SpaceX Starship Mk1 exploded on the test stand as they were loading it with liquid oxygen for a pressure test.
SpaceX will move to Mk3 design.
Starship MK-1 appears to have blown its top off during a pressure test today. My guess… this will be a good time for @spacex to move onto their next, more refined and higher quality versions (MK-2/3) instead of reparing MK-1. @elonmusk, any chance you’ll just move onto MK-3?
— Everyday Astronaut (@Erdayastronaut) November 20, 2019
Absolutely, but to move to Mk3 design. This had some value as a manufacturing pathfinder, but flight design is quite different.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 20, 2019
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