[arista]

[SpaceX on Tuesday launched its ninth
Starship test flight from Starbase, Texas,
but the rocket encountered issues
in orbit because of a
booster exploding shortly
before its expected splashdown.

The early explosion led to fuel leaks,
which caused the rocket to begin
spinning uncontrollably.
SpaceX said its flight team had lost
altitude control as the vehicle continued
its atmospheric re-entry.
In March, a Starship rocket on its eighth
test flight exploded shortly after
it was launched from Texas, grounding flights
and triggering warnings about falling
spaceship debris.]


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c5y6drv99r9o

[Mystic Mock]

It bombed.

[Gusto Brunt]

Not looking good for a journey to Mars, anytime soon, then.

[Oliver_W]

To be fair, this absolutely deserved to happen because I don't like what Elon does with a social media app, so I'm going to be smug online.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

To be fair, this absolutely deserved to happen because I don't like what Elon does with a social media app, so I'm going to be smug online.

You go girl!

[arista]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

Not looking good for a journey to Mars, anytime soon, then.

On this test
They know it was a fuel leak,


Mars Mission is a long way off
by then, corrections can help ensure
that journey goes off well.

[Gusto Brunt]

Originally Posted by arista

On this test
They know it was a fuel leak,


Mars Mission is a long way off
by then, corrections can help ensure
that journey goes off well.

I read it was 2032.

[Quantum Boy]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

To be fair, this absolutely deserved to happen because I don't like what Elon does with a social media app, so I'm going to be smug online.

I see what you're saying but to be fair there's a bit more to it than that - e.g. perhaps a tech billionaire best known for making **** electric cars with shocking production standards MIGHT be wasting time and money trying to build space-ships... and I think it's fairly valid to find it a bit gross that the world's richest man spends a not-small-chunk on cobbling together the world's most expensive fireworks.