SpaceX appears to have mastered the production of the Starship Heavy Booster, but it is experiencing significant challenges in getting its Starship second stage to function as intended. It should come as no surprise that getting Starship to be the reliable, fully reusable, and rapid-turnaround rocket that Elon Musk envisions is not going entirely smoothly....
SpaceX on Tuesday launched its ninth Starship test flight from Starbase, Texas, but the rocket encountered issues in orbit due to a booster exploding shortly before its expected splashdown. The early explosion lead to fuel leaks, which caused the rocket to begin spinning uncontrollably. SpaceX said its flight team had lost attitude control as the...
