OT: Another SpaceX Starship explosion

[RocketDawg]

This time it was during the landing phase, not after landing as it was last time. The article said dense fog prevented a visual of the explosion, but apparently there was a problem with the engines both in ascent and descent.

https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/03/...rship-test-flight-ends-in-apparent-explosion/

 

[The Fatboy]

Pretty sure it didn't land but exploded just above the landing pad. Wish it hadn't been foggy.

 

[PineGroveBully]

Yea I was anxious to see this, wish it hadn’t of been so foggy. I can’t remember the company but I saw where the one that will be carrying civilians into space was going to donate the cost to St. Jude in Memphis. I’d just like to go up in the plane that does the parabolic flights for a few mins of weightlessness.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

The video of this launch made it seem like stuff was screwed up the whole time. I'm not just talking about the fog. Even the video from SN11 was intermittent and they did not display any of the usual telemetry.

 

[The Fatboy]

Right they mentioned one of the engines had trouble on both the accent and restart during the landing phase.

 

[RocketDawg]

This time it was during the landing phase, not after landing as it was last time. The article said dense fog prevented a visual of the explosion, but apparently there was a problem with the engines both in ascent and descent.

https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/03/...rship-test-flight-ends-in-apparent-explosion/

xx

 

[RocketDawg]

Pretty sure it didn't land but exploded just above the landing pad. Wish it hadn't been foggy.

Correct. It didn't land, but was in the landing phase.

The one before actually landed, but then blew up on the landing pad after tilting a bit due to a malfunctioning landing leg and a (resultant?) methane leak.

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