Was the launch complex damage worse then expected, it sure seems like it was but, this why test flights are done, right? To find the unknowns. I also don't think the Sea Turtles were nesting at this time. It doesn't seem like history looks back at the Apollo program as a Disaster due to a few broken windows.
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Addressing the challenge, of debris kicking up 2 years from now, at the end when everything else has been finalized, is the path to billions of costs over runs and delays of decades.Īlso, similar to the testing of the Apollo F-1 rocket engines, some windows were broken.
Because it will be the fastest and cheapest way to a working solution. Addressing this in the 1st test, is smart.
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The great unknown is how to land & launch big rockets (The LEM was small) on places like the Moon & Mars. If you don't believe me, do a quick search for the Falcon 9 rocket. It isn't like SX doesn't know how to launch and land rockets. Especially during the 1st launch test when changes will be much easier to make moving forward. While not exact, it does simulate, in a way, launching off of the Moon/Mars.Īlso launching the 1st Super heavy with some engines out at the launch and most likely due to damage to the bottom of the rocket is also the perfect way to test the robustness of the system. No real time data ever for a launch off of the type of pad that just launched the Super Heavy/Starship. So there was really nothing to learn from a launching on a traditional launch pad. There have been 10's of thousands of launches on a launch pad. If you're going to send a big rocket to land and launch on the Moon and Mars you going to have to land and launch on a rocky surface that hasn't been built up like an Earth based launch complex. So let's think about this, just a little more. Look people even if you hate Musk, and lots of people do, he is smart enough to build a flame trench to divert the rocket engine exhaust. And then it took many more flights before we had reusability that was meaningful, where we didn't have to rebuild the whole rocket." "For those that have followed the history of Falcon 9, and Falcon 1 actually, and our attempts at reusability, I think it might have been close to 20 attempts before we actually recovered a stage. "This is really kind of the sort of first step in a very long journey that will require many, many flights," Musk said. On April 16, four days before the test, Musk lowered expectations, warning in a Twitter discussion (opens in new tab) that if any of the rocket's engines went wrong "it's like having a box of grenades, really big grenades." Able to carry 10 times the payload of SpaceX's current Falcon 9 rockets, Starship was designed to transport crew members, spacecraft, satellites and cargo to locations in the solar system.Īfter blasting off from its launchpad at Boca Chica, Starship climbed to a maximum altitude of 24 miles (39 km) before problems with as many as eight of the rocket's 33 Raptor 2 engines caused Starship to flip and roll, leading SpaceX to order the rocket to self-destruct.ĭespite the rocket's unexpectedly messy takeoff and fiery demise, SpaceX and Musk have hailed the test as a success that enabled engineers to gather essential data for the next launch. Standing at 394 feet (120 meters) tall and propelled by a record-breaking 16.5 million pounds (7.5 million kilograms) of thrust, SpaceX's Starship is the largest and most powerful rocket ever built. How long will it take for humans to colonize another planet? NASA announces Artemis astronauts who will fly to the moon for the 1st time in 50 years Ethereal whirlpool of light grows into a giant, perfect spiral above Alaska. "Looks like we can be ready to launch again in 1 to 2 months," he added. Musk wrote on Twitter that SpaceX began work on "a massive water-cooled, steel plate to go under the launch mount" three months prior to the launch, but it wasn't ready in time. As debris spread far further than anticipated, the FAA's "anomaly response plan" has also come into force, meaning SpaceX must complete extra "environmental mitigations" before reapplying for its launch license.
The FAA’s investigation will need to conclude that Starship does not affect public safety before it can launch again.
The FAA's mishap investigation is standard practice when rockets go astray. "Aspiring to have no flame diverter in Boca, but this could turn out to be a mistake," SpaceX founder Elon Musk wrote in an October 2020 tweet. Unlike other launch sites for large rockets, SpaceX’s Boca Chica site lacks both a deluge system, which floods pads with shockwave-suppressing water or foam, and a flame trench to safely channel burning exhaust away. (Image credit: Patrick Fallon/AFP via Getty Images) Debris surrounding Starship's launch pad at Boca Chica, Texas.
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