Scott Manley@DJSnMCommercial flights are turning around to avoid potential debris.
Felix Space Time@Space_Time3Here's a thread with all the different videos coming in of Ship 33 break-up and re-entry:
From the way that debris field is fanned out, it looks like the ship suffered at least a small explosion just before re-entry.
Boom!Click on the left videohttps://x.com/i/status/1880027458642350095
"Preliminary indication is that we had an oxygen/fuel leak in the cavity above the ship engine firewall that was large enough to build pressure in excess of the vent capacity. Apart from obviously double-checking for leaks, we will add fire suppression to that volume and probably increase vent area. Nothing so far suggests pushing next launch past next month," Musk said via X, the social media platform he owns, about 2.5 hours after Flight 7 launched. (Starship's Raptor engines are powered by liquid oxygen and liquid methane.)
Mary@BocaChicaGalBooster 14 flew with Raptor engine 314. Raptor engine 314 had previously flown on Booster 12 which was the first Booster to be caught by the chopsticks. 🔥🚀🔥@NASASpaceflight
Scott Manley@DJSnMMap showing Air traffic getting rerouted around the Debris response area on Thursday:
For every action there is a ...............Scientists reveal what would happen if an astronaut ejaculated in space - and it suggests the '220-mile-high club' could be off the cardshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14371953/Scientists-reveal-happen-astronaut-ejaculated-space.html