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Old 19th January 2025 | 22:40
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kit344
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Originally Posted by ORAC
The FTS destroyed the Starship within the NOTAM’d warning area due to premature engine shutdown. The cause of the engine failure is known.

I don’t expect any delay to launch 8.
The profile for Flight 8 will certainly be repeating what was planned for Flight 7, and Musk has already said that modifications will be needed to the engine bay & firewall.
There was also some skin peeling in the vicinity of the payload doors (Pez).
So whatever was previously planned for Flight 8, e.g. even a possible Ship catch will be delayed to a future flight. I'm sure lots of useful data was collected from S33, but a lot will still need to be repeated.
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