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So what happened to the Starship itself ?

• ceejayoz 2y ago
  Rapid unscheduled disassembly. Kinda like the Federal government.
  • deleted 2y ago
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• busymom0 2y ago
  It started tumbling for some reason. Still waiting for more details.
  • EA-3167 2y ago
    It seemed like some engines shut down unexpectedly, that started it tumbling.
    • LorenDB 2y ago
      Yup, they lost all the sea-level Raptors plus one vacuum Raptor, leaving it with very asymmetrical thrust and no thrust vector control. That sent it into a spin, which likely disrupted propellant flow to the other two engines and caused them to flame out. Multiple sources have confirmed observing the ship blow up. I find it interesting that this anomaly happened right after they called out FTS safe, so the ship couldn't automatically destroy itself when it began tumbling.