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Originally Posted by Gary47
Another Oops. Starting to look like the American space program from the 1960's, lots of colorful explosions being hailed as a step forward.
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They are good at putting a positive spin on any disaster. The Russians had their share of them as well. This current problem may require a redesign of some of the system, as they have to have reliable restart for landing burn. Throwing SN10 onto the pile is not going to help find out much more. I doubt It is a Raptor problem, they are pretty well tested before shipping to Boca Chica, more likely is fuel starvation or flow issues to that second engine once engine one is running. I would like to see them flip way earlier, giving them more time to get vertical, and recycle start on #2, or go to #3. If the fueling issue is related to attitude, then going vertical first might work much better. Worth testing imho. It also seemed to be falling much faster this time, not taking advantage of the winglet drag potential.