SpaceX's Starship exploded 4 minutes into its flight. Watch the video here.
Fast forward to the explosion: 3:59
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I’m not a rocket scientist, but having the entire rocket go boom is a bad thing, right?
You could see from the get go there were problems. It lumbered off the pad. You could see not all the engines were firing in concert. “All the rest is icing…” Or your public relations scripted comment, if it went awry after getting off the pad.
They probably hit the destruct button, realising the fuel laden flying bomb could land anywhere.
It was well over the ocean by the time they lost control I assume the avionics computer decided to self-terminate
What and incredible achievement for the first test launch on this platform…absolutely stunning work by the SpaceX Team!!!
Back to drawing board I am looking forward to space cargo shipping service in the near future
Everyone asking why they’re cheering after it blew up – this was a test flight. The fact that it exploded means there was an issue, and the next model of the starship will likely have a different issue. Eventually after testing for a while there will be no more issues to fix. This is how they do things. Getting the ship off the launch pad was their goal for this launch, and they went above and beyond. Everything here was deserving of celebration!
It’s but a minor hiccup. Incredible work and keep pushing forward. Don’t be phased at all.
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