Elon Musk revealed the cause of the explosion of the second flight of the Starship rocket

On November 28 of last year, the American company SpaceX Launched for the second time Spacecraft rocketThe largest and strongest created by man. Although its launch into space was successful, after only eight minutes, its booster exploded in the air a few seconds after it separated from the capsule, which also activated its self-destruct system.

This event marks the second failed attempt before Spacecraft missionBecause on April 20, the spacecraft exploded just four minutes after takeoff. (Read: They found the oldest black hole identified so far)

According to the company, in the first attempt, a malfunction was discovered in the two-stage separation system. Although the ship managed to overcome the first, in the second, the connected jaws, responsible for causing a centrifugal force to separate the missile from the ship, did not open.

For their part, the reasons for the failure of the second attempt are not known until now. But, a few days ago, Elon MuskThe founder of SpaceX gave a lecture in which he discussed the company's evaluation during the year 2023, in which he mentioned the reason for the failure of the launch in November.

“The reason it didn't actually get into orbit is because we vented the liquid oxygen, which ultimately caused a fire and explosion. We wanted to vent the liquid oxygen because normally we wouldn't have that oxygen if we had a payload. Ironically, if we had Payload, to reach orbit.” (Read: Everything is ready for the arrival of the Japanese SLIM spacecraft to the moon)

The famous businessman, who is also the owner of the SpaceX social network operations and customer integration, could hold the event next month.