SpaceX's successful Starship launch end with spectacular explosion

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Starship ends successful launch in spectacular fireball

SpaceX is back on the launchpad Thursday with another attempt to send its Starship system into space in a crucial test of the biggest rocket ever built.

If successful, the flight will mark a major step in Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s goal to send humans back to the moon and to deep-space destinations including Mars. But success is far from assured.
 
Though the teams seem to be in a good celebratory mood, the control room looked as they have missed some milestones with the launch, but I am sure they will all pop some corks.
 
Excellent! Can't wait to see it go around the Moon as well.
That is a rather large rocket, must be quite spectacular to watch in person.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
Though the teams seem to be in a good celebratory mood, the control room looked as they have missed some milestones with the launch, but I am sure they will all pop some corks.
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There's probably a few okes who didn't get to live test their systems.

Like the first stage landing folks who must be quite upset with the stage separation guys about now :D
 
That thing was popping engines left and right.
Seems like at least six gave up the ghost.
Was a good show though.
 
This is what is so great about Spacex's approach compared to Nasa. Not scared to embrace failure and learn from each successive failure until they get it right. Nasa unfortunately has to answer to the taxpayer and failure is not an option, which is why there has been so little progress at Nasa.
 
I don't get the article. Did it end up in a huge explosion or is that what is planned to blow it after the test cause the article seems to indicate its planned to land but the title doesn't match at all?
 
_TrXtR_ said:
I don't get the article. Did it end up in a huge explosion or is that what is planned to blow it after the test cause the article seems to indicate its planned to land but the title doesn't match at all?
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Fake clickbait article.
 
_TrXtR_ said:
I don't get the article. Did it end up in a huge explosion or is that what is planned to blow it after the test cause the article seems to indicate its planned to land but the title doesn't match at all?
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Nobody plans for an expensive rocket to explode. Musk did say that he would consider it launching a success if it explodes after that he's happy.
 
Fantastic achievement.
Data gathered.
Leasons to be learnt and applied.
Improve and iterate.
Can't wait for the next launch.

Btw, the verb in the thread subject line should be singular like the subject (launch), not plural.
 
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