Airborne 12.11.20: SpaceX Starship Test, Falcon 6X, Chuck Yeager Goes West
It was quite an explosion...shortly after the launch of a SpaceX Starship prototype to 40,000 feet. The steel rocket prototype that SpaceX hopes will be used to put human on Mars had a successful launch and for a few minutes everything was looking good until -- reignition of the Raptor rocket engines to a targeted landing. It came SO close to working this time around. But... the final approach appeared to show problems with getting the engines up to full thrust, followed by what appeared to be one or more failures... and the vehicle hit the target ramp at about 70 mph. The final assembly team...
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