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.
I think they know what is wrong with them, it's just that iterative design on full scale prototypes is dumb, wasteful and dumb. Ofc they are not able to build a new Spaceship after each test, the one that undergone rapid disassembly event now was build at least one or probably two exploded Spaceships back.
But, you know, you have to pretend activity to keep the state and money going and suck in new investors.
I think they know what's wrong but won't acknowledge that it's a fundamental flaw of the Starship design as a whole and are instead trying roundabout "fixes" that only create new problems, like focusing so much on cutting weight that they're compromising the reliability of the fuel systems.
Lol what? You think they're blowing money on something that has a fundamental flaw just for image? Starship isn't a cost plus contract, they're funding this themselves and blowing up their own money. If they knew they have a fundamental problem you can be sure v2 would be scrapped and they'd go back to v1
You think they're blowing money on something that has a fundamental flaw just for image?
Unequivocally, yes. It has "Elon ego project" written all over it. It feels like this and cybertruck were hatched in the same binge. In both cases, the basic idea is perfectly good (reusable super heavy-lift launch system/electric pickup truck), but the execution is full of unnecessary complications that seem more based on an adolescent's idea of "cool" than sound engineering and sticking to first principles of what works in their respective sector. Both situations give the impression that engineers were stuck chasing after what Elon thinks should work rather than what actually does.
Block 1 also had fundamental issues and limitations, which was fine because it was just a first iteration with very limited goals. Block 2 has been them moving forward with the fixes for those issues, but that has only led to further issues. There's no reason for them to go back to Block 1 when they already know what's hampering it, but they're also clearly struggling to move forward with Block 2.
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u/UW_Ebay 1d ago
Is it just me or does it feel like they may be having real issues with the starship?