U.S. space company SpaceX Mars colony ship “Starship” (Starship) in the third test flight on 3 local Time, the prototype “SN10” first successful landing, but unexpectedly in the landing 8 minutes after the sudden explosion, a loss of effort, the executive director Musk said that the reason is that the landing speed is too fast, landing legs and skirts break off resulting in fuel leakage, and eventually detonated, the prototype “SN11” is undergoing a number of modifications to the operation.
U.S. space technology company SpaceX’s heavy unmanned launch vehicle “Starship” prototype “SN10” 3 test-launched in Texas, flew to 10 km high after the flameout and fell, after falling to a certain height engine ignition again, the horizontal fuselage guide for The previous test “SN8” and “SN9” all crashed and exploded before the fuselage was fully balanced, while the “SN10” achieved its first successful landing, and at that time SpaceX announcer also praised the successful landing, turned off the live broadcast, but unexpectedly 8 minutes after the sudden explosion, “SN10” sprayed into the sky and then crashed into pieces.
Executive Director Musk replied to netizens on Twitter on the 9th, revealing the cause of the “SN10” explosion, he said that the “SN10″ re-ignition suspected that the engine absorbed part of the helium, resulting in very low thrust, ” SN10″ at a speed of 10 meters per second to the ground, the impact damaged the support and part of the skirt; may lead to fuel leakage, which led to the explosion, Musk stressed that the “SN11” will do some correction.
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