SpaceX

So the Ship that apparently was supposed to have a condensed testing schedule is actually getting an extended testing schedule, and the speculated launch time of late Dec to mid Jan is now sometime in Feb, pending testing results.

And they now also do not expect the flight license in Jan, also now that is expected sometime in Feb.

SpaceX has not yet publicly said anything detailed about what went wrong with StarShip2 (despite their PR indicating that they would learn so much from the test data of StarShip 2), but much can be discerned from the video evidence:

Lower Stage:

• Unreliable Rocket Engines

And/Or

• Fuel Flow Plumbing / Pump Problems

In addition to

• Lower Stage Superstructure Not Structurally Integrous Enough To Execute Belly Flop Maneuver Without Serious Damage

And also likely

• Lower Stage Fuel Tank Construction Not Structurally Integrous Enough To Withstand Belly Flop Maneuver Without Serious Damage

• Flight Termination System Appears To Not Function Properly

Upper Stage:

Not sure what went wrong exactly, but apparently:

• SpaceX is not capable of determining their craft disintegrated until 3 minutes after it disintegrated, while also calling out that the craft had entered inertial guidance phase /after the craft had visibly exploded/.

So basically their Mission Control protocols and/or their Communications systems have serious flaws.

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I am sure they will be able to complete their 3 Billion dollar contract from NASA and land StarShip on the Moon by the end of March this year, and I am sure they will be able to continue receiving massive funding grants from NASA after they definitely do not miss this deadline.

Its not like Artemis recently managed to successfully return from a TransLunar orbit or anything.