STARSHIP SN10 LANDED... And exploded.

@Tweedle_Aerospace lol ik

@Chtite451SR2 I also said Soace Shuttle

@CELESTIAL1 yep
Starship #3 gone boom lol

@Tweedle_Aerospace you made a typo that made it a bad word lol

Even after engine shu(now edited)t down

(i didnt say that mods lol)

@Chtite451SR2 Yeah, I didn't realize that it exploded until now! Rest in peace.

@Chtite451SR2 @YaMomzBox420 hopefully we find out soon. But I do agree with the valve theory. That was my first though. I believe that after the second to last and last engine shutdown one of them had damage in the explosion of fuel in the preburner. Even after engine shut down small amounts of liquid methane continue to burn in the combustion chamber which makes that flame you see every time. If the pre burner possibly ignited the fuel because of a spark or something due to the lack of fuel oiling it. This would cause an explosion to happen deep inside of the combustion chamber possibly leading to this. This is why the Space Shuttle still had small amounts of fuel left before the final engine shutdown. Fuel could properly keep the engines cleaned out the entire time. This is a lot more common in closed combustion as the fuel isn’t escaping through the nozzle.

@Chtite451SR2 well, I'm no expert, but it might have been for safety. There's some talk online about the possibility of valve failure in the vents during landing. If so, then the remaining fuel would cook off and increase the tank pressure making it unsafe to approach for any workers. Without a functioning pressure release, the safest thing to do is just blow it up. Which also burns off any remaining fuel in the process. I recall something about SpaceX installing a "self destruct" module the other day too, so it makes sense.

Also, it could've just been too much pressure like a dropped soda can. IDK

@Tweedle_Aerospace idk... why would they do it anyway?

@Chtite451SR2 I mean it landed. Who is to say that it wasn’t a rapid scheduled disassembly?

@YaMomzBox420 lol

@Chtite451SR2 Yes, RIP SN10

Good thing SN 15 is right around the corner (literally and figuratively)

R.I.P SN10

yep
until it RUD after landing... i was still right lol
i guessed once again (correctly), that it would RUD