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Massive explosion rocks SpaceX Texas facility, Starship engine in flames (interestingengineering.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

IFT3 began to tumble shortly after launch, at least before they opened the "door" where it was obvious. The tumble may have been caused by a leak, and the "reentry" was simply a chaotic mess where the engine(s) began to burn up in the atmosphere, and it was absolutely 100% out of control.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

IFT3 finished most of the goals that had been set for that test flight. It was highly successful and they learned a lot that is being applied to IFT4.