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2026-07-17 02:43 UTC

This article reports Musk says they are going to remove and replace two of the engines and try again next week. This is not a small problem. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacexs-starship-flight-13-test-launch-aborts-at-last-second-video

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@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online 2026-07-17 02:53

These reason this is a very big deal is that these are the new Raptor 3 engines that were introduced in the last test Flight 12. In that instance there were also engine failures in flight. These engines were supposed to be the answer to Starship underperformance and reliability issues, and it seems like that is not, at least so far, proving out.

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