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    SpaceX submits Starship mishap report to the FAA

    I’m curious about what they said about the FTS (Flight Termination System) failures. To my knowledge, the U.S. has never had a Flight Termination System failure of this magnitude before. The self destruct command was sent, and the system only partially activated, and it didn’t work correctly...
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    SpaceX aims to launch Starship again in 6 to 8 weeks, Elon Musk says

    It took 4 months just to submit the mishap report. I can’t wait to read it. My main concerns are the failures of the FTS (Flight Termination System). It appears to be at least 3 separate and distinct failures, including engines that continued to operate for almost a minute after the shutdown...