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At least blowing up the raptor engines isn't the planned operational design. Even if they blow up 39 tomorrow, an operational Starship/Superheavy will not do th
by DarmokJalad1701 3y ago
At least blowing up the raptor engines isn't the planned operational design. Even if they blow up 39 tomorrow, an operational Starship/Superheavy will not do that. That's the whole point.
SLS is going to be tossing four RS-25 engines per launch (with *each* engine costing the same as ~2-3 entire Falcon 9 launches) into the ocean as the planned course of action. That is by design - and not some accident during a test flight.