The company s founder, Elon Musk, has explained what went wrong with the Starship SN10 on 3 March. The spacecraft is the first prototype to nail a successful vertical.
If you just went online right now, you might have seen that the hashtag #RIPElon is trending. That would be Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, popular Twitter-er, savvy entrepreneur and visionary.
SPACEX S Starship SN10 prototype nailed its first launch and landing attempt yesterday, just hours after the flight was aborted on the launch pad at Boca Chica, South Texas. Unfortunately, the rocket was blown to smithereens just minutes after touching down.
SpaceX s Starship SN10 successfully landed in Boca Chica, Texas on Wednesday, however, it exploded on pad 10 minutes after landing. Watch SN10 flight from lift-off to landing:
SpaceX has finally managed to land a Starship rocket, however, several minutes after, the vehicle exploded due to a fire which managed to reach the propellant which subsequently ignited.