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2023-04-21 Science & Technology

Watch live: SpaceX launching Starship on 1st flight to space

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Up in smoke.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-21 06:10|| 2023-04-21 06:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Elon's wealth nosedives by $13 BILLION in a day after SpaceX rocket blows up, Tesla earning's plummet 20%, and disastrous Twitter blue check mark revamp

Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-21 06:37|| 2023-04-21 06:37|| Front Page Top

#3 SpaceX reveals why Starship exploded minutes into launch

Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-21 12:54|| 2023-04-21 12:54|| Front Page Top

#4 I have not come across what the launch plan was.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-04-21 13:22|| 2023-04-21 13:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Stages never separated, that could be seen from the on-board cameras. They couldn't get all 33 engines lit during their 3 second long hot-fire a few months ago, and at that time Musk said there was sufficient margin even in that case.

So, maybe there was. Maybe there wasn't.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-04-21 13:25|| 2023-04-21 13:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Following the flight, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has grounded the vehicle.

Toldja so! - FAA

Posted by Bobby 2023-04-21 18:32|| 2023-04-21 18:32|| Front Page Top

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