• MumboJumbo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    1 年前

    I agree! I can’t wait to hear the cause of RUD though. Was it really FTS or was it damage from the hot staging?

    • xvlc@feddit.deEnglish
      61·
      1 年前

      Scott Manley conjectures that the staging itself worked as intended, but the flip maneuver caused too much stress on the internal plumbing (with all the propellant sloshing around), resulting in a ruptured pipe and burning in the base of the booster.

    • threelonmusketeersMEnglish
      51·
      1 年前

      From the SpaceX overlay graphic, it seems like a number of engines went out shortly after the relight for the boostback burn, around T+02:53. Asymmetric thrust and loss of control might have triggered the FTS.

      • MumboJumbo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        1 年前

        Good catch. I was so focused on Starship and it’s engines. I guess the question now is whether it was because of the engines or or tank pressure?