The "Star Boat" exploded violently, SpaceX manned moon landing and landing Mars plans to be re -created

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] The "Star Ship" manned spacecraft, which was highly hoped by the American Space Exploration Technology Company (SpaceX), exploded violently during the ground test on the 11th local time. It is generally believed that this explosion is likely to affect the company's ambitious manned moon landing and landing Mars plan.

The "Star Boat" and "Super Heavy" booster circulating on social media has a screenshot of explosive videos.

The US "Space News" website said on the 12th that the "super heavy" booster of the "Star Ship" suddenly exploded when testing on the ground. The "Star Ship" consists of a 70 -meter -high "super heavy" booster and a 50 -meter -high spacecraft. On the 11th, the so -called "rotation starting test" involved 33 "Raptor" engines in the "Super Heavy" booster. This is the important test content before the "Star Ship" first track launch.

Video circulated on social media showed that the engine part of the booster was exploded, fireballs and smoke appeared, and a small -scale fire was caused near the test platform. Preliminary investigations show that the auxiliary pipelines of the test bench and the booster are damaged in the explosion. The company's CEO Musk admits that the explosion may be due to the leakage and evaporation of low -temperature fuels. He responded that "it is not good."

It is reported that the "Star Ship" has repeatedly occurred in the test, but this time it has always been seriously considered a serious failure of the "super heavy" booster that has always been considered highly reliable. According to SpaceX's planning, "Star Boat" will be the main carrier tool for future manned moon landing and landing in Mars. It was originally planned to carry out the first track launch in July or August this year, but after the "Super Heavy" booster and the launch platform were damaged in the explosion, the launch plan was likely to delay significantly. (Chen Shan)

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