Elon Musk breaks silence on Starship explosion, says 'we were too dumb'

X CEO Elon Musk has finally broken his silence on explosion of Starship SN9 on February 2.  Replying to a user on Twitter, Musk mitted that y were “too dumb” to light only two engines for landing. Elaborating furr, he said that next time, y’d try “pull up” method.

X’s second full test flight of its starship was launched on February 2 and saw SN9 travelling a few miles up in air. vehicle hovered for a moment and n conducted a belly flop-like maeuvre on descent before making an explosive landing back in latch p. Later reports have claimed that one of its two Raptor engines, failed to reignite before returning to ground,  which caused SN9 to travel too fast to perform a safe landing.

question was put by a Twitter user by name of ‘Moverlord’. In a tweet to Musk, he asked why only two engines were lit up during landing. “Why t light all 3, do flip, n pick best two and turn off or?” he ded. Replying to this Musk wrote, “we were all too dumb”. 

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FAA to launch investigation 

As X’s second full test flight of its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship ended in ar fiery crash landing on February 2, Federal Aviation ministration said that it will oversee an investigation into incident. Elon Musk’s company launched its latest Starship proto from souastern tip of Texas two months after previous test ended in an equally explosive belly flop. destroyed vehicle, X’s Starship SN9, was an early proto for a rocket company hopes will carry first humans to Red planet. 

On Tuesday, rocket was launched in a high-altitude test flight and it h travelled a few miles up in air. vehicle hovered for a moment and n conducted a belly flop-like maeuvre on descent before making an explosive landing back in latch p. Following failed launch, FAA said that its top priority in regulating commercial transportation is ensuring that operations are safe, even if re is an amaly. 

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Im source: AP