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SpaceX Starship BLOWS UP!
2019-11-20
Posted by:3dc

#6  IMHO they need to be putting these things together in a climate controlled facility. A tent on the Gulf Coast is not good enough to do a high-quality stainless steel weld.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2019-11-20 23:29  

#5  Is it re-usable still?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-11-20 22:22  

#4  Rocket science is hard. There is a reason it took so long to get reliable launches.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-11-20 19:44  

#3  Welds in the cryogenic bulkhead failed. Not clear if it was actual LOX or something like liquid nitrogen in the LOX tank. Bulkhead top went 500 feet in the air
Posted by: 3dc   2019-11-20 19:33  

#2  Remember the movie The Right Stuff(1983)? Looks like SpaceX needs to move on to Plan B, then Plan C, then...?
Posted by: magpie   2019-11-20 18:58  

#1  Not as complete as the Dragon escape thruster explosion a while back.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-11-20 18:51  

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