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#PREVIEW: #SPACEX: #STARSHIP/SUPERHEAVY: From conversation with colleague Bob Zimmerman re Elon Musk's explanation of why Test#2 of Starship/Superheavy failed to reach orbit -- and Musk's confidence that Test#3 will be a success into orbit. More later to

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 17 January 2024

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#PREVIEW: #SPACEX: #STARSHIP/SUPERHEAVY: From conversation with colleague Bob Zimmerman re Elon Musk's explanation of why Test#2 of Starship/Superheavy failed to reach orbit -- and Musk's confidence that Test#3 will be a success into orbit. More later tonight.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-reveals-cause-of-starship-explosion-discusses-giant-rockets-future-video/ar-AA1n5u1j

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This is John Matcher, conversation with my colleague Bob Zimmerman behind the black about Elon Musk's presentation to his employees and it was

0:35.4

videoed so Bob analyzed it as well as to why the second test of Starship Super Heavy on 18 November failed to get into orbit. It has to do with the

0:46.3

payload, the dummy payload that was on board. Bob's very positive that it can be

0:51.9

corrected, it will be corrected for the upcoming flight. The date unknown, but at this point

0:57.2

we can look to February as a good launch moment. This is Bob Zimmerman explaining Elon Musk's interpretation of the

1:05.8

failure to get Starship super-heavy into orbit in November of 2023.

1:12.1

Musk said they figured out why these in November of 2023.

1:12.9

Musk said they figured out why the flight termination system

1:16.7

destroyed the Starship shortly before it reached its orbit.

1:20.5

And it was because they had loaded it with extra oxidized oxygen to simulate a

1:26.7

payload and when they got close to reaching orbit they were going they

1:31.5

vented that oxygen and apparently it started

1:34.3

the fire which caused the flight termination system to destroy the spacecraft so he

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