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SpaceX Has Finally Figured Out Why Starship Exploded, And The Reason Is Utterly Embarrassing
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Two engines exploded, blowing the back of the ship up, causing the ship to tumble, which lead to loss of communication a few minutes later. Abort was absolutely the right call. Saying communications need to be better is like saying you need a better bandaid for your stump of an arm after you blew it off with a grenade.
The communications failed because the ship was spinning faster and faster, and eventually the antenna tracking couldn't keep up.
As soon as the engines exploded, the mission was dead, so the best thing is to abort, which is what they did.
Scott Manley analysis, shows the pic of the missing engines. https://youtu.be/kJCjGt7jUkU