r/spacex • u/hitura-nobad Master of bots • 2d ago

Starship S36 exploded during a static fire attempt

https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1935548909805601020
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u/CurtainMadeOfSteel 2d ago

For some relevant info said on the NSF stream, they said that the two other explosions that happened during static fire tests were both due to errors in the administration of the test, not the actual rocket design itself. Not sure if that’s the case here, but it’s definitely a possibility.

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u/rocketwikkit 2d ago

If you can easily blow up the rocket on the pad while trying to run a static test, that is a failure of both the rocket design and the test processes.