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FAA temporarily halts launches of Musk's starship after explosion

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      If possible, take a photograph of the object (without touching it) alongside another object for scale, ... Space debris remains the property of the spacecraft owner."
      International Business Times
      a public advisory read, emphasizing
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      The FAA is requiring SpaceX to perform a mishap investigation into the loss of the Starship vehicle during launch operations on Jan. 16,
      International Business Times
      the agency said
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      Nothing so far suggests pushing next launch past next month.”
      CNN
      He said
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      Debris probably fell a few min after (that) in the sea north of Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands,
      CNN
      he said
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      Scott Pace
      There’ve been rumors that at the end of the space station program SpaceX doesn’t really intend to keep flying Falcon 9s,
      Time
      says Pace
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      Scott Pace
      We don’t use Chinese launch vehicles,
      Time
      says Pace
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      Scott Pace
      SLS operates in a hardware-poor environment,
      Time
      says Pace
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      A single BE-4 turbopump can fit in the backseat of a car, ... [But ... But] when all seven pump fuel and oxygen from the BE-4's common shaft, they produce enough horsepower to propel two Nimitz-class aircraft carriers at full tilt.”
      Time
      wrote Limp on X
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      On to spring and trying again on the landing,
      Time
      Limp wrote of Blue Origin’s plans for a second launch in just a few months
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      Scott Pace
      Most satellite providers want to have at least two options for dissimilar redundancy,
      Time
      says Scott Pace, the director of George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute
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      Teams will continue to review data from today's flight test to better understand root cause,
      Time
      SpaceX wrote
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      Starship is the first rocket design where success in making life multiplanetary is in the set of possible outcomes.”
      Hindustan Times
      He also defended the rocket launch stating
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      Elon Musk
      Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed!”
      Hindustan Times
      Despite the failure, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posted a video of the falling debris and said
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      We can confirm that we did lose the ship,
      Saudi Gazette
      SpaceX engineer Kate Tice said
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      We were expecting ship engine cutoff about 40 seconds ago,
      Saudi Gazette
      said SpaceX spokesperson Dan Huot on the live stream during a crucial part of the ascent phase
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      Starship flew within its designated launch corridor — as all U.S. launches do to safeguard the public both on the ground, on water and in the air,
      Saudi Gazette
      the company shared on its site
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      The FAA briefly slowed and diverted aircraft around the area where space vehicle debris was falling. Normal operations have resumed,
      Saudi Gazette
      according to a statement from the agency
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      Elon Musk
      Preliminary indication is that we had an oxygen/fuel leak in the cavity above the ship engine firewall that was large enough to build pressure in excess of the vent capacity,
      Saudi Gazette
      Musk added later
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      Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn
      Daily Mail
      In a post on X, the company said
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      Hope Musk's presidency experiences a rapid unscheduled disassembly.
      Daily Mail
      One chimed in and said