SpaceX Having Trouble Getting Starship Launched Again After Explosion

Another hold-up. SpaceX was forced to call off the eighth flight test of its mammoth Starship spacecraft just minutes before the rocket was supposed to launch from the company's facility in Boca Chica, Texas. On Monday evening, several unspecified issues related to the 403-foot rocket's Super Heavy booster were flagged by engineers, according to SpaceFlightNow, less than a half hour before its scheduled 5:45 launch time. After placing a temporary hold, SpaceX decided to scrub the launch entirely. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk exhorted caution, but was light on details about what went wrong. "Too many question marks about this flight and then we were 20 bar low on ground spin start pressure," Musk said. "Best to destack, inspect both stages and try again in a day or two." On Wednesday morning, SpaceX said it aims to attempt another launch as soon as Thursday. The day before, it briefly claimed that Wednesday would be the new launch date, though these quickly shifting timelines a ... Read full article.