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American aerospace manufacturer SpaceX conducted a flight test of its so-called future starship prototype in Texas on December 9, but unfortunately it crashed and exploded, but founder Musk was quite optimistic.
The unmanned rocket, codenamed SN8, was launched from the Boca Chica Research and Development Center. It is believed to have been flying at an altitude of 12.5 kilometers and approximately 41,000 feet, but crashed during landing. Before launch, Musk really hoped it wouldn’t be that easy, thinking there might be an accident, but he also had high hopes for the launch, so despite the crash, as long as the experimental goal is reached, it feels pretty good.
Musk also wrote on Twitter: “Mars, we are here.” Musk hopes that this rocket can become a prototype starship, which can not only carry people and cargo into orbit, and even fly directly to the Moon and Mars in the future. It is ambitious. Although there is still a distance from the target, SpaceX has made considerable progress and officially entered suborbital flight.
Mars, here we go!
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2020
This is also quite a remarkable achievement. Even if you can’t turn into a real spacecraft in the future, there are limitless business opportunities if you can complete suborbital transport. If the concept of a supersonic suborbital spacecraft can be realized, it will greatly shorten the journey of aviation. It only takes an hour and a half from Europe to Australia. The best known suborbital vehicle is the ICBM. The technology required to develop the vehicle is very high. You need a very stable body.
The SpaceX accident was also due to the low pressure of the fuel tank during the landing combustion, which caused the landing speed to be too fast and caused a rapid disintegration. And before the prototype was launched recently, the mission was terminated due to engine problems. It will take some time for the prototype, with a total length of 120 meters, to fly stably in suborbit, but Musk’s vision is not just that, he said that humans will be sent to Mars in 2026.
Life, the universe and everything pic.twitter.com/1ZCzInfc4u
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 10, 2020
(Source of the first image:Elon Musk Twitter）
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