Flight 13 of Starship

Looks really good. The Starship itself did not blow up when it made a soft landing in the Indian Ocean off Australia. However, the booster looks like it came in a bit too hot.

One more test flight of the booster should get the rest of the issues corrected. The Ship got a good relight, so the next flight should see a once around for the ship, meaning an orbital flight is likely on the schedule.

Too early to say too much about the next flight, but things are getting pretty interesting.

Update a few hours later:

Thanks to this video, it can be seen what likely went wrong, but not necessarily why. A narrator said that 13 engines would fire up at the last part of the descent of the booster. That didn't happen. Instead, several engines did not fire up, with at least 4 that didn't relight at all. One relit, but went out immediately. That leaves about 8 that did relight and stay that way. This may explain why it came down too hard and too fast. One more thing:More engines went out right at the end.

Next day:Doesn't it seem to be in the same area of the booster which didn't light up on July 16th launch abort? 4 engines didn't light up on that day, and it looks like a couple of the same engines failed to light up on the final approach after launching on the 24th.