SpaceX is working on three projects right now. #1- Falcon Heavy, strapping three Falcon 9s together to make a super awesome rocket. #2- The BFR. All over the news lately, going to be a humongous rocket that does New York to Sydney in under an hour, or take humans to the Moon or Mars.
And #3, they are working on what's being called "Block 5", the supposedly final upgrade to the Falcon 9 rocket, including upgraded Merlin engines. These would make the rockets just that much more powerful, increasing payload sizes on both Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches.
So, this is probably one of those new Merlin engines. And it exploded. Which is going to delay Block 5. Damn.
SpaceX is working on three projects right now. #1- Falcon Heavy, strapping three Falcon 9s together to make a super awesome rocket. #2- The BFR. All over the news lately, going to be a humongous rocket that does New York to Sydney in under an hour, or take humans to the Moon or Mars.
And #3, they are working on what's being called "Block 5", the supposedly final upgrade to the Falcon 9 rocket, including upgraded Merlin engines. These would make the rockets just that much more powerful, increasing payload sizes on both Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches.
So, this is probably one of those new Merlin engines. And it exploded. Which is going to delay Block 5. Damn.