The flight termination system took too long to destroy the rocket, Musk said, and the pad needs to be reinforced with steel.
in South Texas “is actually quite small,” he said on Twitter Spaces in his first extensive comments on the test flight.
The company will also have to reinforce the launchpad with a water-cooled steel plate that would replace the concrete that was shattered and scattered like shrapnel during the first test flight.For now, SpaceX’s Starship is grounded while the company investigates the failure with the FAA’s supervision.
It also ignited a 3.5-acre fire south of the pad, but “no dead birds or wildlife have been found on refuge-owned or managed lands,” the Service noted. The rocket is made up of two sections: the Super Heavy booster and the Starship spacecraft, which would be used to carry payloads such as satellites and eventually people.If the FAA signs off on SpaceX’s investigation and grants it another launch license, Musk said, the company would have a good chance of not just flying again but also reaching orbit.
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