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There is no evidence to backup your statement that it didn't have enough fuel to complete it's mission. It intentionally did not go to orbit because they didn't
by mlindner 2y ago
There is no evidence to backup your statement that it didn't have enough fuel to complete it's mission. It intentionally did not go to orbit because they didn't want to risk stranding such a huge vehicle that can withstand re-entry in orbit if its engines were unable to relight. And indeed they did have issues with relighting the engines so that was a very good decision in retrospect.
It was an intentional decision not to go into orbit.
- withinboredom 2y agoUm. They showed how much fuel was remaining and it was empty. Just some back of the napkin math shows they used far less delta-v to get to their test flight, with no payload, and ran out of fuel. That doesn’t bode well.