This is SpaceX’s second attempt at sending Starship on a round-the-globe trip, following an April test flight that failed after only four minutes. This one lasted a few minutes longer.
It wasn’t lost shortly after launch, the launch was successful. The stage separation was successful. Sub orbital velocity test was ALMOST successful. The first stage blew up after separation which was not ideal but provided a lot of data and didn’t affect the 2nd stage. The 2nd stage blew up seconds before it was supposed to shut off anyway. The one aspect they weren’t able to test was the 2nd stage reentering from orbital speeds.
It wasn’t lost shortly after launch, the launch was successful. The stage separation was successful. Sub orbital velocity test was ALMOST successful. The first stage blew up after separation which was not ideal but provided a lot of data and didn’t affect the 2nd stage. The 2nd stage blew up seconds before it was supposed to shut off anyway. The one aspect they weren’t able to test was the 2nd stage reentering from orbital speeds.
Is stage sep successful when it causes damage to the booster and 2nd stage that cause both FTS to activate?
Disappointing how many of these headlines are obviously slanted to imply the TEST launch was a failure.
RIGHT and it didn’t “explode into a bazillion little pieces,” it was “rapidly disassembled!” Come on people get it right!!!
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