BREAKING - Space x rocket just blew up.

What the hell are they even trying to achieve here ?

So this is a f*cking reusable part of a future launch vehicle? REALLY.....? REALLY....?

THINK PEOPLE.....REALLY THINK.

This thing went up to 10 km and was then at ZERO SPEED.

Then it fell back to earth from 10 km high and turned around and fired thrusters to land. So what if they do this 400 more times and it gets a 99% success rating.

Launches into space have to get the payload up to Mach 25 just to go into orbit and stay there.

Even if this is only one "Stage" of the rocket....it will be asked to get velocities of Mach 8 ? Mach 15 ?

How is this thing going to then come back safely from 10 km going Mach 8 or mach 15 ?

Will this thing even have enough fuel to help a payload get up to mach 8 or mach 15 and then come back and burn enough to slow it down ?

This is pure and udder horse Pucky. What are they really doing except grooming more millennials into this mars hoax for the next 10 years. It isn't even logistical engineering.

A complete waste of time and money and it's nothing but brain washing. Much like "Green Energy / Paris Climate" CO2 global warming crap.

What the hell are they even trying to achieve here ?

So this is a f*cking reusable part of a future launch vehicle? REALLY.....? REALLY....?

THINK PEOPLE.....REALLY THINK.

This thing went up to 10 km and was then at ZERO SPEED.

Then it fell back to earth from 10 km high and turned around and fired thrusters to land. So what if they do this 400 more times and it gets a 99% success rating.

Launches into space have to get the payload up to Mach 25 just to go into orbit and stay there.

Even if this is only one "Stage" of the rocket....it will be asked to get velocities of Mach 8 ? Mach 15 ?

How is this thing going to then come back safely from 10 km going Mach 8 or mach 15 ?

Will this thing even have enough fuel to help a payload get up to mach 8 or mach 15 and then come back and burn enough to slow it down ?

This is pure and udder horse Pucky. What are they really doing except grooming more millennials into this mars hoax for the next 10 years. It isn't even logistical engineering.

A complete waste of time and money and it's nothing but brain washing. Much like "Green Energy / Paris Climate" CO2 global warming crap.

What the hell are they even trying to achieve here ?

So this is a f*cking reusable part of a future launch vehicle? REALLY.....? REALLY....?

THINK PEOPLE.....REALLY THINK.

This thing went up to 10 km and was then at ZERO SPEED.

Then it fell back to earth from 10 km high and turned around and fired thrusters to land. So what if they do this 400 more times and it gets a 99% success rating.

Launches into space have to get the payload up to Mach 25 just to go into orbit and stay there.

Even if this is only one "Stage" of the rocket....it will be asked to get velocities of Mach 8 ? Mach 15 ?

How is this thing going to then come back safely from 10 km going Mach 8 or mach 15 ?

Will this thing even have enough fuel to help a payload get up to mach 8 or mach 15 and then come back and burn enough to slow it down ?

This is pure and udder horse Pucky. What are they really doing except grooming more millennials into this mars hoax for the next 10 years. It isn't even logistical engineering.

A complete waste of time and money and it's nothing but brain washing. Much like "Green Energy / Paris Climate" CO2 global warming crap.

The TR-3B is a better design.

I don’t know why they still play with rockets.

I don’t know why they still play with rockets.

It's an R&D platform, serial number 9 (SN9), trying to perfect a few maneuvers, including flipping and landing a fat starship with a last-second suicide burn using a brand-new engine design.

It's clearly a risky landing procedure, one that will take a lot of research and practice to get right.

Crashes are expected while learning how to fly and land that ship.

Undoubtedly, this won't be the last one.

SN10 may try it next week.

Unlike NASA, Elon isn't afraid of risking prototypes when learning how to make and use space ships.

It's a dog and pony show to make people think we're making progress while they hide all the real cool tech.

We do not have access to the alien tech required to take the volume/weight into space and get back safely that starship is designed to do. Small stuff/people - yes We can use alien tech to get large volume/loads around the globe - but are limited in altitude. For now.

They need to re-lite all three engines and pick the best two. Ridiculous to light two and have one not restart.

Looks like they are going to need to do some design rework on these engines. Replacing too many on the pad when they can’t get through static testing.