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Elon Musk's Starship prototype disintegrates in space, disrupts air traffic

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      It's anything but routine. That's why these tests are so important — each one bringing us closer on our path to the moon and onward to Mars through Artemis,
      The Korea Times
      he said, referring to a NASA project
    • 88:88
      Debris probably fell a few min after (that) in the sea north of Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands,
      CNN
      he said
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      Nothing so far suggests pushing next launch past next month.”
      CNN
      He said
    • 88:88
      Scott Pace
      There’ve been rumors that at the end of the space station program SpaceX doesn’t really intend to keep flying Falcon 9s,
      Time
      says Pace
    • 88:88
      Scott Pace
      We don’t use Chinese launch vehicles,
      Time
      says Pace
    • 88:88
      Scott Pace
      SLS operates in a hardware-poor environment,
      Time
      says Pace
    • 88:88
      A single BE-4 turbopump can fit in the backseat of a car, ... [But ... But] when all seven pump fuel and oxygen from the BE-4's common shaft, they produce enough horsepower to propel two Nimitz-class aircraft carriers at full tilt.”
      Time
      wrote Limp on X
    • 88:88
      Scott Pace
      Most satellite providers want to have at least two options for dissimilar redundancy,
      Time
      says Scott Pace, the director of George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute
    • 88:88
      On to spring and trying again on the landing,
      Time
      Limp wrote of Blue Origin’s plans for a second launch in just a few months
    • 88:88
      Teams will continue to review data from today's flight test to better understand root cause,
      Time
      SpaceX wrote
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      Starship is the first rocket design where success in making life multiplanetary is in the set of possible outcomes.”
      Hindustan Times
      He also defended the rocket launch stating
    • 88:88
      Bill Nelson
      Spaceflight is not easy. It’s anything but routine,
      The Independent
      NASA Administrator Bill Nelson posted on X after the accident
    • 88:88
      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,
      Saudi Gazette
      Musk added later
    • 88:88
      Starship flew within its designated launch corridor — as all U.S. launches do to safeguard the public both on the ground, on water and in the air,
      Saudi Gazette
      the company shared on its site
    • 88:88
      We were expecting ship engine cutoff about 40 seconds ago,
      Saudi Gazette
      said SpaceX spokesperson Dan Huot on the live stream during a crucial part of the ascent phase
    • 88:88
      The FAA briefly slowed and diverted aircraft around the area where space vehicle debris was falling. Normal operations have resumed,
      Saudi Gazette
      according to a statement from the agency
    • 88:88
      Data review is already underway as we seek out root cause,
      Newsweek
      SpaceX said
    • 88:88
      Jeff Bezos
      Kudos to you and the whole SpaceX team on the flawless booster catch! Very impressive."
      Newsweek
      Jeff Bezos, who's competitor company Blue Origin launched its own massive New Glenn rocket into orbital space for the first time on Thursday, replied to Musk, saying
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      As always, success comes from what we learn, and this flight test will help us improve Starship's reliability."
      Newsweek
      As the company noted on its website
    • 88:88
      Improved versions of the ship & booster already waiting for launch."
      Newsweek
      Musk said in another post on X