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Of the entire combined unified stack. it lookedgreat on takeoff, on liftoff. and then about four minutes in, it started going bad there are numerous reports from people watching, and i got to say i also thought i saw something that looked unusual, maybe one of the rocket engines did not fire or did not fire properly and it didn't take long, the entire thing came apart about four minutes into flight elon musk is saying, listen, it went as well as could be expected given the circumstances. they hope to try again in a few months they're trying to consider this as a learning experience as you know...
Rocket full of fuel and then just before liftoff you say, thank you very much, and everybody goes home. that wasn't the actual intention today. the intention was to go all the way down to t0 and lift off. but they have discovered that they had a sticky valve in the pressurisation system. so as a rocket burns through its fuel you have to keep the tanks pressurised to make sure the fuel is pushing through. the big rocket engines at the base of the vehicle, and if you can't get your pressure and if you can't get your pressure and into those tanks then the chances are you could have some sort of h...
System and as a rocket burns through its fuel you have to keep the tanks pressurised to make sure the fuel is pushing through the big rocket engines at the base of the vehicle. if you can't get the pressure into those tanks then the chances are you could have some sort of hard start in your combustion chamber in your rockets and you don't want that as you're trying to lift skywards. so, they decided today was not the day and there will come back if they can sort this issue. at least 48 hours from now. so, the earliest we are talking about is possibly wednesday, maybe thursday. they have permis...