{"id":58465,"date":"2020-12-11T01:32:45","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T17:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/mars-here-we-come-says-elon-musk-after-starship-high-altitude-test-ends-with-a-bang-2\/"},"modified":"2020-12-11T01:32:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T17:32:45","slug":"mars-here-we-come-says-elon-musk-after-starship-high-altitude-test-ends-with-a-bang-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/mars-here-we-come-says-elon-musk-after-starship-high-altitude-test-ends-with-a-bang-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mars, Here We Come!\u2019 says Elon Musk After Starship High Altitude Test Ends with a Bang"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, SpaceX<\/strong> executed its most extensive test of its Starship rocket to date, demonstrating a landing flip maneuver before the rocket returned to the launch pad in a fiery crash. <\/p>\n

In the Dec. 9 high altitude test, the Starship prototype (SN8) took off from SpaceX\u2019s launch pad in Cameron County, Texas at 5:45 p.m. ET. SpaceX reported that SN8 successfully ascended, transitioned propellant, and performed its landing flip maneuver, demonstrating flap control to reach the landing point. The test took place after a scrub on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

The test was streamed live on YouTube, showing the rocket flip onto its side at about 4:40 after liftoff, while the flaps adjusted. The rocket then reoriented itself about 6:30 into the mission before crashing back onto the launch pad ten seconds later. <\/p>\n

According to NASASpaceFlight, the goal was for the rocket to reach 12.5 km in altitude after originally targeting 20 km and then reducing it to 15 km. SpaceX has not confirmed what altitude SN8 reached. Previous Starship tests have been hops of 150 m or less. <\/p>\n

SpaceX explained in a post after the test that low pressure in the fuel header tank during the landing burn caused the explosive ending when the test ended with a high velocity touchdown. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Starship rocket explodes on impact returning to Earth from a high altitude test. Screenshot via SpaceX\/YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

The company applauded the test as a major success for the rocket. \u201cWe got all the data we needed! Mars, here we come!!\u201d SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted after the test. <\/p>\n

Musk has set ambitious goals for Starship, which is being designed as a reusable vehicle to take both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, and Mars, and also to deploy satellites. Starship is designed to carry more than 100 metric tonnes to orbit \u2014 with a payload compartment larger than any fairing in operation or development. Musk has said SpaceX is working toward an uncrewed Mars mission by 2022, and a mission with human passengers by 2024. <\/p>\n

Speaking at SATELLITE in March 2020, Musk emphasized an accelerated pace of innovation necessary to realize his goal of landing humans on Mars in his lifetime. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to improve our pace of innovation a lot. I don\u2019t want to be dead [to see this happen],\u201d he said. \u201cUnless we improve our rate of innovation dramatically, we won\u2019t be able to have a base on the moon or a city on Mars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Musk\u2019s fellow space billionaire Jeff Bezos, who owns rocket company Blue Origin<\/strong> shared congratulations message to SpaceX on Instagram. \u201cAnybody who knows how hard this stuff is is impressed by today\u2019s Starship test. Big congrats to the whole SpaceX team. I\u2019m confident they\u2019ll be back at it soon,\u201d Bezos wrote. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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