Starship Doomed by Fatal Flaw

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Starship is doomed from the get-go and SpaceX might never fix this mess

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Back to back-to-back failures show that SpaceX's Starship was doomed from the get-go.

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Back at the bottom of this article, we take a look at the fatal flaw SpaceX can't overcome.

The most recent launch failure was caused by an uncontrollable fire in the aft section of the rocket.

Block 2 is designed to slow down more with its retro rockets (where the rockets are fired in the direction of travel) This should make landing more viable, as the craft should be more controllable.

This would also enable the front fins to be shrunk and the heat shield to be thinned, saving weight.

But this will also require more propellant, especially as the rockets have less thrust than planned.

This puts incredible pressure on SpaceX to save weight anywhere they possibly can.

As such, SpaceX is having to make the rockets too light, resulting in them being fragile.

This is why Starship keeps failing and will continue to fail.

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