris have returned to Australia! All sorts of items, ranging from tiles, COPV tanks, and other components from the Starship upper stage have been brought back to shore for further analysis 🧵 (Video version of this thread: youtu.be/Gu5aIMC7NSk) - ThreadSky

igw.llc • 105 days ago

Starship S31's debris have returned to Australia!

All sorts of items, ranging from tiles, COPV tanks, and other components from the Starship upper stage have been brought back to shore for further analysis 🧵

(Video version of this thread: https://youtu.be/Gu5aIMC7NSk)

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igw.llc•105 days ago

A quick disclaimer. All activity and observation here took place under all proper permits and licenses, along with discussions with involved parties. Do NOT attempt operations such as this without these authorizations. All it takes is one person to ruin operations for everyone

igw.llc•105 days ago

Offshore support vessel "LIMITLESS" and offshore tug "BHAGWAN RENEGADE" were present at the landing site of Starship during Flight 6. Following splashdown of the vehicle, Starship broke up into multiple sections. These two vessels followed the floating debris for over 27 hours.

igw.llc•105 days ago

Limitless arrived to port first, to Exmouth, Australia, on November 23rd. Here we can see unloading operations actively ongoing.

igw.llc•105 days ago

Among the largest debris brought back was four COPV tanks from the ship. There is potential that there was actually eight tanks unloaded, as each of these crates can contain four COPV tanks each, and one of the containers was already sealed by the time we arrived on scene.

igw.llc•105 days ago

There's also the classic piece that we all know and love -- Tiles! Multiple bags containing hundreds of heat shield tiles, presumably sampled from various areas around the ship.

igw.llc•105 days ago

Many of these tiles are in surprisingly good condition. Here is a person inspecting a chunk of tiles still held together with glue. This chunk is most likely from the nosecone tip or the forward static aerocover caps of Starship.

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