Yikes! SpaceX’s new Starship exploded after a test flight in a remote corner of Texas. The Starship SN8 is claimed to be the rocket ship that could carry people to Mars in as little as six years. Well, it seems that the spacecraft needs a lot more work after the test flight’s catastrophic end:
The entire flight – as dramatic and flashy as it gets, even by SpaceX standards – lasted six minutes and 42 seconds and was broadcast live on its website. Repeated delays over the past week and a last-second engine abort Tuesday heightened the excitement among space fans.
Musk called it a “successful ascent” and said the body flaps precisely guided the rocket to the landing point. The fuel tank pressure was low, however, when the engines reignited for touchdown, which caused Starship to come down too fast.
“But we got all the data we needed!” he tweeted.
Image via The Guardian
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