Live views of Starship Super Heavy Booster 9 static fire. Stream will begin a few minutes before ignition. As is the case with all developmental testing, thi...
2.7 second long static fire with 4 premature shutdown Raptor engines.
I mean, I get the hardware rich testing mindset, but I thought the engine design was supposed to be stabilizing and getting more reliable. You have to admit that losing 4 engines in under 3 seconds isn’t great.
Engine design is not stabilising yet, they are still pushing performance. Raptor 3s are now rolling off the line which again have increased performance. They also target a reduction in complexity with each iteration which should in the end increase reliability.
But reliability itself is a later target once the design is mostly settled.
I mean, I get the hardware rich testing mindset, but I thought the engine design was supposed to be stabilizing and getting more reliable. You have to admit that losing 4 engines in under 3 seconds isn’t great.
Yeah, it’s not exactly ideal. Let’s hope the root cause isn’t a big issue.
Engine design is not stabilising yet, they are still pushing performance. Raptor 3s are now rolling off the line which again have increased performance. They also target a reduction in complexity with each iteration which should in the end increase reliability. But reliability itself is a later target once the design is mostly settled.