FT-13 scrubbed on the pad at engine start ... and rescheduled already.
This screen grab from SpaceX's page for the mission was at 7:40 PM EDT, so less than one full hour after the abort.
Judging by SpaceX having looked closely enough to decide they can go tomorrow in that little time, I think that means they considered it didn't look like something that required a lot of unexpected work. There was speculation on the NASA Spaceflight video coverage that it might require replacement of as many as four Raptor3 engines. How they came up with that number isn't something I can answer.
SpaceX's page is the only one I could find with this information.
EDIT 7/16 @ 10:30 PM EDT, 0230 UTC: A re-check of SpaceX's page for the mission shows the date and time I circled in red are gone, and now it just says "TBD" So cancel this and we'll keep our eyes open.
This is another terribly critical flight, it HAS to be a significant success. SpaceX is a traded company now (disclosure: I own a few shares) and I fear will take a hard hit if things go wrong. There's a lot of risk (Starship/Superheavy still aren't fully proven) but I have faith in the company an the flight tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI rechecked the website I screen captured and find that now it says "TBD" with no reference to tomorrow at all.
DeleteStarship brings one of my favorite observations to life all the time. "When you do things no one has ever done, you see thing no one has ever seen." Until Starship, the only rocket more powerful than the Saturn V ever built was the Soviet N1 and that never flew successfully. Four tests, all went kablooey. SpaceX is in unexplored territory, but they've got a really good record of figuring stuff out and fixing it.