SpaceX Starship rocket exploded on landing during a test flight on Dec. 9. Elon Musk says the test was a success despite the incident.
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Oooooh that is so sad to see :(:(:(:(:( <3 I hope he has the resources to build another one. Is something missing in the design or was this another destruction test? If it was the former I am sure Elon needs a hug today.
This is a test, Elon said there is only 30% chance that it will success on very task. Elon has 6 more of this built already. Sad to see all the traditional medias only focused on the RUD, other than see all other successful testing tasks were completed.
Elon is a space karen
@Cotton the Easter Cottontail Rabbit I would like to think of him more as a Commander Keen.
Success except for header tank pressure at the end which messed up the thrust in last few seconds. There’s more test-rockets, so they’ll adjust them for those tests.
Fueled by Elena’s Musk!!
Sweet! Well done! Elon was just coming in a little too quick there. No biggy. Easy fix next time.
It had a 30% chance of landing. The next ship will launch in a few weeks.
Despite the RUD, the flight was a huge success for spaceflight. The headline should have reflected that.
Great video footage.
I hope not
Bahahahahah
they do not have experiences and spending money on and on
They have made the cheapest cargo rocket to date being 100% fully reusable (something that hasn’t been able to be done before) and there is also a heavy lift and crew variant of this rocket. They do have experience.
Uh oh! “ROUGH LANDING??” … Did they PRAY that it would land SOFTLY beforehand or nah??!
Elon musk is as creepy as zuckerberg.
Great footage, mediocre reporting. Nobody is asking you to be excited but at least report why it exploded and that it was expected.
Just looks like they need to turn the engines back on a little sooner. This is still a massive step forward as space travel has been learning from mistakes. Keep up the great work SpaceX!
The problem was not enough pressure in the fuel
The green exhaust in the final moments is copper burning. Too much oxygen, not enough fuel. The oxygen was being pumped into the engine and burning the guts of the engine. Ran out of fuel or the fuel pump failed.
The test flight is a massive step forward. It proved the belly-flop maneuver and the last minute tipping onto its tail. It means that with a bit of heat shielding this design could re-enter the atmosphere from orbital velocity. Couple this design with a reusable first stage, the Falcon Super-heavy, and they’ll have a fully reusable rocket with as much capacity as the Saturn V that was used in the Apollo Moon shots.
I thought they could already do this years ago why all the crashes now?
Explosion due to COVID 19
So awesome that in the name of Space travel the carbon foot print of that and many other failed/successful launches is a non issue.
Yup it’s a learning curve and they did the same with falcon heavy and now look it’s more or less perfect.
Testing is testing and that looked like just a miscalculation or multiple right at the end.
But I’m no rocket scientist lol I’m proud when I can make dinner so it’s just my opinion.
LMFAO!!! But they landed how many on the moon in the 1960’s?