SpaceX Starship explodes during test at Starbase, Texas

On Wednesday, June 18 at approximately 11 p.m. CT, the Starship preparing for the tenth flight test experienced a major anomaly while on a test stand at Starbase. A safety clear area around the site was maintained throughout the operation and all personnel are safe and accounted

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The Size of the Starship fireball is crazy, if you consider this is like 5% of the methane load that a full stack would have. The sheer amount of propellant on this vehicle sometimes is overwhelming.

Just in case it was not clear, the @FAANews has confirmed to me that ground testing is not a licensed activity with the FAA, that demands any sort of mishap investigation. This will be a purely SpaceX conducted investigation. pic.x.com/be9D1ouBSK