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Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket explodes in second test flight | CNN (www.cnn.com)

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SpaceX’s Starship rocket system reached several milestones in its second test flight before the rocket booster and spacecraft exploded over the Gulf of Mexico.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fully reusable super-heavy rockets with multiple full stage combustion engines running on Methane have been done before? You mind sharing sources because I can't find any.

Closest thing I can think of is the Soviet N1 rocket (about 2/3 the thrust of Starship) which the Soviets really struggled with and ended up abandoning, and it wasn't even close to being reusable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Didn't the N1 have a massive launch pad failure that we still don't know how many people it killed?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Can't find any reference to anyone dying or getting injured, but in terms of pad damage it definitely takes the cake.

The first Starship may have put a hole in the pad, but the N1 obliterated it.