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Old 14th January 2024 | 07:53
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Cause identified for the Starship xplosion in IFT2 - it was the result of the dumping of excess LOX carried as ballast because of the lack of a payload - ironically, if a payload had been carried, it would have made orbit successfully.

Means no changes ar3 required to the Spaceship for IFT3. Which just leaves the problem of fuel pogoing in the booster to sort out…

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