https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Y7PkNo7SU

Elon Musk’s SpaceX faces a firey setback as a booster rocket for its Starship spacecraft burst into flames during a ground-test firing.

Things went south in a Monday test in Texas where space company’s Super Heavy Booster 7 prototype exploded as seen in a livestream recorded by the website Nasa Spaceflight.

‘Yeah, actually not good. Team is assessing damage,’ Mr Musk said on Twitter after the early evening explosion.

The explosion engulfed the base of the rocket in a ball of flames and heavy smoke and appeared to shake the video camera. However, there was no immediate indication of injuries.

‘Going forward, we won’t do a spin start test with all 33 engines at once,’ Mr Musk said on Twitter, explaining that the issue was was specific to the engine spin start test.

After the explosion, the booster remained standing upright, bolted to a test gantry.

The failure came in the midst of a dayslong static fire test campaign of the booster, in Boca Chica, Texas.

The booster was equipped with an array of 33 Raptor engines for use in an upcoming uncrewed orbital test flight SpaceX hoped to launch later this year.

The explosion is likely to setback Musk’s aim of launching Starship to orbit this year.

The Starship is central to Nasa’s plans to return to the moon as well as Musk’s mission to make humans an ‘interplanetary species’ starting with Mars.

In June, SpaceX’s proposed Super Heavy rocket program in Boca Chica received approval pending dozens of conditions. It’s unclear if the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will look into the explosion.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/12/spacex-rocket-bursts-into-flames-during-ground-test-16986682/

Testing gone wrong

Vawulence sleep Comrade go wake am.

This Musk no dey rest?





Big vawulence on the beat....

Testing gone wrong. So all the millions to put this up have gone down the drain just like that.

It is good that it happened now, what if something went wrong when you are in space and trying to re-enter the earth?

OK

The Starship is central to Nasa’s plans to return to the moon as well as Musk’s mission to make humans an ‘interplanetary species’ starting with Mars.

Make Elon Musk dey try calm down.
Kilode!

Ha.
Na wetin you won carry go mars be that?
Imagine US had say Fvck Russia and rely on soaceX for their space missions…. They’d be more than screwed.

Why won't it burst into flames, Baba is always on Twitter chasing clout and catching cruise 24/7

Adulterated fuel.....

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...I can tell.

He come out stronger.... The guy unseriousness is very interesting

This project would cost billions of dollars.

K

And there's this my coursemate that has the opportunity to follow Elon musk go this space o.

Make the thing no con catch fire on the D.day!

Musk and Trump are just impossible.

Love both.

Hey, Elon, you’re gona get there…..and we’re gona be there

T

This could be huge loss, but surely will be regained.

God of Elon musk please remember me










Guys wey no get girlfriend get peace of mind

No orbital flight will happen this year with this rate.

No to Tinubu

Cho Cho cho

Too bad

Oh no...a big set back for him, Alot of ppl will become very scared.

is it signs of end time asking for somebody

A single spaceship uses as much fuel in 1 single trip as the entire Jigawa state uses in a day.

If to say nah Nigeria Elon dey now, them go say nah Twitter CEO dey do him

These people with their gra gra

Land for sale

From the time this guy said he is buying twitter & voting Republican, its been one wahala or the other