Скачать или смотреть SpaceX Starhopper hop test aborted at last second

SpaceX Starhopper hop test aborted at last second

Starhopper didn't have legs on Monday. After two hours of waiting, the rocket prototype's second test was aborted at the last second, just after 6 p.m. Texas time.

"Starhopper" is the single-engine version of the SpaceX Starship, the next-generation spacecraft Musk plans to use to send people around the moon and to Mars in the next decade.

This second test was delayed from earlier in August and then pushed back by two hours on Monday. Musk did not give a reason for the delay.

Following the aborted test flight, SpaceX says "teams are evaluating the next test opportunity" and has set its launch countdown clock to aim for trying the test at just after 1:20 a.m. local time Tuesday (11:20 p.m. Monday PT).