Ship 31 FAILED Cryo Test, Huge Electric Fire! What Exactly Happened? FAA to Investigate KSC

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17 күн бұрын

Yesterday, at approximately 7:00 PM, SpaceX conducted cryogenic testing on Starship 31 (S31) at Massey's test site. Unfortunately, the testing did not proceed as planned, resulting in a potential failure and subsequent electrical fire. This incident has raised concerns and sparked a thorough investigation.
Massey's test site has recently become the primary location for all preflight testing for SpaceX, excluding integrated tests. This shift allows the space previously occupied by Suborbital Pad A and B to be repurposed for another orbital pad, signifying SpaceX's continuous efforts to expand and optimize their testing and launch capabilities.
During the cryo testing, S31 experienced some major issues, which led to an electrical fire. The exact cause of the failure is still unknown and is currently under investigation. A drone inspection was promptly conducted to assess the damage and gather critical information.
While the incident may raise concerns, it's essential to acknowledge that setbacks like this are an inherent part of the testing and development process. SpaceX has experienced similar incidents during the early stages of their prototype development, and this incident is likely a minor setback in the grand scheme of their progress.
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@Kneedragon1962 15 күн бұрын

Look ~ this is WHY you test. This is not a fail, this is a win. They found an issue long before it became a show-stopper. I would be curious what actually happened, but I guess we're only going to know that if Space-X tell us.

@executivesteps 15 күн бұрын

If this were Starliner would you be so…understanding?

@warrenwhite9085 15 күн бұрын

Starship is another NASA unaffordable, unsustainable, dead-end 1970s tech throwback, 4 yrs late, $410 million per flight, flies every 2 years, and the rocket it flys on isn’t in production anymore. Other than that it’s great. Defund bloated, pork-driven, failed Federal Agency NASA. Go efficient, innovative, spirited private enterprise SpaceX.

@rogerrussell9544 15 күн бұрын

@@executivesteps Yes, nobody was flying in it, and no whistle blowers died.

@Fogmeister 15 күн бұрын

Better to test and find an issue like this than not test and discover the issue while it’s on its way to orbit with a crew onboard.

@Comin_at_U_Live 15 күн бұрын

Unlike the days of NASA with every thing being Top secret.. the public was always treated like mushrooms.. kept in the dark and fed bullshit...

@Fatpumpumlovah2 15 күн бұрын

Normally we have like 8 eyes and 10 cameras each static fire, and here we have some long lost camera out in the boondocks.

@phoenixmotorsport647 15 күн бұрын

Why would that cause concern in testing? isnt this the point of testing - to find the flaws before you send that monster to space?

@paulbrunton877 12 күн бұрын

Because it never failed before.

@danielnogrady9004 15 күн бұрын

Top Notch Company SpaceX, Why do you think they test?!

@michaeljomy1733 15 күн бұрын

Thanks for the quick update. My guess is some kind of short circuit with the electrical system....

@someguyfromafrica5158 15 күн бұрын

Why can't SpaceX's plans be approved for periods in advance of the current date instead of causing delays???

@Fedaygin 15 күн бұрын

Indeed... 🤔

@user-kg2jw3we6b 15 күн бұрын

as space x takes a lot of risks and some are almost deadly

@rogerrussell9544 3 күн бұрын

@@user-kg2jw3we6b What dead? Who has died because of SpaceX?

@Just1heyU 14 күн бұрын

Checks and balances to ensure reliability and longevity is just growing pains. Go SpaceX 🌎

@anim8torfiddler871 15 күн бұрын

Testing to Failure is the only way to absolutely confirm the integrity or maximum sustainable stress of a developing design. Some industries, like the construction of warships and passenger aircraft, impose much more demanding test regimes than others, because the consequences of failure can result in unacceptable losses. At the same time, this week's SEVEN X-class solar flares, almost all of which generated separate Coronal Mass Ejections, seem the likely proximate cause of the Excess static electricity responsible for unanticipated electrical discharges between the tower and the craft. The extraordinary extent of the Auroras, both Northern and Southern, are merely the most VISIBLE signs of Titanic current flows being directed into the Earth's atmosphere, oceans, crust and mantle.

@jessec3609 15 күн бұрын

Thank Gawd it didn’t completely blow up!! Can you imagine😳

@hawkdsl 15 күн бұрын

Bad ground.

@diaman_d 15 күн бұрын

small Carrington event with all the recent solar activity ?

@alexgemmell7629 15 күн бұрын

Why is the Federal AVIATION Administration conducting an Environmental review? What is the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY doing? I would prefer the FAA concern itself with flight safety and leave the environment to the EPA.

@rogerrussell9544 15 күн бұрын

Clearly a stalling tactic to punish Elon.

@warrenwhite9085 15 күн бұрын

This administration weaponizes every Federal Agency to undermine, obstruct Elon Musk & his companies as payback/punishment for exposing administration directed Twitter censorship & for allowing free speech on X.

@anim8torfiddler871 15 күн бұрын

There are people in the government who dislike the owner/head of the company for his politics.

@gregedmand9939 15 күн бұрын

@@rogerrussell9544Musk needs to remember that SpaceX relies a great deal on tax payer funding. If he conducts himself to irritate a huge block of voters, he deserves push back. His campaign to give hate speech and Anti-Semitism a platform on Xitter, isn't winning him any new fans. Even so: the FAA isn't just "punishing" him as some petty campaign. They have a job to do like every government agency.

@user-kg2jw3we6b 15 күн бұрын

They do this with a lot of airports and other launch sites with multiple accidents. this has less to do with sea turtles and more to do with not having humans blow up.

@RePetesBees 15 күн бұрын

Future craft will be even safer now. SpaceX has been doing a phenomenal job! And at such a fast pace its just absolutely amazing. Everything they do just feels like its so well thought through, right down to the impact on the surrounding area.

@paulbrunton877 12 күн бұрын

A failure of electrical testing before full load applied could have caused the fire, or sabotage, but hopefully not, thank goodness the Starship was not full of fuel and lox, someone needs to explain why it happened and who was the electrician. 🤔😯🚀🚀🚀🚀

@wegder 14 күн бұрын

According to Musk, hyperloop would be useful on Mars as no tubes would be needed because Mars' atmosphere is about 1% the density of the Earth's at sea level.

@WyoSavage1976 15 күн бұрын

That's why you test.

@robertfarr9186 15 күн бұрын

I’m thinking some kind of failure is what everyone has come to expect from elmo and everything he touches.

@TheMoneypresident 15 күн бұрын

As soon as it works he will demand a huge bonus and cash out.

@michaelslater8667 15 күн бұрын

another excuse for the FAA to delay issuing a launch license.

@alancoker1459 15 күн бұрын

Dont need another Challenger mishap

@davidbate6346 15 күн бұрын

That was not a mishap. Nasa was notified that the temperature outside was to low for the seals by engineers. The flight controller, most likely under political pressure, let the ship launch.

@user-im7sj7gr2v 15 күн бұрын

Gracias que noooo estaba abordó de la nave estelar. 🥶Thank you nooo I was on board the starchip. 🥶

@jerrycris8769 15 күн бұрын

1 million lost, ship 31 to scrap yard! Now ship 32

@danharold3087 15 күн бұрын

Maybe. An electrical fire may not be cause to scrap it.

@jessec3609 15 күн бұрын

Can you imagine if we were able to just get the FAA approval right away every time!? What starship launch# do you think we’d be on by now?! Hell we could be on the moon by now!🤷‍♂️ just sayin

@jeffjeff4477 15 күн бұрын

Thats why they call them tests

@PDLM1221 15 күн бұрын

This is not an issue that’s why they test test test, no story like they said , they’ll fix it.

@drosendahl 15 күн бұрын

Of course its an issue, something going wrong is always an issue. But it does not have to be a major one. (Best case scenario, there was a production issue that can be easy fixed with some minor adjustments and more QC. A little bigger issue if it was a design issue that might affect more prototypes, maybe even those that has passed the test earlier)

@jim-lu7il 15 күн бұрын

Let's get rid of the DRAMA . The keyword here is testing. Let the media the sky is falling melt down for politics.

@maxpelletier2237 15 күн бұрын

The drama is more about the FAA requesting another Environemental Impact Study.

@DonaldF73 15 күн бұрын

They should move to area51 Groom Lake test site

@billsharp8992 14 күн бұрын

I smell a rat.....or perhaps a mouse. There are at least 5 species of rodents living along the Gulf coast of Texas and they all have one thing in common....they love to chew on wiring insulation. Having rodents chew the wiring harness on local vehicles that are in storage is not unusual. Crank up your motorhome after it has been sitting for a while and you might get sparks or smoke. With all the human activity going on at Starbase, rodents are likely in this area and the preassembled wiring harnesses have to stored with great care. Even partially assembled Starships need to be protected from mice and rats.

@airgliderz 15 күн бұрын

Where is the big news Artimus / Starliner fail to launch investigation and big launch environmental study?? FJB

@Clutch275 15 күн бұрын

FJB?? you mean Boeing and ULA???. Last I checked Biden is not the president of Boeing or United Launch Alliance... MAGAT.... FDJT 20-24 years in prison

@john-qq7hb 15 күн бұрын

i9f the American Government FAA will not permit SpaceX to test and develop it's rockets without serious regulatory delays, then SpaceX will need to find a country that will permit them to develop the rocket. (China or French Guiana may be top for consideration)

@executivesteps 15 күн бұрын

As long as Musk refunds the $4.1 billion dollars of taxpayer money awarded by the Biden Administration for Starship R&D and construction.

@leroy420b 15 күн бұрын

😂😂 yeah that's not a possibility whatsoever space x has contracts with the United States military and government. They are not allowed to show or give anything to China nor cooperate with China in any way, shape or form

@Clutch275 15 күн бұрын

send him back to africa.........

@Arturo4586 15 күн бұрын

Yes I agree, as a Bolivian, with a knowledge of the infrastructure in La Paz, There is a distinct possibility that in the low populated area, south of Copacabana next to the Copacabana international airport a launch facility can be built, without the interference of the FAA. President Luis Arce would have to be asked to clear the way, Keeping in mind that to the west there is a deep water port, Arica , from which an adequate highway exists to San Andrés, allowing structures to be transported. Important is that the southern latitude is around 17.5° at a possible site with an elevation about 13000 feet. This increases the engine's specific impulse, when larger skirts are used, in addition to a 94% contribution of the earth's equatorial velocity. Check this out. Copacabana is on the shores of clean lake Titicaca, with a river carrying enough water for the launch pad, Desaguadero is the river .

@leroy420b 3 күн бұрын

@@Arturo4586 That is absolutely not possible. SpaceX has contracts for the United States government. We do not allow rocket technology to leave our country, especially not to some country like yours

@qigong1001 15 күн бұрын

Put some duct tape on it, it'll be fine.

@Wirmish 15 күн бұрын

It's SpaceX, not Boeing...

@georgeageorgopoulos 15 күн бұрын

USA spaceX,NASA,and others,,,,Dont have Understanding of Rockets and Space Tech!

@buzzlightyearg3580 15 күн бұрын

Charlie fire!!!!!!Oh shit co2 extinguisher

@larky368 15 күн бұрын

These Musk ass-sniffers are hilarious. Every explosion is called a success because they learned another way to avoid an explosion. Do you think maybe we should find a better way to launch rockets other than trial and error?

@TheMoneypresident 15 күн бұрын

The best are when they think he is doing the engineering and paying out of his pocket.

@Clutch275 15 күн бұрын

ahhahhahaha

@mfcobb1 15 күн бұрын

The same people that hate SpaceX, hate Tom Brady, and Tebow.

@Clutch275 15 күн бұрын

we dont h8 spacex.. we h8 ellen musty....

@larky368 15 күн бұрын

And Motherhood and apple pie.

@gdutfulkbhh7537 15 күн бұрын

When it's a video about Elmo Musk's efforts, I always think the 'K' in KSC is 'Kerbal'.

@dhen-marccastillon923 15 күн бұрын

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@iuliandragomir1 15 күн бұрын

You are drunk?

@rogerphelps9939 15 күн бұрын

Oh dear. Another 6 months of delay. Beginning to sound like Boeing.

@XxmillerniaxX 15 күн бұрын

You do know that ship 30 not 31 is next on the flight line, and it has passed all its tests..

@fredmapes8414 15 күн бұрын

Boing's problem is internal, Space-X's is Biden's, administration.

@ginog5037 15 күн бұрын

Welcome to the Woke environment and DEI...

@davidsoom1551 15 күн бұрын

Why didn't the Saturn have all these development problems back in the rocket stone age? Because failure was not an option. Now, with Starship, failure is called success. Waste of taxpayer and investor funds for a vehicle with no real market.

@leighganschow5652 15 күн бұрын

Saturn 1 had a fatal fire, killing 3 astronauts, which required a total redesign of the capsule and delaying the program substantially. Your lack of knowledge of history and faith in government (of all things!) Is disturbing.

@willevalle9371 15 күн бұрын

Space x is taking L after L

@mightyoaks77 15 күн бұрын

😂😂😂OK.....

@woutgaming9685 15 күн бұрын

W after W you mean, progress=progress

@leroy420b 15 күн бұрын

Yeah, taking a nail while cashing big fat checks for being the most advanced space company on Earth. The only company that has reusable rockets you're the one taking the L

@rogerrussell9544 15 күн бұрын

@@leroy420b Sounds like a Boeing hack whining.

@Clutch275 15 күн бұрын

EVERY PENNY SPACEX HAS MADE FROM FALCON IS SPENT ON STARSHIP.. SPACEX IS NOT LIQUID AND SURVIVES ON FEDERAL HANDOUTS... LOL

@dynomotivedyno9194 15 күн бұрын

CRAZY the basic shit these guys can't get don't. 5 years behind the moon mission because of Musk!!

@user-kg2jw3we6b 15 күн бұрын

ah SLS is 16 years behind advertised planning without space x.

@mikebaldwin5978 15 күн бұрын

Starship = Challenger 2.0

@leighganschow5652 15 күн бұрын

Who are these techno Luddites commenting on this thread? You're just a NPC spouting ignorant blathers.

@mattblack9069 15 күн бұрын

Sabotage no doubt

@lotanerve 15 күн бұрын

No. Obviously, it is an act of a god.

@iuliandragomir1 15 күн бұрын

@@lotanerve Which god?

@dbazarnic 15 күн бұрын

@@iuliandragomir1 RA

@WiilyDerbbinphlatte 15 күн бұрын

Haha! Love it. SpaceX, just leave space flight to those who know what they're doing.

@derekmillar5407 15 күн бұрын

What a dummy ,, if it was not for Musk and SpaceX the USA would not have the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy ,, the most reliable launch vehicle on the planet. Just go back to flipping Burgers. 😂✌

@BaldGeek83 15 күн бұрын

You love problems? May you have many and enjoy laughing at yourself.. Based on the number of successful launches and landings, OVER 300 for the F9 since 2013, no other gov or company has more or even an equal number. Ergo, no other company or gov knows more about launches AND landings than Musk and SpaceX. What disturbs you the most, that SpaceX is a free enterprise or Musk enjoys free speech and voices his own opinion? (Soyuz has over 1,000 launches but NO landings and its cadence has been reduced to almost zero by the success of the F9. Russia is working as hard and fast as it can to create a reusable launch vehicle)