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SpaceX aborts Mars prototype rocket test launch with 0.1 seconds on the clock – 7NEWS.com.au
Just moments before liftoff, the vehicle’s engines began to sputter off.
Another SpaceX rocket prototype was fuelled and ready for a test flight Wednesday, only for the vehicles engines to sputter off in the final moments before liftoff.
The company announced it had aborted the flight and will recycle the rockets fuel and attempt liftoff again around 4pm CT (9am on Thursday AEDT), according to SpaceX engineer John Insprucker.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet that the abort was triggered by pre-set standards around the rockets thrust, which Musk described as slightly…
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