The rocket exploded when preparing for an engine test at the SpaceX Starbase facility in Texas. SpaceX said all personnel were accounted for and safe.
A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded into a huge fireball while preparing for a routine test on Wednesday.
The rocket, designed to be the most powerful in the world, was preparing for its tenth test flight at the SpaceX Starbase facility at the southern tip of Texas.
Local officials confirmed the explosion took place at a time when the rocket was preparing for a “routine static fire test” of its engines.
That means engineers were set to test the rocket’s engines with the craft still held down on its launch pad. But something went wrong and the rocket exploded.
This is easy to address:
Fire the CEO.
Hire a new CEO that cares about QA, and can create a work environment that attracts and retains top talent.
I used to love spacex- no longer. You all know why.
I think this is also the reason they have so many failures lately. They used to have no problem attracting top talent. I don’t think that’s the case any more.
Watching the initial Falcon launches, it gave me so much joy when it flew successfully and I was sad when it exploded.
Watching the Starrship launches it gives me so much joy when it explodes, and I’ll be so sad if it makes it to space one day.
And to think I used to cry whenever I saw one of his boosters takeoff and land, fuck that man and fuck his rockets
I use to love space travel as a kid and a young adult. And now, at, 34 years old, I just want my neighbor to be able to have healthcare.
I know they don’t mind “dramatic iteration” in testing, but aren’t the tests supposed to get better as time goes on?
This one didn’t dump debris across Caribbean islands though, so I guess there’s that.
Was musk on board?
Sadly, he survived.
There’s always tomorrow’s SpaceX explosion though.
And SpaceX is supposed to be the ‘good’ company that Elon runs. NASA needs to cancel the HLS contract and claw back the money already spent.
Used to hear that spacex has been successful in spite of his meddling, not because of it.
I do wonder if he started taking the reins with Starship, because it sure seems to be giving them a really hard time.
NASA should never have started subcontracting/giving work to private companies like SpaceX and Boeing. NASA’s talent takes pride in their work and does things well. Private companies are incentivized to cut corners, which you cannot do with spaceflight.
It’s been a problem for a while. Those o-rings that failed with the Challenger? Made by a company run by the FLDS child rape cult.
Unfortunately that’s incorrect. As much as I hate Elon, ULA would have been billing NASA cost plus for launches instead of the relatively cheap SpaceX ones.
SpaceX/Starlink is also a good illustration of why you can’t leave that much power in the hands of one man in the private sector
At this point, I’m starting to think that the next evolution of conventional weapons of war will be building a SpaceX launch pad near the intended target.
if i lived near southern texas, i would drive for the next launch, sounds like a good show, and it’s free
And the people rejoiced
A thorough and predictable failure.
At this point it might be more newsworthy if a SpaceX rocket doesn’t explode horribly.
