[Special] ABSOLUTE Success! Full Analysis of SpaceX's Crazy Starship IFT-5

SpaceX caught Super Heavy with Mechazilla. Starship survived re-entry and did a precise landing in the ocean. How did they do that? What does it mean for SpaceX? What to expect from IFT-6 now? 📺 Scott Manley: https://www.youtube.com/@scottmanley 📺 Marcus House: https://www.youtube.com/@MarcusHouse 🚀 IFT-4 Analysis: https://youtu.be/ecMlV4W_CLU 🚀 IFT-3 Analysis: https://youtu.be/EVic941kQ44 🚀 IFT-2 Analysis: https://youtu.be/ReXZvXPak4U 🚀 IFT-1 Analysis: https://youtu.be/RGcdjJj-f4g 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 01:05 Flight 5 02:25 Initial plan for the test 03:54 Liftoff 05:50 Hot staging 10:04 Super Heavy catch 16:01 What were the odds 20:38 Future versions of Starship 23:42 Starship's re-entry and splashdown 37:38 The aftermath 42:28 Flight 6 58:11 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/Flv1W6AR-cU 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)