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| Starship - 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' |
| 2023-04-20 |
| [Spacedotcom]The 165-foot-tall (50 m) Starship upper stage was supposed to separate from the Super Heavy first stage about three minutes after liftoff, but that never happened. The two vehicles remained connected, and the stack began to tumble, ultimately exploding — or experiencing a "rapid unscheduled disassembly," as SpaceX terms it — just under four minutes after launch. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #9 Here's the link address that shows the debris arriving at the launch https://twitter.com/LabPadre/status/1649068688853671940 |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-04-20 18:01 |
| #8 It's a lot heavier, so it accelerates more slowly. So the Gs probably are not all that much more. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-04-20 17:14 |
| #7 17 million pouds of thrust, and the Saturn 5 only delivery 6m. You have to wonder what the G forces are like. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-04-20 17:13 |
| #6 Kinda makes Tesla batteries self-igniting at highway speed look like a minor problem. |
| Posted by: jpal 2023-04-20 15:43 |
| #5 If the same thing had happened to Artemis I there would have been a unanimous call from the usual suspects for the program to be cancelled. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-04-20 14:45 |
| #4 Gotta love Elon the Alien. If you're gonna blow $h#t up, do it big! |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2023-04-20 14:22 |
| #3 Well they had stated that just getting off the launch pad and clearing the tower was a success and every thing else was gravy. Either way they got some nice data from the flight to improve future builds. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2023-04-20 14:11 |
| #2 There's dashcam video of pieces of concrete blowing off, so they have some launchpad left. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-04-20 13:31 |
| #1 The 5 Raptor engines flaming out seemed to have an immediate effect. Launch control was excited to see they still had a launch pad. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-04-20 12:57 |