After SpaceX’s surprising loss of the upper-stage Starship spacecraft during Flight 7 yesterday, Elon Musk has shared additional details about the potential reason behind the failure. SpaceX’s official release for the mishap noted that the anomaly led to a rapid unscheduled disassembly (RUD) of the ship, which is another term for the vehicle breaking up during the mission. It ascribed the RUD to a fire in the rocket’s lower section, and according to Musk, the fire was due to a leak in the region of the rocket that separates its engines from the rest of the vehicle. Elon Musk Confident […]
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