SpaceX just launched the most powerful rocket the world has ever seen – so powerful that it's a problem.
As of Wednesday afternoon, however, Musk's Twitter account remained silent on the new federal inquiry. SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
if one of the engines failed. In such a scenario, Musk said it would take SpaceX several months to rebuild the launchpad. "Concrete shot out into the ocean, and risked hitting the fuel storage tanks, which are these silos adjacent to the launchpad," Dave Cortez, the Lone Star chapter director for the Sierra Club, toldPhotos show dents in those fuel tanks on the sides facing the launchpad.SpaceX had begun building a water-cooled steel plate to go under the launchpad three months prior, according to Musk, but the plate wasn't ready in time.
There were no injuries related to the Starship launch, according to the FAA. However, there were numerous reports of soil and sand raining onto a nearby town.
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