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Comment by cjbillington

They've actually been having to dump propellant in order to more accurately test what a Starship in orbit would be like, given they're not flying with a payload that would consume that propellant on ascent, but that they still want to launch with a full tank.

The dumping of this excess propellant actually caused an explosion and loss of vehicle on the second test flight.

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