The Starship Flight 8 investigation clears the way for Starship Flight 9 on May 27.
As SpaceX gears up for the ninth test flight of its super-heavy Starship launch vehicle, the company has released findings from its investigation into the explosion of the rocket's upper stage, referred to as "ship", during its eighth test flight in March.
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Interesting how it isn’t the exact same failure mode as the previous flight. It’s still likely related to the ship-raptor interface, but it’s not identical.
I’ll admit that I had assumed whatever fix they applied to address the harmonics issue didn’t work because they (seemed to) rush it, but it’s entirely possible that it was fixed or they didn’t get to full test it. In either case, I’m glad they’re taking their time now