/sci/ - Science & Math

>with flight 1 the goal was not to blow the pad up
>with flight 2 it was to get past staging, we achieved getting past staging almost to orbit
>with flight 3 the goal we want to get to orbit and do an in-space engine burn from the header tank and prove that we can reliably de-orbit
>we want to do a tipping point header-to-main propellant transfer, this is important for NASA Artemis programme
> we also want to demonstrate the payload door (pez dispenser) for starlink, V2 non-mini, probably V3 technically, really giant satellites