Space X: Starship SN3, pressure test failed: problem with cryogenic tank
Space X:
Crashing Space X is the latest prototype of the next generation rocket “Starship”.
“SN3 (SerialNumber3)” pressure test was conducted on April 3.
However, there were problems and they were destroyed and failed.
Starship SN3:
The Starship SN3 rocket was tested early on the morning of April 3 at the Space X test site in Boca Chica, Texas.
A cryogenic tank test was conducted to fill the propellant tank with liquid nitrogen.
Youtube has revealed that the aircraft has collapsed like a dent and collapse.
Elon Musk: Twitter
In addition, Space X CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter that ” the test configuration was incorrect ”
He pointed out that there was a problem with the “thrust puck” at the bottom of the tank.
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SpaceX’s latest Starship prototype fails under pressure testing
The process of designing, testing and building an entirely new spacecraft is definitely a difficult one and bound to encounter some issues.
SpaceX’s efforts to build Starship, its massive new fully reusable spaceship, is no exception.
The most recent Starship prototype, designated “SN3,”
failed catastrophically during cryogenic proof testing, which is designed to simulate pressures the spacecraft would encounter during a test flight.
That might sound familiar:
SpaceX’s first prototype, the Mk1, was also destroyed during pressure testing of its fuel tank,
the next full-scale prototype under development, SN1, was also destroyed during a pressure test in late February.
Another prototype, SN2,
was stripped to just a test article designed for cryogenic testing, and it passed that same cryo test,
but now the next full-scale prototype being developed, SN3, has once again succumbed during cryogenic testing at SpaceX’s launch stand in Boca Chica, Texas.
TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/03/spacexs-latest-starship-prototype-fails-under-pressure-testing/