On ascent, the vehicle deviated from the expected trajectory, resulting in the Autonomous Flight Safety System (AFSS) issuing a destruct command. After an unexpected delay following AFSS, Starship broke up
Yeah, it basically punched a hole in the side but that didn’t really do anything?
They qualified a new FTS system, and some of that testing showed up on the streams, so it sounds like this issue is already closed out. They approved the first FTS, too, though…
This hadn’t really sunk in until now:
That’s like, unforgivably bad.
Yeah, it basically punched a hole in the side but that didn’t really do anything?
They qualified a new FTS system, and some of that testing showed up on the streams, so it sounds like this issue is already closed out. They approved the first FTS, too, though…