Milland
Diamond
- Joined
- Jul 6, 2006
- Location
- Hillsboro, New Hampshire
I'm sure some of you are following SpaceX's progress with their big f'n rocket, the Starship. The test section SN4 with one Raptor engine was on a test stand, and had just completed a ~1 second static fire (its fifth), when a minute or so later it went bang.
Seems a leak of methane gas got ignited, no word yet on how the leak occurred.
Here's a video with a few versions of the blast: Starship SN4 explodes during a static fire test - YouTube
It's around two hours ago this happened, doubt a definitive cause has been determined yet. Bummer, but Musk is good with "break it and try again."
Seems a leak of methane gas got ignited, no word yet on how the leak occurred.
Here's a video with a few versions of the blast: Starship SN4 explodes during a static fire test - YouTube
It's around two hours ago this happened, doubt a definitive cause has been determined yet. Bummer, but Musk is good with "break it and try again."