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Newest Starship booster is significantly damaged during testing early Friday (arstechnica.com)

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The V3 booster and test stand did not RUD, but there's significant damage. It seems likely that this booster will need to be scrapped.

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[–] becausechemistry@lemy.lol 4 points 1 day ago

The view from the NSF stream right now looks like the lower section blew open sideways. Maybe they were pressure testing the methane tank and it didn’t go well?