While in Italy it was the night between January 16th and 17th, in Texas at the Boca Chica Starbase the Starship rocket carried out its 7th launch. This time everything didn’t go right: the Starship spacecraft exploded in the sky. On the other hand, the Super Heavy booster managed to return to base.
“Success is uncertain but entertainment is guaranteed.” Elon Musk he relaunched the images of the latest one on his X profile Starship launchthe largest rocket ever built by man. Among all the videos published on his profile there are a couple truly exceptional. They are the ones in which you see the fragments of the Starship spacecraft enter the atmosphere. In the clips you can see a bundle of thousands of debris which light up as they burn coming to the ground. The launch took place while in Italy it was the night between January 16th and 17th.
The images are taken by tables in a restaurant and from a plane in flight. The SpaceX rocket was divided into two parts. The booster Super Heavysuccessfully returned to Starbase Boca Chica, Texas. And the spaceship Starshipthe carrier that during this test was supposed to bring a series of fake Starlink satellites into orbit. It was it that exploded in flight, as confirmed by SpaceX Starship.
Because the Starship exploded
After the launch SpaceX released a post on his site in which he explained all the dynamics. Although it is necessary to recover new information, from the first data collected it seems that everything started from one fire in the stern section. SpaceX explains: “As always, success comes from what we learn and this flight test will help us improve theStarship reliability as SpaceX seeks to make life multiplanetary.”
Elon Musk is preparing to launch a rocket that will make Starlink even more powerful and inevitable
Elon Musk then added a few detail on his profile: “From the first analyzes it seems that there was a loss of oxygen. In addition to an obvious double check for leaks, we will add a fire suppression mechanism and perhaps increase the venting area.”
Because the launch was still a success for Elon Musk
Despite thespacecraft explosionthere is one fact that made him happy SpaceX engineers. The Super Heavy booster managed to return to base to be recovered by the chopsticks, the metal structures that allowed it a immediate attachment to the structure.
This step is the true revolution of SpaceX: the objective of the project is in fact not only to send rockets and spacecraft into orbit but also to bring everything back to earth for use in other missions, in order to reduce the times and costs of space travel. Two necessary factors if one day we really want to get to Mars.
