With the “unscheduled rapid disassembly” of the seventh flight of the Starchip we learn.
With the “unscheduled rapid disassembly” of the seventh flight of the Starchip we learn.
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The countdown culminates in a colossal roar when the 33 raptor engines of the imposing SuperHeavy went into action, it happened once again lifting the StarShip into the skies over Texas, everything seemed perfect in the immensity of the sky and for a moment you feel in the future and in fact we are.
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Meanwhile, at the top of the rocket, StarShip itself ignited its six raptor engines and continued its ascent at maximum power. It was then that the story took a dramatic turn. After approximately 8 and a half minutes of flight, mission control lost contact with the rocket. the ship the screen showing only silence, no telemetry, no video, nothing.
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These are impressive advances for a program that is still evolving, the flight plan included the StarShip performing simulated orbital maneuvers and in the end landing softly in the Indian Ocean, an ambitious objective that this time had a premature outcome, even so, this mission It accomplished much of what SpaceX intended to test new hardware features, review the behavior of the updated engines, and collect critical data for the next attempt.
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