Starship's launch mount wasn't ready for the power of the vehicle's 33 first-stage Raptor engines.
This isn't to imply that Musk is now second-guessing that decision, however. Indeed, he seems to think that the company still has a way forward at Starbase that doesn't involve a flame trench.that SpaceX started building a"a massive water-cooled, steel plate to go under the launch mount" three months ago.
, when the 33 first-stage Raptors were commanded to fire briefly while the vehicle remained anchored to the ground. 3 months ago, we started building a massive water-cooled, steel plate to go under the launch mount. Wasn’t ready in time & we wrongly thought, based on static fire data, that Fondag would make it through 1 launch.Looks like we can be ready to launch again in 1 to 2 months.
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