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SpaceX identifies cause of Starship SN11 prototype’s crash – Space.com
A plumbing problem was apparently to blame.
We now know why SpaceX’s latest Starship
prototype went up in flames last week.
The stainless-steel vehicle, known as SN11 (“Serial No. 11”), launched on a test flight last Tuesday
(March 30) from SpaceX’s South Texas facilities, near the Gulf Coast village of Boca Chica.
SN11 soared to a maximum altitude of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) as planned, and the 165-foot-tall (50 meters) craft checked a number of boxes on the way down as well. But SN11 didn’t stick its landing, instead exploding in a…
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