Starships Launch Successful But Stage 2 Separation Failed In An Epic Explosion

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Still holding countdown for final checks.

 

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Holding at 40 seconds now to pressurize.

 

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20 sec

 

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WE HAVE LIFT OFF

 

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IT EXPLODED

 

[Torch]

Hot Damn!!!
We didnt blow up the launch facility this time!!!!!

 

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SUCH A AMAZING THING TO WITNESS!!!!

 

[Irag8er]

Hot Damn!!!
We didnt blow up the launch facility this time!!!!!

AWESOME!!

 

[Irag8er]

Starship summary: successful flight past MaxQ all the way to the end of Stage 1 burn, but no successful Stage 1 separation and then RUD. Congrats @SpaceX
, a good first try.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1649045066655350786

 

[Irag8er]

Trying to count how many Raptors were in that shot of the engines but Kate TIce saves me the trouble: 3 Raptor engines were not on

https://twitter.com/x/status/1649045479605297153

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1649045813937729536

 

[Torch]

Publicly, they’re all smiles, but I sure wouldn’t want to be on the second stage separation team right now. They could get separated.

 

[Torch]

I think it was more than three Raptors that were out. If anybody recorded it, you can count them on the lower left and it looked to me like they were five out.

 

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I think it was more than three Raptors that were out. If anybody recorded it, you can count them on the lower left and it looked to me like they were five out.

I counted 7:

 

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7 right?

 

[Irag8er]

JUST IN - Elon Musk congratulates SpaceX, says: "Learned a lot for next test launch in a few months."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1649053643973480452

 

[Ruffinput]

I was late to work to watch this this morning. Had a feeling it wouldn’t go perfectly but I’d still say it’s a good step forward.

 

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I was late to work to watch this this morning. Had a feeling it wouldn’t go perfectly but I’d still say it’s a good step forward.

I was donating blood as it happened. Sounded like a geek listening to it on my phone and getting all giddy talking to the phlebotomists about it.

 

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Moved thread to the subsection "Defense Development" as is its nature a space race between worldly powers. AKA American private enterprise (with some government backing) VS the Chinese communist government space program and who is going to live on the moon first!!!