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lol this image from last night shows SpaceX is popping open LOX tanks during routine pressure testing. The Starship program was being hyped as closing in on rapid commercial launch cadence 2-3 years ago

correction: this was apparently at *ambient* and not high pressure conditions. Jabroni organization lol

The Falcon rocket exited development for its first commercial deployment in 2012 and the success of this program is basically the only reason why everyone assumes this idiotic superheavy Starship program will work eventually. It's pure faith completely detached from engineering or design principles

haha looks like a pure cryogenic failure. Embarassing

And it wasn't an intentional overpressure test?