SpaceX launches Starship rocket but suffers mid-flight failure

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its Starship rocket for the first time, but fell short of reaching space after suffering a mid-flight failure. No crew were on board. More here: cnb.cx/43QGn2o

[@lightcomet3405]

It wasn’t a mid flight failure. It was a mid flight rapid unscheduled disassembly.

[@interstellar_.4.]

mid flight success*

[@adrianenrique879854]

Complet success, they expected it at tleast to lift off, and they detoned the explotion, it didn't explode by itself

[@lightcomet3405]

@@adrianenrique879854 rapid quickly scheduled disassembly.

[@adrianenrique879854]

@@lightcomet3405 mmm rapid scheduled disassembly maybe🤣

[@kb484]

self destruct button😂

[@arad1257]

"It needs to be pointy, Round is not scary, pointy is scary" lol

[@Nemenis]

Funny how SLS is more pointier than starship

[@omeryuksel1135]

I just watched the movie 2 hours ago lol

[@sirjomondal9601]

Aladin 😂

[@Chris-jg5vw]

What was the name of the movie?

[@sirjomondal9601]

@@Chris-jg5vw dictator

[@helgin_lol]

You cant have success without failure Hats off to spacex

[@f33nix86]

Sure you can. Assuming failure as a mandatory step is just as silly as assuming failure isn't an option at all. Plan for failure as a possibility and just incorporate that into the development process.

[@nolandeaton1355]

@@f33nix86 I hate to break it to you, but when you’re building a rocket, you are almost certainly going to need to fail before you succeeded because you need a lot of data not to mention a lot of companies who build rockets will purposefully send 41s up to receive data on how to improve it.

[@raulwiley]

failure is not an option bucko

[@its640am]

@@f33nix86 there’s too much going on with a rocket to ensure it’ll work. they shoot tor it to work but there’s too many variables

[@naughtywizard]

Twice the thrust of the Saturn V that’s insane!

[@LeonAust]

And still didn't reach orbit🤣🤣

[@naughtywizard]

@@LeonAust What have you done in your life 🤣🤣

[@LeonAust]

Aircraft engineer - Boeing Quality Assurance 25 years what have you done?@@naughtywizard

[@naughtywizard]

@@LeonAust Astrophysical String Manipulator at the Large Hadron Collider, Geneva for 28 Solar Orbits. Who are you again?

[@LeonAust]

So Mr Large Hadron Collider are you a realist or a fanboy? Is Elon going to land on the moon this year as per NASA's contract? Because i'm a little con"CERN"ed 🤣

[@user-xo1nf9sk3w]

Einstein once said "You could do a million things right but people will point out the one thing you did wrong"

[@uniqio5916]

Well i don't think einstene blown away the world's biggest rocket in an animal reserve And tons of concrete shot away even in the safe zone They did vertical launch without fire deflection system , totally a stupidity Everybody warned them before and it's not like they didn't knew what's going to happen Still they did it like it's their persnoal property 🙂

[@user-xo1nf9sk3w]

@@uniqio5916 I don't think Einstein is spelled like einstene

[@uniqio5916]

@@user-xo1nf9sk3w ya that's why elders always says never try to give knowledge to someone who is unwilling 😤😤 The spelling is the thing you got from all that Well for your kind information it was a typying error

[@user-xo1nf9sk3w]

@@uniqio5916 bro that whole thing must have been a typo because it looks like a 3rd grader wrote it

[@uniqio5916]

@@user-xo1nf9sk3w once a fool is always a fool

[@41Atatsiak]

“11,000,000 pounds got off the ground successfully”

[@markmckinney9821]

Exactly!!

[@zeem2524]

THAT gentlemen, is a lot of ass.

[@NinjaPro57]

Just like when your mom wakes up

[@41Atatsiak]

@@NinjaPro57 haters gonna hate, potatoes gonna potate

[@disgustedpotato6564]

@@41Atatsiak did someone say potatos?

[@Lucifer-sn9ir]

Can't know the limits of something unless you push it till it breaks

[@user-wq4fb7zt8y]

We conjecture the limit based on the failure. Limit is another word for failure.

[@mattdies3208]

Your limit is a knife so does that make you a failure

[@davsaltego]

Flat Earthers: it crashed into the dome

[@yeshuapleaseprotectthechil2150]

Ironically: Elon Musk said as a joke (?), a few days ago; that it would pierce the firmament. Google will have to delete that comment ASAP.

[@yeshuapleaseprotectthechil2150]

Initially Elon wanted Star Link to orbit the globe at a significantly higher altitude, but NASA would not allow him to do so.

[@paulm749]

LOL - I suspect a lot of flat-earthers don't believe what they're saying any more than the rest of us; they just enjoy being contrary.

[@beauxanges]

People who don't do their research:

[@gullahgeechee2699]

dome do exist but you’ll never see a person if color do the foolishness europeans do🤣💯

[@Absolut531kmh]

Getting that behemoth off the ground is impressive enough

[@Palestine146]

He’s trying to challenge GOD and reach to no one ever got there before that’s why every time he fails

[@slipperylordtouchme7921]

​@@Palestine146hello dumb man. God does not exist science does. It got us to the moon and gues what god was not sitting on top of the clouds

[@MrDuck797]

@@Palestine146if you believe these disasters are all divine punishments then you really know nothing about space itself

[@davidhitchen5369]

Yeah, what guy he is. Next week we'll be building colonies on Mars.

[@unusualkmc]

@@Palestine146 we've already put satellites in space and been to the moon dawg 😭 you can buy a telescope and see the ISS or GPS satellites in orbit right now 😭

[@enfant0793]

"Failure is the first step to success"

[@ericstyles3724]

So Hitler was right ?

[@mostlyspacerelated8450]

Unless your skydiving

[@indjgaming4470]

​@@mostlyspacerelated8450 💀

[@wolfgameplays3291]

I'm pretty sure I saw that same comment on an AstroKobi video

[@giorgiogiorgini4458]

The first step to go to the bathroom.

[@bradleythorburn]

Some people see it as a failure (the media) others see it as a success (everyone else)

[@fitulus]

The media WANTS to see it as a failure , knowing it's a success. That's a whole different thing

[@tomdiets5079]

If it wasn’t Elon Musk they would be calling it a successful first test launch, but now that they dislike him they had to say their was a failure instead of the fact that they were expecting it to fail. That’s what tests are for.

[@never_give_up90]

It was amazing, can't wait to see the evolution of this tech.

[@kubokuric2075]

When aliens see this: "how primitive"

[@Fortnite-gu3jm]

Aliens dont exist

[@adrianomartinez9792]

Depends on what “Aliens” see it.

[@royalexander5437]

@@Fortnite-gu3jmhow do you know?

[@Fortnite-gu3jm]

@@royalexander5437cause im not autistic

[@beans7233]

@@Fortnite-gu3jm your youtube shorts posted say otherwise

[@tommvuyana2263]

Good to see many people choose to see the positive and encourage the team rather than bashing the team and the whole project

[@davidhitchen5369]

It's all you can do if you're a Musk fan. He never gets anything done that he promises. I don't think the team is the problem, I think it's the leadership.

[@had3042]

​@davidhitchen5369 youre quite critical. one wonders what all you have pioneered or accomplished in comparison

[@bow_wow_wow]

The most pathetic thing about it is they all do strictly because of his politics. I'm embarrassed for them. They're so obvious.

[@davidhitchen5369]

@@bow_wow_wow It has nothing to do with his politics for me. The guy is a constant liar.

[@spaced___x]

​@@davidhitchen5369So Falcon 9 is not reusable?

[@danmartens8855]

I have never worked for a company that had the tiniest fraction of the enthusiasm of the SpaceX crew.

[@nicnica6311]

Every single person that worked on this project is making history,their descendants will talk about in 1000 years, these are the ones who will colonize space , by all means I wish I was one of them just to have that unique privilege of being part of it, go SpaceX !!

[@harry258]

@@nicnica6311completely agree, it’s incredible to think we are living in the new space age

[@alitaaa13]

​@nicnica6311 💯💯💯 this was the test from April. Watch the one that happened yesterday. My husband is a welder that worked on the hot sage crew and we took our kids to watch the launch. It was incredible! We are so proud!!!

[@carlacp8230]

afraid of losing their jobs?

[@paradox11111111]

@@carlacp8230 I work at Blue Origin. The enthusiasm is genuine. We're building some of the most complicated and beautiful machines to ever exist

[@BazamO]

Taylor Swift when she needs to get some milk from the store

[@eiavops4576]

"I dont ever give up" -Elon Musk

[@dannydawkins9119]

When the comments didn't go as planned.

[@EbruhOG]

No comments? Let me fix that.

[@avanibhoyar3395]

😂😂😂😂

[@catherineharris4746]

😂😂😂💥👍👍👍

[@chotam1065]

😂😂😂👌🏾👍👍

[@arunragunath7875]

Well they all help the algorithm… sadly…

[@andremartin8169]

This is not failure, this is learning how to do things better. We learn and progress this was awesome cannot wait for the next

[@danharold3087]

Exactly the flight achieved better then 100% of it projected goals. Gathered data. What most are missing is that they learned a LOT about the launch pad. aka stage zero. Lots of work there.

[@prandomable]

​@@danharold3087This WAS a failure. But like you said. Success comes from learning from failures.

[@BukuiZhao]

@@prandomableNo need to repeat the same thing twice. Plus for that to even lift off is insane.

[@newax_productions2069]

@@prandomable Considering the test was for liftoff and nothing else it was 100% a success, everything that came after were just learning opportunities so you are incorrect it was NOT a failure.

[@prandomable]

@@BukuiZhao it was a failed test. It was supposed to orbit and fly for hours and hours, and ended in 4 minutes instead. Separation was supposed to happen, and it failed.

[@916medic]

Elon is amazing. I dont know why so many people hate him, a bunch of useless people talking crap about a man that is actually making the world a better place.

[@Soeks77]

“Electric cars save the environment! (we also use rocket fuel that produces extremly large greenhouse gas emissions) but drive electric cars!”

[@natmarelnam4871]

SpaceX isn't Tesla, genius.

[@Soeks77]

@@natmarelnam4871 bro 😂 what’s the point of electric cars then y isn’t Tesla a fuel based brand rather than cheaply made unreliable electric?

[@ZEPRATGERNODT]

@@Soeks77 Those cheaply made unreliable cars (unproven and false comment by the way) are more reusable than a Kia/Hyundai/Genesis product - as an example. I’m into old cars myself (pre 2009) and currently own cars from 1971-1996. My 2008 Acura and 2004 Ford Lightning are sold off. Getting back to your dumb comment. Out of all cars that are 100% electric…Tesla has the most on the road, the most compiled data for decreasing defect ratios per 100 units sold…etc. No other car manufacturer is even close by volume sold. Technology is changing rapidly and battery tech is key for these things to be able to be competitive in a world of ease with gas powered vehicles.

[@its640am]

@@Soeks77wait so how’s it unreliable. last time I checked they have half the chance of not running? they never need mechanics as there’s barely anything that can go wrong

[@Soeks77]

@@its640am bro teslas are Chinese made, their quality is horrible parts made as cheaply as possible. The most expensive part are their bad for the environment lithium module packs, costing 30k for just the battery pack! That’s almost as much as the whole car is worth lmao. I’ve never seen one Tesla over 150k miles without needing new modules or a controller or motors. Now instead of normal mechanics, we need specialized mechanics that work on only electric cars. Now people can’t modify their cars for more power, whatever you buy is what you get it’s pathetic, not to mention no people can work on their cars themselves they need to take them into a Tesla dealer it’s pathetic.

[@rbmnova]

CNBC failed to state a great accomplishment. Congratulations to all involved and good luck on test 2

[@notaulgoodman9732]

I don't think we've ever had a rocket this big launch since Skylab

[@romanplays1]

@@notaulgoodman9732 it now holds the record for the largest rocket launched. being 31 foot taller than saturn V

[@Captain_Jebediah]

@@notaulgoodman9732 Artemis I was launched, and had about 1.3 million more thrust

[@kr-schon]

CNBC Would not endorse a failed launch in disguise 🚀

[@romanplays1]

@@kr-schon elon himself said that he considered the launch a success if the rocket even cleared the tower. It managed to pass the point of maximum aerodynamic pressure and held steady. I'd call that a success.

[@samrweall]

Success takes many forms! Congratulations to the SpaceX team! That was AMAZING!

[@ikwikwi]

How much fuel got burnt up in non tesla petrol car equivalent

[@GameFiai]

@@ikwikwi barely anything

[@ikwikwi]

​@Kate Wiley you are a fan...atic,, not a scientist so I did not expect more

[@stokesseegers5012]

@@ikwikwi not as much as they burn to make the electricity to charge your electric car LOL

[@JB-pl1iu]

Get a life.

[@michaelenglish839]

Can you imagine when we're watching that thing as it's catapulting the first humans to Mars? I get choked up just thinking about it.

[@cteegs6893]

What makes Elon Musk so successful is he’s willing to fail over and over without blinking an eye. The guy is a legend

[@Chopsticks261]

Correction this test flight is not a failure it was completely a success it managed to take off from the launch mount it gathered a lot of data also SpaceX implanted explosive charges on starship and super heavy when it started to flip and late separation the computer auto command to detonate the explosive charges on it that's why it was called a success it got a LOT of data to prepare the next launch of starship and stage zero it's getting a redesign by SpaceX this launch was a success not a failure

[@MrSupercoolkid1998]

This was very expected outcome! Congrats SpaceX team

[@lakepanzer5749]

It wasn't. The flight was supposed to reach an altitude of 150 miles with a duration of 90 minutes. Stop praising this.

[@kerbalengineer1243]

​@@lakepanzer5749 SpaceX stated multiple times before the launch anything after tower clear is successful for this launch.

[@ken-mb5cp]

@@lakepanzer5749 The largest rocket ever built almost reached orbit the first time. Huge success.

[@krimson4626]

@@lakepanzer5749 Try not to hate on literally anything Elon does Challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

[@hvip4]

​@@lakepanzer5749 I know you're unable to comprehend this but I will try anyway. - the rocket is expandable, its only purpose is to gather data - more data is obviously better however anything more than 0 data is a win - one thing that is not expandable is the launch pad and tower and other ground equipment... All of that survived with minor damages But I get it bro.. a company dares to share the most optimistic scenario with you, so anything other than that must be sh*t.

[@Inalienablerights15]

So what? Apollo 13 was called "The successful failure!"

[@Hex3DPatreon]

I would not go up in a rocket that had not crashed and had all the bugs sorted out first. That would be sort of like going down to the titanic in a carbon fiber tube as one of its initial test pilots. If only they had just sent the sub down remotely and tested it like Elon does with this. Yes, it exploded but no one died, they learned a lot, that essentially is a win.

[@johnmaguire3748]

That stupid sub had dozens of successful dives. Many to the titanic.

[@Hex3DPatreon]

@@johnmaguire3748 I agree it was a stupid sub, but it only reached the depth of the Titanic on 13 out of 90 dives.

[@2bn2life62]

It's like a sky scraper flying.. amazing

[@hoedemakerbart]

Its only 9 meters longer than Saturn v

[@7rock7]

@@hoedemakerbart it’s also way wider but Saturn V is also like a flying skyscraper

[@hoedemakerbart]

@@7rock7 Apollo is 33ft wide while Starship is 30ft

[@hoedemakerbart]

@@7rock7 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/N1_(rocket) Looks a bit like that ussr moonrocket with the multiple engine

[@---------c5741]

​@@7rock7 it also looks cooler than saturn 5

[@airgliderz]

Amazing it performed as well as it did with several engines out, very impressive

[@jackassiskickass]

Saw this from 80 miles away. At first I thought it was an ICBM

[@legoawsomeness]

The fact that it’s not only a launch but a remote launch is so cool. I love that we can test the rockets like this without loss of life or danger of loss of life

[@Overmotor]

A milestone in space exploration. So glad to have watched it live!

[@ikwikwi]

North korea

[@tripler8502]

Same

[@agrajyadav2951]

Why is it a milestone exactly?

[@thrax7550]

@@agrajyadav2951 Because starship is the biggest and most powerful rocket ever made duh

[@Supraboyes]

A milestone, it didn't even get into space 😂

[@philipberard867]

Elon stated before the launch that was a 50/50 chance of failure. He's a realist. Knows it will take trial and error to get it right.

[@tjnucnuc]

How are you a real person 😂😂😂

[@Xer405]

​@@tjnucnuc You think the first saturn rockets didnt blow up? Theyre missiles bassicslly, and missiles need to be tested. A brand new thing doesn't automaticslly work right 100 percent. It's a brand new design.

[@Maximbaumann]

@@tjnucnucbot

[@CriticalxMiss]

It had a 100% chance of failure, because it did fail...

[@never_give_up90]

​@@CriticalxMiss false, it was 50/50 and technically this wasnt a failure, it just wasn't 100% success. There is a lot of progress and the fact that it made it off the ground is already a success. It made it way further than expected and every small success will lead us closer to a complete success, and a fully functional design. That's how it always worked. Did you know that Apollo 1 killed all 3 astronauts? It was in a testing stage. That was a failure! This wasn't!

[@xaviertkkhickey2185]

This is a man that has sucesfully built rockets that self land and are reusable the thing that vertually was impossible IN ELON I TRUST

[@stevechilds9972]

You know you’re a special human being when you can make dreams like that come true Elon musk, keeping dreams alive

[@charlesnjeru4205]

Step one is a BIG win - congrats SpaceX team

[@sev-jm4ch]

How many step one will this explorers do? Their just wasting money they have said this too many times

[@floriandiefenthaler2553]

@@sev-jm4chcrawl walk run. Rocket science is still high risk business. Before Juri Gagarin was successful cruising orbit or before Neil Armstrong was touching the moon, many failures and high cost put these attempts in question. SpaceX is following this path with even further goals.

[@charlesnjeru4205]

Thomas Edison - failed a 1000 times-Light Bulb -for Elon this was the first one with Starship

[@arriagaadrian91]

Imagine trying to balance a toothpick at 2000 km/h compared to the amount of force being transferred to the surface of the ship it wasn’t able to stabilize itself. Previous tests they were able to launch and re enter with the ship only. Adding the rocket booster and having it detach while being able to be stable is proving difficult. Impressive nonetheless. I’m personally excited to see where this goes. I hope Tesla plans for this and sets up ways to clear out any debris (though I doubt it)

[@jakkll]

You mean SpaceX right?

[@danielnavarrette8464]

Elon Musk drew inspiration for Starship design from Sacha Baron Cohen movie. He admitted it was not the best design when it came to functionality, but agreed that it looked cool 😎

[@kr-schon]

The Aliens must be laughing at this whole retro-Tech 🚀

[@macadoua4847]

I don’t know that it was the aerodynamics of the spacecraft that did it. In an analysis video, they said it was the failure of the engine to light after booster separation, and several explosions in the boosters after said separation. The ship got away though and almost made it to Hawaii, but crashes idk why I haven’t looked it up. Such a mighty vehicle though.

[@daughterofjah6658]

The damage left behind the tornadoes😢

[@brianlespoir6287]

I saw the first space shuttle leaving earth live on tv, for the people involved this flight that feeling probably ten times as awesome.

[@caryccharlson]

Unbelievable to see something the size of an office building exceed the speed of sound! MaxQ and still able to do backflips and stay together

[@couchbanana343]

That was not traveling the speed of sound did you see how long it took to lift off

[@watchm3ll0uai]

​@@couchbanana343 you're not considering the scale, bro

[@pepperpint712]

It’s awesome. Elon and The people working there are just as excited as I am to see those babies fly. It’s like watching sci-fi. But it’s real. 🚀

[@pepperpint712]

The one 6 months ago, I thought was a little faster on the take off that the one on the 18th of Oct. it was a smoother take off and didn’t have the popping corn noise. But it looked like it shook more in the air than this one. It’s a good way to test and make them safer for man.

[@foulasign]

If it was a 'failure' it would be the best failure

[@sys3248]

You're right.

[@adtornav1902]

Lucky there was nobody inside lmao

[@allisthemoist2244]

​@@adtornav1902 ofc there was nobody inside. They planned to blow it up and the whole test was to see if it cleared the tower. The rest of the plan was a back up for the unlikely event that something DIDN'T go wrong

[@Grabalot]

It was a failure it didn’t make it even make it out of the atmosphere lol 😂

[@foulasign]

@@Grabalot you need to do your research before you make another reply

[@BrandenRucker]

The issue was that they counted to three instead of doing a count down. Made the rocket mess up

[@GratitudeKindness]

"Starship" should be renamed "Just a Tiny Bit off the Ground - Ship" 🤣🤣🤣

[@sheldonaubut]

The cause: The blast of the 32 engines lighting destroyed the concrete and ground under the pad, which kicked up concrete chunks that damaged at least 5 of the engines.

[@DeathProofXXX]

Not the cause of the separation failure

[@spaced___x]

​@@DeathProofXXXThat's why the next one(s) will hot-stage

[@kaisersozia]

Time to dig a deeper hole underneath it!!!

[@Enigma_files_]

One step forward for humanity . That’s a win , bravo space x and all engineers who made made this possible

[@RandomUser_360]

They are wasting their time

[@TheAmericanCatholic]

@@RandomUser_360 no after several dozen tests it will bring man to the moon and after hundreds of Launches it will go to mars.

[@RandomUser_360]

@@TheAmericanCatholic it won't go to Mars never in a MILLION years

[@SisyphusJP]

Soviet dog!

[@allisthemoist2244]

​@@RandomUser_360 so I'll take that comment to mean that you're so completely clueless about building ANYTHING that you don't realize V1 always has problems

[@myname324]

Super strange to think that SpaceX as a private entity is more powerful than majority of the countries in the world in spaceship industry.

[@archierush868]

Government agencies don’t want to spend taxpayers money on rockets which could explode like this. SpaceX isn’t taxpayer funded so…

[@devyngulick5373]

They just burned Every gallon of fossil fuel Tesla saved 😂

[@jameshathaway5117]

You are not wrong 😂 Future plans are for carbon capture to make the methane. It would be cool to see a rocket launch on recycled fuel taken from the atmosphere!

[@verybadcgi]

It's not fossil fuel The starship use O2 and Methane which are not fossil fuel

[@jameshathaway5117]

@@verybadcgi methane as currently used by starship IS a fossil fuel. It came from natural gas. Methane can be created but spacex isn't doing that yet.

[@Rat-fs7zd]

​@@jameshathaway5117 isnt it just a natural gas? A natural gas isn't instantly a fossil fuel correct me if I'm wrong

[@Xer405]

​@@jameshathaway5117 Natural gas is just gas...fossil fuel refers to oil and how would fossil fuel even apply to gas?

[@jeffdurall8353]

It wont be long and we'll be seeing this thing taking off all the time flying successful missions. God Speed, Space X.

[@Puffyb12345]

It’s not a failure, it was a rapid unscheduled disassembly

[@alyzeannassar]

To people who don't know, this was a test flight and the flight was a success since its main objective was to clear the pad.

[@rosean374]

Keep up the good work Spacex🎉

[@Grabalot]

Good work for making a missile 😂

[@gamvlogs9134]

@@Grabalot okay? What’s your point 😂

[@danielbriggs7110]

It was meant to fail...the test was to see if it had enough power to lift off by using different fuels and maintain going straight without ripping apart etc Congrats to the team ❤❤❤

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

But it DID rip apart. There was a sudden, unexpected, catastrophic disassembly. {:o:O:}

[@HeadsetHatGuy]

@@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 and? what's your point? this is only the beginning. you clearly don't see the bigger picture here. you can't succeed most of the time without failing and failing again until you get it right.

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

@@HeadsetHatGuy But we got it right over 50 years ago. Musk pushes nothing but vapourware and fails over and over and over again. Where's the Hyperloop? Where are the self-driving cars? Where are the reusable rockets? Where are the dancing robots that aren't actually men dressed in black body stockings? {:o:O:}

[@shasta1481]

@@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095fts was activated

[@anirprasadd]

It WASN'T a failure. It was a partial success. Musk himself did say that they were only looking to getting it off the ground

[@DanielSirbuChicago]

I often feel like yelling “Happy New Year!!!” Whenever the countdown ends 😂

[@n0red33m]

Most people have no way of understanding what a raw display of power this video is.

[@robaxl3088]

The guy is furthering mankind and they mock him….sounds like a 2006 movie I watched called Idiocracy

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Well built rockets shouldn't explode

[@gamvlogs9134]

@@haruhisuzumiya6650 you have no understanding of what they are doing at all. So why make ignorant comments like this?

[@darrenweaver9513]

How well did the first rocket you built do? Perhaps you should consider how your opinion matters to anyone on this subject?

[@perk_a_licious6506]

Look at your pfp dog. You expect us to take your pathetic comment seriously?​@@haruhisuzumiya6650

[@PlantaBruv]

That spaceship was genuinely tweaking out😂

[@jsweizston5410]

twice the thrust as the Saturn-V rocket. If you think about that, that in of itself is impressive. The Saturn-V was so damn powerful for it's time.

[@ZingoKumar]

"Failure reduces steps to success"😊😊 Wishing luck to American brothers from INDIA🙏🙏

[@samztweets2537]

Kalpanic ramu ki kalpanic kahaniya

[@ZingoKumar]

@@samztweets2537 aatankwadi majhub se tau theek hi hai 😂😂

[@ZingoKumar]

@@samztweets2537 Kati luli, 72 hooren =☪️= 26/11, etc

[@eisleyrd]

Failure is an unavoidable part of life. It is also not wrong to point out and criticize it. With the right attitude, you learn from both. With the wrong attitude, you learn from neither.

[@user-hi4br9ro4s]

As for the take-off, it is excellent and does not require further modifications...which require modifying the separation of the booster from the vehicle and the Starship’s commands in space and returning with it.

[@s0ck_Aeliano]

The take off on the IFT-1 had almost a 1:1 weight to thrust ration , causing it to hover for about 2 seconds, but the IFT-2 lift off was very successful.

[@hvip4]

Could they have gotten more data if it flew for longer? Probably. Is this outcome disappointing in any way? Hell no! It was so awesome 👏

[@richvan2128]

It flew much longer than expected.

[@sukhdevaram6036]

Incredible moment , Congratulations Space X ❤❤ India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@zhenhuaren4637]

anything related with india?

[@sukhdevaram6036]

No anything related india but we are excited to new Revolution in world and we are spot America and space X ,

[@sukhdevaram6036]

Where are you frome

[@we_the_people_of_kashmir3534]

They are obsessed with their country so everywhere they bring it

[@peak_911]

who isn't?@@we_the_people_of_kashmir3534

[@arturoeugster7228]

No failure for flight 2. The booster performed it's mission perfectly, absolutely perfectly, the landing of the booster is an option to reduce costs, it's post separation phase was used to test intentional fuel slosh behaviour on the engines and then the FTS was perfectly executed to certify it. Perfect performance for the prime goal of putting the upper stage at the required speed altitude and heading. Far better and cheaper than Artemis, which is no longer needed. For the tax payer: a huge cost savings for the return mission to the Moon, with or without an optional small savings with reusability.

[@cruisingsociety576]

Elon musk : “hydrogen isn’t the future “ Yet here we are …

[@dragin44]

Hey, think about it everyone they got it to launch. They got it to go into space. The only thing that messed up is the reentry and there’s where they will improve, congratulations, SpaceX. It may have been a failure towards the end, but in general, this was a great success.

[@bff458]

They didn't make it halfway to space the karman line is 60 miles up

[@bff458]

But none the less still a successful test

[@dragin44]

@@bff458 they said it made it to the upper atmosphere now whether it went into space space you’re saying no I’ll take your word for it, but look how far they did get with it it’s just a matter of time before it works

[@dragin44]

@@bff458 absolutely some of the greatest failures will then become your greatest successions

[@thelifeofcollinrs6030]

@@dragin44 the issue happened when they did the cartwheel to release the first stage from the second. The first stage never shut down like it was suppose to. Thus causing it to continue cartwheeling and not separating. The blowing it up was them giving the word to do so to keep people safe after seeing what it would do for a while.

[@TRYCLOPS1]

Nice firework 🧨

[@krimson4626]

It's a firework but only during the testing phases. Once patched up, it's gonna become a big change in Space Exploration

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

Just to be clear, this was a failure, of stage 0, the launch pad, not the rocket. Its actually a MASSIVE demonstration of the durability of this rocket, because any other rocket would have blown itself up on the pad in this condition. Starship almost made it to orbit. The launch pad infrastructure was not ready for this launch, thats why they put a deluge system in now. They thought they might be able to save money by not including it, but they also knew that was a little too optimistic, and that why they instantly built the deluge system immediately after the test. Sort of a “Ok yeah we learned that lesson the hard way”

[@weekiely1233]

This was not a failure lol. The only part that broke was a concrete slab that wasn’t even going to be used again and was repaired in 1 month. The water cooled steel plate (not a full deluge) was already nearing completion before the launch even happened

[@victorian-dad]

Only took off because enough people went "Whooooo!"

[@victorian-dad]

"Whooooo" is the key here - these people are in charge of the world! Why is it in such a state?

[@tuckercase2449]

Stage 0 looked unscathed, so that's a plus.

[@TurtleFootMining]

Lol bro Stage 0 got torn into pieces my uncle said 😅

[@Xer405]

​@@TurtleFootMining It did but only after rotating a ton of times showing off it's incredible durability owed to it's engineering.

[@tuckercase2449]

@@TurtleFootMining Stage 0 is the launch tower and the accompanying infrastructure. After I posted that, I heard the tank farm received a little damage. The first and second rocket stages were blown to bits.

[@Zen_Power]

Some of the raptors didn’t fire hence the slow lift off. Either way successful first test. Bring on test 2

[@spider0804]

They were likely damaged by all the concrete that was flying around.

[@stokesseegers5012]

@@spider0804 there's a video from labpadre, it shows a bunch of vehicles they parked with camera equipment mounted on top, it was like a concrete storm, it look like combat footage chopping branches out of pine trees and smashing vehicles

[@bipaladhikari2009]

No, they held the rocket down for a few seconds.

[@Grabalot]

@@bipaladhikari2009 they didn’t start even in the air 😂

[@thecatapocalypse4148]

The fact that that behemoth took off the ground alone is mind blowing 🤯

[@Elon_Musk_antichrist]

"For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted." Matthew

[@DruvRatee]

He can partner with ISRO and learn about launch vehicle technology!!

[@chiragmehta8212]

I am Indian but stop with your stupid boasting. We are no where near space x. It’s embarrassing how stupidly you guys boast

[@DruvRatee]

@@chiragmehta8212 you are anti Indian

[@rizingpho3nix]

This is a test run which means this was 100% successful. The amount of data gained from this is going to help for years to come. This starship is bigger than any of the NASA rockets that have gone up. Things are about to change.

[@MrSlicer2424]

B.S. 😂 It was a complete failure

[@dirtpounder]

@@MrSlicer2424 a failed flight which was partly made worthy by the data gained, so not a success but not a total write-off, same with the start of their smaller rockets that are now in fairly common use

[@solarmilk]

​@@MrSlicer2424 🤡

[@Tim_3100]

True but space x and nasa agree starship is vital to both of them both for artemis and colony plans

[@psychotogether5114]

The Internet only want fast outcomes. This test was for big brains so if you know, you know. Smoothbrains will not understand. 😅

[@allengarcia00]

It didn’t “suffer” a mid flight failure. They wanted it to clear the damn tower and it did far more than that. I hate the wording of news outlets, making it seem like there were people on board or as if it wasn’t the first ever test flight. Jeeez

[@carlg4544]

Imagine the pressure it's under and it's still going

[@byBestix]

nice firework - no but seriously, what a great start

[@calj01]

Elon has said before that igniting the engine was the hardest part. They did it! Everything now is just adjustments during flight. No wonder they were all so happy and clapping

[@taze27]

Homer Simpson: "Trying is the first step towards failure." Yoda: "Do or do not, there is no try."

[@StevenAu-pq2qn]

SpaceX finally got Starship into space after nearly one year. Time sure does fly bye

[@PeterEdwardCaceci]

Everyone gets a trophy! We did it!

[@baxterwilkinsbaxdoggiedo-bq9uq]

Talk about one giant leap for mankind! Wow!

[@user-xn7rl5oo9r]

Another huge waste of time and energy for mankind

[@area777th]

The only real rocket launch has ever happened

[@aadi4sure]

i bet you are living under a rock

[@Captain_Jebediah]

What do you mean by the only "real" launch? There have been countless launches by multiple different space agencies

[@ericmarc7529]

"...twice the thrust of the saturn V" Mm-baby I've got a full chub

[@al81yoo]

Do we really need people screaming in the background? It cheapen the whole experience. Saturn 5 looks amazing because no idiots were shouting in the background. Sort them out Elon!

[@theboontz58321]

Those were the engineers who designed it screaming.

[@jimmypee8404]

Lmao, they didnt make it for you. Jesus, do you really think that highly of yourself?😂

[@Dan-ji4db]

Great job not showing it blow up

[@Overmotor]

btw, the rocket is 40 stories tall. (Just for perspective 😉)

[@krimson4626]

@@Overmotor No point trying to explain something to a wall

[@Overmotor]

@@krimson4626 fair enough lol

[@louisrafaelcom]

Those cheers in the background are people counting their eggs before they hatch.

[@TomScorza123]

Gwynnie described it as a conscious uncoupling

[@joelm6631]

CNBC has to write a negative narrative....it's Elon....😅😅😅😅😅

[@mjrodriguez2025]

The video ends before the rocket explodes what are you on about ?

[@jmsmith1767]

Hmm maybe some of those billions he wasted on buying Twitter would’ve helped.

[@quantumcat88]

why so mad?

[@Kurre.]

​@galex420 not mad, just making fun of the Alien Hippo

[@dray7276]

Do you want to fight the Elon?.. You would get mollywhopped.

[@jameshathaway5117]

​@@quantumcat88 he's just mad the "alien hippo" has so many kids meanwhile he can't get women to even look at him sideways.😂

[@jmsmith1767]

@@quantumcat88 I'm not mad at all, I'm amped he's failing.

[@H-Town_83]

Ok to be fair they had attempted a detonation but it didn't explode immediately. It wasn't an orbital flight .

[@janzam]

Hard day for the insurance company😢

[@danielbustamante8457]

We humans were not meant to be up in outer space, PERIOD...

[@archierush868]

We weren’t made to do almost anything we do today. We developed these skills over centuries and generations which we never saw from any other animal. No other animal made planes, boats, cars, submarines and many more machines we are now dependent on. If we never evolved 200,000 years ago, we probably would have never invented boats meaning we may have not been able to make it to America or many other Islands. Hundreds of years ago, people probably thought negatively of adventuring to new lands due to issues they have at home, only to find the solution to the problem because they made the journey. We are living at that time frame where people are talking negatively about space exploration because of the problems we have at home, but the solution to those problems could be found or discovered from adventuring to new worlds.

[@mrmojito451]

This is so fricking awesome, sciencefiction becoming real life. The starship launch was not expected to go so well as it did, can't wait till the next launch.

[@capptain_crunch9544]

The ability to fail fast and recover just as fast is why Elon and his teams keep doing things largely considered impossible.

[@Nerukenshi1233]

Flight was successful in every meaningful way. Everything after getting past the peak stress point was recorded, and noone was harmed. Next test is reentry, and that should be cake :)

[@zeusb0i344]

3,310,000 lbf

[@bench7434]

The biggest fireworks company in the world 😂