Why did Elon Musk’s SpaceX’s Starship Rocket fail?

Have you caught wind of the latest evocative illustration of a “successful failure” in the business world?

Yes, we are talking about the picturesque explosion of SpaceX’s new Starship rocket. The rocket that could take humans to planets Mars and the Moon exploded minutes after its launch pad on a first flight test. The rocket crashed and exploded in the Gulf of Mexico after 4 minutes and covered 24 miles in the sky. Yet, even after the missile hit its fiery end, SpaceX’s team’s passion was unwavering, and the employees were happy. This test flight aimed to check what works and what does not work, and NASA’s Bill Nelson called it a real accomplishment, to which Space X also agreed.

What are SpaceX and Starship?

Space X is Space Exploration Technologies Corporation founded by Elon Musk in 2002. The concept of SpaceX’s Starship is that it is a super heavy rocket that is designed to take humans and cargo to Earth orbit and beyond. This rocket can carry 150 metric tonnes fully reusable and 250 metric tonnes expandable.

What happened to the rocket?

The rocket had two components: A super heavy booster ( first stage) and the Starship spacecraft( second stage). The first stage is used to move the second stage in orbit. The Starship unscrewed itself from the super heavy booster, and this mechanism failed during the test flight. After the explosion, SpaceX announced that its flight termination system destroyed both rocket stages. That day, the loss was not limited to the spacecraft but also destroyed the launch pad. There is no news on where the exact flaw lies because there is news of the subsequent testing just now. All the information will be revealed once the SpaceX team shows the test results.

About Starship

Space X’s Starship is 400 feet tall and weighs 11 million pounds. The first stage itself contains 33 individual engines. The first stage of the Super heavy booster is to take the rocket 40 miles above the earth’s surface. Once the super heavy booster gets the rocket up, it is supposed to detach itself from the other part of the craft and return to its landing space. After separating, the other half is considered to be set on using its engine to carry cargo and people to the earth’s orbit. Well, Starship is reusable, and both stages can be recovered. This still needs to be tested.

Final Thoughts

SpaceX is just trying to do the repairs, solve the problems, and satisfy the FAA. FAA has the leash in its hands for the future Starship flights