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FAA closes Starship mishap investigation, directs 63 corrective actions for SpaceX (spacenews.com)

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[–] davetapley@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This hadn't really sunk in until now:

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

That's like, unforgivably bad.

[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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...