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TechCrunch reports:
SpaceX had just conducted yet another static fire test of the Raptor engine in its Starship SN4 prototype launch vehicle on Friday when the test vehicle exploded on the test stand in Boca Chica, Texas. This was the fourth static fire test of this engine on this prototype, so it’s unclear what went wrong vs. other static fire attempts.
This was a test in the development of Starship, a new spacecraft that SpaceX has been developing in Boca Chica. Eventually, the company hopes to use it to replace its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rocket, but Starship is still very early in its development phase, whereas those vehicles are flight-proven, multiple times over.
The SpaceX Starship rocket prototype SN4 exploded after an engine test this afternoon in Texas.
Credit: @LabPadre livestream https://t.co/aPJknKdl6M pic.twitter.com/gXKWTH0VLn
— Michael Sheetz (@thesheetztweetz) May 29, 2020
Not the rocket preparing to take astronauts to the ISS. Just to be crystal clear on that. https://t.co/FvgqpE8Dmy
— Geoff Brumfiel (@gbrumfiel) May 29, 2020
I want everyone to understand this about the SpaceX and NASA partnership, the idea is to privatize the earnings (scientific discoveries) while socializing the losses (the cost of Elon Musk blowing up rockets over and over). https://t.co/5oPo6hoGyR
— Matt Read (@Matt_Read_NZ) May 29, 2020
Prototype of SpaceX’s heavy-lift rocket, Starship, explodes during ground tests in south Texas. https://t.co/HEhnHwGlFy pic.twitter.com/c7wKyXoAWh
— Breaking Aviation News (@breakingavnews) May 29, 2020