SpaceX believes that vibrations caused a failure of a fuel line in the aft section of the upper stage (i.e., Starship, not its Super Heavy booster), leading to a fuel leak.

[–] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 6 points 10 hours ago

Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 16 hours ago

I was hoping the answer was "because musk wasn't inside" and the next one he needed to be in, but sure, it's built like a cyber truck is pretty embarrassing also

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Oh wow, absolutely embarrassing! Even a 5 year old would know to check for vibrations in the fuel lines 🤦

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 8 points 14 hours ago

But also, fuel leaks are really common with rockets, and we know how to prevent them from happening. The fuels rockets use can escape through the tiniest of faults, and the complex fuel systems they use have numerous potential points of failure. As such, it is standard practice to find these potential leaks with intensive pre-flight checks to identify and solve these issues before they escalate into a catastrophe.

It's pretty standard practice apparently, it IS embarrassing.

[–] glups@lemm.ee 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It's not rocket scie- oh, nvm

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago

Well it isn't brain surgery.

[–] Uli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 14 hours ago

Oh my god, how embarrassing.