SpaceX Starship destroyed in pressure testing
SpaceX's latest Starship prototype, named the SN3, suffered a catastrophic failure during a cryogenic proof test, which tests the spaceship's integrity by subjecting it to pressures similar to what it would face during a test flight. The company's founder and CEO Elon Musk posted on Twitter that the failure may have been caused by a faulty configuration.
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