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Starship Flight 7: SpaceX reports the Ship vehicle is lost after premature engine shutdown during ascent and telemetry loss. (science.social)
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Starship Flight 7: SpaceX reports the Ship vehicle is lost after premature engine shutdown during ascent and telemetry loss.

'At this point we are assuming that we have lost the Ship,' SpaceX's Dan Huot says.

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[–] pennomi 15 points 1 day ago

Hey all, no need to downvote for an honest question.

No, this was a prototype vehicle test. It had no purpose other than to gather data and prove the vehicle is flight worthy. Which, uh, it isn’t.