This time things went better for Elon Musk’s new spacecraft. At 2 p.m. Norwegian time, it rose from the starting ramp in Texas. Once fully tested, Starship will transport people to the moon and the planet Mars. During testing there are no people in the spacecraft. This is the most powerful rocket ever built. At the moment of take-off, it had as much thrust as 300 ordinary Boeing 737 aircraft. – Congratulations to everyone at SpaceX. Starship completed a successful launch. All the engines worked and it made it through the disconnection from the launch vehicle, the company announced shortly after the launch. Photo: Eric Gay / AP Both exploded The rocket consists of two stages. The upper stage, the Starship spacecraft, exploded just before it was to shut down its engines after ascent into space. That is reported by SpaceX. The craft was supposed to have sailed through space almost all the way around the Earth before returning. This part of the journey was therefore not tested by SpaceX. JOB DONE: The rocket rises from the launch pad. Everything worked in the first minutes of the trip. Photo: SpaceX The Super Heavy launch vehicle exploded a few seconds after they had completed the main task. The explosion came shortly after the Starship spacecraft had separated from the launch vehicle. After disconnection, the launch vehicle was supposed to simulate a soft landing in the sea. This it was not able to do. This is the first time SpaceX has demonstrated a successful decoupling of the launch vehicle and Starship. EXPLOSION: Right after the spacecraft Starship got away from the launch vehicle, the Super Heavy exploded. Photo: SpaceX Both the launch vehicle and the spacecraft are built for reuse, but this time the plan was for both to end up as scrap in the ocean. They were scrapped earlier than planned, but before it was shown that the rocket was capable of being launched without the same problems that plagued the first attempt. TWICE AS POWERFUL AS THE MOON ROCKET: The Super Heavy launch vehicle has the same thrust as 300 ordinary passenger planes. Photo: SpaceX Led to major damage The first attempt in April did not end well for Elon Musk’s company. SpaceX launched the rocket from a platform that failed. The engines in the rocket dug a large hole under the platform. Material from this hole damaged vulnerable nature nearby. In addition, several parts of the rocket failed. It exploded 29 kilometers above the ground. American authorities banned further launches of the vessel. SpaceX had warned in advance of possible damage if a launch went badly. What they hadn’t announced was what actually happened. That the platform could sustain significant damage even during a normal launch was unknown to the authorities. In retrospect, Elon Musk has admitted that they were aware that the platform could fail. They took a calculated risk. They believed that the engines would not tear up the substrate. BETTER NOW: The previous attempt in April did not go well. Then several of the engines exploded and the rocket started spinning. Photo: Eric Gay / AP Many changes In September, the authorities concluded their investigation into what happened during the first launch in April. They then came up with 63 demands for improvements. SpaceX must have carried this out. Among other things, the starting ramp has been reinforced. Where there used to be concrete, concrete that could not withstand the load, there are now water-cooled steel plates. The launch pad should have made it through the launch on Saturday. The authorities have been particularly concerned with the system for blowing up the rocket. This failed in April. The system must tear a hole in the fuel tank if something goes wrong during launch. The hole will cause the rocket to explode. This is to ensure that the rocket does not fall down intact and cause damage. SpaceX has also been interested in not losing control of the engines. A series of explosions caused them to lose this control in April. This meant that they could not control the rocket, and that it went into a spin. This worked well during the launch on Saturday. All engines remained engaged and the steering worked. SpaceX has also changed the way they separate the Starship away from the Super Heavy launch vehicle. In April, the plan was to do it purely mechanically by spinning the two parts. It did not work. Now it has been replaced with a system where the power from the engines in the Starship pushes the craft away from the launch vehicle. This worked well on Saturday.
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