Starship explodes after takeoff

[PeterNSteinmetz]

I am not so sure that is a good advertisement for a rocket that you want to have customers pay to ride on. But it was exciting…

SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas

SpaceX’s giant new rocket blasted off on its first test flight but exploded minutes after rising from the launch pad. Elon Musk’s company was aiming to send the nearly 400-foot Starship rocket on a round-the-world trip from the southern tip of Texas. It carried no people or satellites.

apnews.com

 

[Jim Logajan]

It exhibited the same problem during the one static fire test: failure of several engines.
I suspected something wrong by the slow acceleration on launch because the thrust to weight ratio is supposed to be higher than the Saturn V.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Interesting. Back in the 60s the Russians also used many engines in their big boosters. While the Saturn V had only 5 F-1 engines, it was sort of a clever trick, because each engine was divided into 13 compartments with baffles to stabilize combustion.

 

[Scrabo]

Title should be

Starship exploded after being command to do so from the ground​