SpaceX's Heavy Starship Booster Explodes

Elon Musk's Company SpaceX was...

trying for Starship's 1st orbital test flight...

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but it exploded at the Texas facility

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Testing was ongoing for the Raport engines...

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Then Starship Booster caught fire

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Current Prototype's Booster comes with 33 version 2 Raport Engines

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Musk exclaimed "actually not good"

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In the past, many Starship rocket prototypes had exploded

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Last month, Elon said that Starship will soon be ready to fly

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