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Starship First Flight: FAIL or SUCCESS? with Scott Manley and Marcus House

Apr 26, 202334 min
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Episode description

SpaceX finally tested a fully stacked Starship system on April 20th. Why did they blow it up? What exactly went wrong with the test? How can they fix it in future tests? Discussing all these questions with Scott Manley and Marcus House.

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00:00 Intro

00:46 How did the launch go

02:46 Stage Zero problems

09:39 Flight analysis

19:36 How can SpaceX fix things

25:08 Flying Starship to Moon and Mars

27:38 Wen next launch

31:52 Conclusions

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