It's been an amazing run. Stuff happens. This will be resolved. More missions to come.

It's crazy to think that a leak on stage two is such big news, a nod to just how routine F9 launches have become to us.

It's a heck of a lot better than the record of The Space Shuttle.

@paradoxicalcat7173

29 күн бұрын

This is what makes some of the comments by FAA and NASA so infuriating. SpaceX is already miles ahead in safety and reliability than anything that has gone before.

@TheMoneypresident

29 күн бұрын

@@craigsheffield6546 oranges do look different from apples.

@craigsheffield6546

26 күн бұрын

@@TheMoneypresident SpaceX took over for The Space Shuttle.

Proud of Falcon! They have been the most reliable.

This really wasn't a terrible outcome though, it was with their own payload and they have a lot of data to go in in addressing the issue in the future. Hopefully the insurance rate isnt hit too hard

Hopefully a fast easy fix.

Launching as much as they do= problems happen, rocket science is hard.

Of course I still love you~

Falcon 9!

Great interview. I'm looking forward to hearing what the root cause and ultimate fix will be. I have total confidence in SpaceX's ability to sort these things out. I'm fairly certain that this isn't a design fault or this would have reared it's ugly head sooner... more likely IMHO, what Jonathan alluded to in the interview... maybe trying to go too hard, too fast, scheduling pressure. We shall see

I remember Will calling attention to the extra "frost" during the views of the second stage... The problem lies in the second stage system, not the reusable booster, so, that's something...

The very fact that you need a five mile exclusion zone around space rockets before any launch tells you all you need to know about how dangerous space is. If you wish to go to space you must be willing to assume the risks.

Even with this failure, Falcon remains unmatched in terms of reliability. It’s only going to get better after the lessons learned from this. Hoping SpaceX and the FAA get this global workhorse back on the pad soon.

@paulcontursi5982

29 күн бұрын

I fully agree but the timing is bad. While the Falcon 9 is grounded, we can't send crew to the space station. Moreover, the Polaris Dawn mission is now on hold too. Since Falcon Heavy uses the same upper stage, this might impact the Europa Clipper mission as well. Best of luck to the SpaceX team on working the problem.

@clevergirl4457

29 күн бұрын

@@paulcontursi5982 true. Europa clipper itself had a big problem pop up as well…

fun to watch, extremely unfortunate. Thanks for the update, Team SFN.

Excellent analysis. Thanks, Will and Jonathan McDowell. Hopefully this is resolved quickly, and we get back to Falcon 9 launches soon! ❤

Thanks so much for the update SFN. ❤

hopefully then can narrow down where and why this oxygen leak occurred to get it resolved quickly

@eskieman3948

Ай бұрын

I think "Billy" from "Young Sheldon" was working on the second stage..... 😂😂🤣🤣

Bummer!

It wasn't just frost, there was a liquid streaming down one side. It looked like an oxygen leak.

A well round analysis, thanks to SFN and Jonathan McDowell 👍

Thanks Will! You never fail to keep us in the know! Appreciate you!

At least it happened on a starlink mission and not a human mission. I'm sure they'll figure it out pretty quick and get going again. The beauty about failing is you can learn to be better.

I was a maintenance QC Inspector for a U.S. Major Air carrier for 2+ decades. Every bit of maintenance on U.S, commercial aircraft is regulated and given oversight by the FAA. With the Airline I'd worked for, we were required to take yearly recurrent training on the causes of faulty maintenance and also to refresh on the FAR's (Federal Aviation Regulations), governing our Inspection criteria. That and were trained recurrently on Maintenance Resource Management, IOW, where & how to look for the correct info needed for installation, testing & operation of the maint item. In Aviation, it's a fact that most maintenance errors are caused by Distraction. Some event took place that took the Mechanic out of their routine, and when the returned to complete the job a step gets missed, such as tightening a "B" nut on a fluid supply line. Distraction accounts for around 90% of maintenance errors w/ improper procedures causing around 3% of maint errors and lastly followed by faulty parts from a vendor. I'm guessing that somebody in SpaceX's Oxygen line installation dept has some Splainin to do ! 🤔

Tyvm for most of truth ❤

Boeing and Blue origin is willing to help out.😂

@robinzamory5107

29 күн бұрын

So funny 😂 I love it 😄

I was wondering if the frost was from the fog condensing on the rocket internals when they were fueling.

Hardly think it's a Morton-Thiocol thing. It's really important to get the government involved in this, because they actually do stuff.

Geez,everything breaks,same with reusable rockets 🚀

I have more faith in SpaceX than I do in Boeing.

@jimrenner9401

Ай бұрын

I have faith in Boeing , statically they’re safer than rockets. While Starlink is now 300-1 Boeing aircraft number in the thousands and their record these days is 10,000 better.

@eskieman3948

Ай бұрын

@@jimrenner9401 You're talking apples 'n aircraft. No one cares about a 737's safety record when you're stuck up on the ISS because your Boeing bucket broke.

It's Jonathan McDowell, and not Johnathan right?

@HowToSpacic

Ай бұрын

Yes, his name is spelled Jonathan.

Bro went time out 💀

Would have been so cool to see a lift off while we were down here this week :( but safely first.

Ramping up production to 150 second stages a year can introduce a host of quality problems.

They talk as if a high launch cadence is a bad thing. Space is already dangerous. Saying flying less makes it safer is the most bogus statement in engineering. There is absolutely nothing to substantiate it.

I don't consider anything embarrassing about experimental launches of scientific engineering of this level of complexity. I consider it something natural and part of the process. And I don't see any intention of making it seem different from this on the part of SpaceX, which confirms its ethical integrity and professional maturity. Even in surgery on the human body there are risks, and no one goes after the doctor to embarrass him. Care is taken to avoid accidents, but it is still a scientific technology, that is, in constant evolution and consequent transformation. What matters to me is that they are in the process, and we will reach our Star Trek destination with rockets and ships of various super sophisticated engineering types, and Elon Musk will always be a pioneer, because this mission on Earth was destined for him, and in a very particular and significant way. 🗽👏👏👏💝💙💥🔥🚀🛸

Was not a "launch failure".

@HowToSpacic

Ай бұрын

Yes it was, the rocket failed to get the payloads to a usable orbit, that is nothing but a failure. Some are trying to argue that it is a partial failure but that would only be the case is the payloads were able to recover and raise orbit but this was not possible. This was absolutely a launch failure.

@Mike88GT

Ай бұрын

@@HowToSpacic was definately not a launch failure, the launch was fine

@boing7679

Ай бұрын

​​@@Mike88GTdoesnt a rocket launch refer to the entire process of getting a spacecraft into the desired orbit? If yes, then that was definitely a failed launch.

@Mike88GT

29 күн бұрын

@@HowToSpacic was a failure in flight not launch. it's called space flight.

@HowToSpacic

29 күн бұрын

@@Mike88GT the second stage is part of the launch as well, any boost provided by the rocket to get it's payload onto it's final trajectory is considered as part of the launch, so yes this is a launch failure.

The Falcon 9 did not fail. the 2nd stage failed. Right?

@paradoxicalcat7173

29 күн бұрын

Yes! They keep referring to the second stage as if it was the first stage. AFAIK a second stage failure is less of a risk than first stage. The engine destroyed itself, but the tank didn't explode and the payload still deployed nominally; it was just the orbit that was screwed up.

With this incident and the last-second abort of another Falcon 9 launch on June 14, I wouldn't be surprised of a finding that SpaceX is pushing their schedule too much leading to human error.

@paradoxicalcat7173

29 күн бұрын

What info do you have to back up that statement?

@garryviles

29 күн бұрын

@@paradoxicalcat7173 Use google or your favorite search engine, there are articles suggesting SpaceX is pushing their employees too hard. Two incidents in one month with a Falcon 9 launch indicates SpaceX has a problem. We'll know more after the FAA investigation.

Around 7:00, what’s being said doesn’t match what is being said.

@boing7679

Ай бұрын

The subtitles are a bit weird for the whole video

Thats about a 99% success rate at about 10% of the price of a NASA launch.

Get it fixed, Elon.

@Notdave29

25 күн бұрын

What about Ms. Shotwell?

Elon should ask Boeing to help.

@garymckenna2945

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

spaceZ might want to check the back ground of their assembly personnel. former boeing employees.

Space travel is not part of an ecosystem.

So sorry .keep doing it Elon .you are the higher ever❤

best played back at 2x speed. These droids talk so slowly that drool is running down their chins

guys just guessing about what might have happened. Not very useful.

@HowToSpacic

Ай бұрын

Jonathan McDowell is an astronomer and he has certainly done the math to prove these satellites have deorbited, also some re-entries were seen over argentina and chile last night that were definitely sats from 9-3

After so many perfect flights, then Elon gives money to Trump and this happens. Disgruntle employee? Maybe? I'm just saying, I know nothing about rockets. I may be barking up the wrong tree. Remotes are not always right.

Another failure for a notoriously unreliable launch system: 96%. Most modern launch systems have 100% reliability. Then there's Starship: 0/4 for orbital launches.

@garymckenna2945

Ай бұрын

Are you on drugs?? Space X is the most successful per quantity of launches than anyone else in history.👍🏻