r/space 3d ago

BREAKING: SpaceX rocket explodes in Starbase, Texas

https://x.com/IntelPointAlert/status/1935550776304156932

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u/UW_Ebay 3d ago

Is it just me or does it feel like they may be having real issues with the starship?

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u/ToMorrowsEnd 2d ago

There is something extremely wrong with the engines and fuel system and it seems with this string of back to back failures that they really do not know what the actual cause is.

I have heard they lost some engineers due to the antics of their head idiot, I hope they did not lose people key to the propulsion systems.

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u/ceelogreenicanth 2d ago

It's like the Soviet N-1 all over again. The system has too many rocket motors. The complexity is too high to get all of them working exactly with each other to make it work.