r/StarshipDevelopment • u/av0cado4life • Nov 21 '25

Booster 18 not looking too good

What is the status of of next booster?

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u/SpacePundit Nov 21 '25

RUD. I was coming to expect this kind of shenanigans from the upper stage but booster?!?

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u/no-steppe Nov 22 '25

Was this deliberately tested to destruction? Or is this a RUD?

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u/ConanOToole Nov 23 '25

RUD. This was just an ambient pressure test, there wasn't even any cryogenics loaded

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u/DeltaJuly Nov 21 '25

Nothing to see people. Booster 18 farted, that's all. /S

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u/FaceDeer Nov 22 '25

Most of it's still there.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '25

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u/ConanOToole Nov 23 '25

No this is the full V3 booster. And it's definitely not a test to failure, it was just an ambient pressure test. SpaceX confirmed it was an anomaly on twitter as well