Starship Flight 8 launched and fails(cnn.com)
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Starship Flight 8 launched and fails
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/science/starship-launch-test-flight-8/index.html
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An interesting aside about the last crash:
> However, residents of the archipelago of Turks and Caicos told CNN they are still finding debris from the spacecraft littering beaches and roadways. The local government worked with SpaceX to craft a debris recovery plan. However, the contents of the plan have not been made public and it’s not clear who is paying for the cleanup effort.
> Neither SpaceX nor the Turks and Caicos government responded to requests for comment.
Apparently air traffic in the Caribbean is disrupted once more.
> However, residents of the archipelago of Turks and Caicos told CNN they are still finding debris from the spacecraft littering beaches and roadways. The local government worked with SpaceX to craft a debris recovery plan. However, the contents of the plan have not been made public and it’s not clear who is paying for the cleanup effort.
> Neither SpaceX nor the Turks and Caicos government responded to requests for comment.
Apparently air traffic in the Caribbean is disrupted once more.
The "rapid unscheduled disassembly" bit is not cute. This was a malfunction that caused a giant explosion to rain smoldering debris across miles of earth (for the 2nd time), not some inconsequential thing to laugh off.
Just an opportunity to learn!
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"The eighth flight test of Starship was to follow a trajectory similar to the previous mission, with a planned splashdown in the Indian Ocean. During the Ship's initial burn, its engines experienced premature shutdowns, and the vehicle was lost. The booster returned to the launch site despite losing two engines during its boost back burn.[49]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Starship_launches
Interesting that the booster survived but the starship / payload failed.