One of Elon Musks SpaceX During a routine test on Wednesday in Texas, starships exploded in Texas, the law enforcement authorities said in the last setback to the billionaire’s dream of transforming mankind into an interplanetary species.
The Starship 36 suffered shortly after 11:00 p.m. (0400 GMT Thursday), a Facebook contribution from the authorities of Cameron County, “catastrophic failure and exploded” in the Starbase Launch Facility (0400 GMT).
A video divided with the post showed the megarock connected to the starting arm, then a flash and a highly towering, fiery explosion.
Musks room X The rocket prepared for the tenth flight test when “experienced a large anomaly on a test stand at Starbase” without explaining the type of complication.
“During the entire company, a security area was maintained on the site and all employees are safe and taken into account,” added Space X on social media.
“There are no dangers for the residents of the surrounding communities, and we ask that individuals do not try to approach the area while the Safing operations are continued.”
The starship was not planned on Wednesday evening when the explosion took place during a “routine static fire test”, according to Cameron County’s authorities.
During a static fire, part of the procedures before a start, the super heavy amplifier of the spaceship would be anchored on the ground to prevent it from leaving during the test fire.
Starbase on the South Texas Coast near the border with Mexico is the headquarters of the Musk world space project.
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The output ship of 403 feet (123 meters) is the largest and most powerful rocket in the world and central for Musk’s long -term vision of the colonized Mars.
The spaceship is charged as a completely reusable rocket with a payload capacity of up to 150 tons.
The latest setback follows an explosion of a prototype under the Indian ocean at the end of May.
The largest and most powerful carrier vehicle that was ever built was lifted out of the Starbase facility on May 27, but the Super-Heavy booster in the first stage blew up instead of performing its planned splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
The two previous excursions also ended badly, with the upper level fell over the Caribbean.
But the failures will probably do little to help Musk’s spatial drive.
Spaceex has led to the fact that his ethos “case Fack, learn”, which has contributed to the fact that it dominates the commercial space travel will eventually pay off.
The company caught the super heavy booster in the starting tower three times in the starting tower – a daring technical performance that sees it as a key to quick reusability and disguise.
NASA is also increasingly dependent on SpaceX, whose kite room screams are important to drive astronauts to and from the international space station.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved an increase in the annual starship rockets from five to 25 in early May and explains that the increased frequency would not impair the environment.
The decision left objections from nature conservation groups that had warned that the expansion could endanger marine turtles and Shorkvögel.
