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Starship brought the thunder as it climbed into space for the first time (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Was it the launchpad explosion on ift 1 that broke the hydraulics? Or was that an issue with the system itself?

[โ€“] lefty7283@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The system itself. It seems like the hydraulics failed because the computers on IFT-2 got destroyed in fires/engine failures

During ascent, the vehicle sustained fires from leaking propellant in the aft end of the Super Heavy booster, which eventually severed connection with the vehicleโ€™s primary flight computer. This led to a loss of communications to the majority of booster engines and, ultimately, control of the vehicle.

https://www.spacex.com/updates/index.html