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2.7 second long static fire with 4 premature shutdown Raptor engines.

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[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On the other hand, the whole point of testing is to find these issues and fix them before the real flight.

I wonder if they will do another test before orbital.

[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I mean, I get the hardware rich testing mindset, but I thought the engine design was supposed to be stabilizing and getting more reliable. You have to admit that losing 4 engines in under 3 seconds isn't great.

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one -1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it’s not exactly ideal. Let’s hope the root cause isn’t a big issue.