Astronomy.com by Hailey Rose McLaughlin 11/21/2019
The aerospace company has plans to move forward with building and testing their other upcoming prototypes for the rocket.SpaceX’s first Starship prototype blew it’s top, literally, during a pressure test of its fuel tanks in Boca Chica, Texas, on November 20. The top bulkhead exploded moments into the test, rocketing the stainless-steel cap high into the air.
Starship Mk1 is the very first prototype for SpaceX’s next series of rockets, looking to ultimately take humans to the Moon and eventually Mars. The testing had begun just two days before on November 18 on the recently completed prototype, when the explosion happened.
No one was hurt, but the explosion left the silo-shaped rocket with a dented side and smoke billowing out of it for a while afterward, ultimately ending its time as a testable SpaceX ship.
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