Everything we know about the SpaceX Starship explosion—so far
reported, in Port Isabel, Tex., a city six miles from SpaceX’s Boca Chica launch site, buildings shook, at least one window shattered, and a cloud of sandy debris rained down on the residents and their homes.. Other SpaceX launches from Boca Chica have caused some rumbling in the town, but “this was on a completely different level,” Almaguer added.
All good questions—and there are others too. The second stage of the rocket didn’t even get a chance to try flying, after all, so there is no way of knowing yet if there are design flaws buried within it that will be revealed only on subsequent tests after the problems in the first stage are worked out.
For now, SpaceX is keeping its head down—trying to solve its problems, make its repairs, and satisfy the FAA, which holds the ultimate leash on future Starship flights. There are many who continue to believe the company has the wherewithal to do that—and that Starship has a bright future. “This was a test flight,” says astrophysicist Pascal Ehrenfreund, a professor at the George Washington University Space Policy Institute. “During the development of a disruptive launcher, setbacks are anticipated. The investigations will reveal when a next test flight will be possible. There will certainly be a next test flight and hopefully Starship becomes a commercial reality.”
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