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Elon Musk Just Casually Confirmed Why the SpaceX SN11 Test Flight Exploded – Gizmodo Australia
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that a methane leak is the cause for last week’s SN11 test flight explosion.
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has finally revealed the cause of last week’s Starship SN11 malfunction after the prototype exploded into a massive fireball during a test flight on March 30.
In a test flight that departed from SpaceX’s South Texas facility, the SN11 reached a maximum altitude of 10km – as planned – and continued to tick off boxes during its descent. However, the prototype failed to stick the landing and exploded into a ball of flames, unfortunately suffering a similar fate to its…
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