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Partial success by the look of today's launch.
The Starship test flight is now over, after experiencing what engineers have called a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" during ascent.
Also known as its in lots of little bits.
The Starship test flight is now over, after experiencing what engineers have called a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" during ascent.
Also known as its in lots of little bits.
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SpaceX Giant Rocket Blows Up Minutes After Launching From Texas On Test Flight
SpaceX’s Starship rocket blasted off on its first test flight but failed minutes after rising from the launch pad.
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Well, on the biggest rocket ever launched, the propulsion was good, the guidance was good and the structures were good, and it climbed pretty high and it even went through Max Q (maximum aerodynamic load). That suggests that all the really tough bits do work. Then it failed to separate, but that is not going to be a really fundamental redesign; it's the resolution of some detail. I wouldn't be surprised if it's a line of code in a program that's wrong - we have certainly seen that before. I think the investors and the customers will be pretty happy. I think it was the most exciting launch since the shuttle days.Beats me why the monkeys were cheering a failure.SpaceX Giant Rocket Blows Up Minutes After Launching From Texas On Test Flight
SpaceX’s Starship rocket blasted off on its first test flight but failed minutes after rising from the launch pad.www.huffpost.com
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Pretty incredible first test of the combined rocket. Looks like the separation failed and they self districted.
Great first attempt I think....a lot of key bits have been proof tested.
Great first attempt I think....a lot of key bits have been proof tested.
I felt exactly how you would feel if you were getting ready to launch and knew you were sitting on top of two million parts -- all built by the lowest bidder on a government contract.”
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Its good that no one got hurt , so with that in mind and the knowledge gained , it really is a success of sorts ,, but Id not like to be in the meeting when someones getting the blame.
John Glenn
Its good that no one got hurt , so with that in mind and the knowledge gained , it really is a success of sorts ,, but Id not like to be in the meeting when someones getting the blame.
from the ground they probably thought it was the separation and things were going to be ok.Beats me why the monkeys were cheering a failure.SpaceX Giant Rocket Blows Up Minutes After Launching From Texas On Test Flight
SpaceX’s Starship rocket blasted off on its first test flight but failed minutes after rising from the launch pad.
Proof the Americans will cheer anythingBeats me why the monkeys were cheering a failure.SpaceX Giant Rocket Blows Up Minutes After Launching From Texas On Test Flight
SpaceX’s Starship rocket blasted off on its first test flight but failed minutes after rising from the launch pad.
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The early flights of the Saturn V were quite hairy; big rockets can suffer from a pogo effect which can destroy them, and one Saturn V (un-manned) was lucky to survive. Fortunately, von Braun's brilliant team were able to sort it and so it never, ever failed, even after being struck by lightening during one launch
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I liked the description "rapid unscheduled disassembly"
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Or NoMoreNailBiting.We'll probably find out it was a promotional stunt for No More Nails
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there's a huge difference in approach between NASA and spacex. The spacex rocket is just stainless steel, so costs not much more than a roundabout. So if it goes up in smoke, so what? NASA spend several times more on each ticket, so they are much more cautious.
The big goal for this was to see if it could launch. And it did. Success.
The big goal for this was to see if it could launch. And it did. Success.
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SpaceX use an "agile" development approach...basically test, fail, learn...retest. Repeat until successful.
They will be extremely happy with this first test of everything flying for the very first time all together.
NASA spent 25bn on SLS...which is basically a reflight of appolo and shuttle tech...not really innovation!
Apparently Musk reckons starship will be 2bn-10bn...pretty impressive what they are doing given the comparative budget.
They will be extremely happy with this first test of everything flying for the very first time all together.
NASA spent 25bn on SLS...which is basically a reflight of appolo and shuttle tech...not really innovation!
Apparently Musk reckons starship will be 2bn-10bn...pretty impressive what they are doing given the comparative budget.
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Launch and pass Max Q; it works.
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Anyone know if they intended to take a payload to orbit with this test ...or was this just going to separate and then land.
