Starship Flight 7

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649 points chinathrow | 2 comments | 16 Jan 25 21:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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terramex ◴[16 Jan 25 23:04 UTC] No.42732041[source]▶

>>42731091 (OP) #

Looks like second stage broke up over Caribbean, videos of the debris (as seen from ground):

https://x.com/deankolson87/status/1880026759133032662?t=HdHF...

https://x.com/realcamtem/status/1880026604472266800

https://x.com/adavenport354/status/1880026262254809115

Moment of the breakup:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE52_hVSeQz/

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dpifke ◴[17 Jan 25 01:58 UTC] No.42733260[source]▶

>>42732041 #

Preliminary indication is that we had an oxygen/fuel leak in the cavity above the ship engine firewall that was large enough to build pressure in excess of the vent capacity.

Apart from obviously double-checking for leaks, we will add fire suppression to that volume and probably increase vent area. Nothing so far suggests pushing next launch past next month.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1880060983734858130

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coldtea[dead post] ◴[17 Jan 25 05:06 UTC] No.42734284[source]▶

>>42733260 #

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pmontra ◴[17 Jan 25 08:35 UTC] No.42735302[source]▶

>>42734284 #

Test flights.

My tests keep failing until I fix all of my code, then we deploy to production. If code fails in production than that's a problem.

We could say that rockets are not code. A test run of a Spaceship surely cost much more than a test run of any software on my laptop but tests are still tests. They are very likely to fail and there are things to learn from their failures.

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notorandit ◴[17 Jan 25 11:15 UTC] No.42736351[source]▶

>>42735302 #

Running a code test doesn't require firing a rocket.

How would you test a rocket?

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nicky0 ◴[17 Jan 25 11:43 UTC] No.42736539[source]▶

>>42736351 #

Test code by running it.

Test a rocket by launching it.

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1. penjelly ◴[17 Jan 25 12:46 UTC] No.42736972[source]▶