STARBASE, Texas – E don happen again! SpaceX Starship, dat one na advanced rocket wey fit carry people go Mars, don spin like person wey wan fall for ground during im recent test flight. Dis wahala happen on Tuesday, as di rocket dey try to come down safely after e don japa enter space.
Dem say fuel leak wey dey onboard na im cause di wahala. E break into pieces as e dey try to land back for Earth atmosphere, like say na rapid unscheduled disassembly (no be my mouth). Na wetin SpaceX dey call am, but abeg, make we no lie, e no get any cool sound to am.
The main plan for dis flight na to try throw some mock Starlink satellites into space like candy from Pez dispenser (I sabi sey children go laugh for that one!). But e be like say God no gree as dem cancel di deployment because dat mechanism no work well as dem plan. As SpaceX broadcaster, Dan Huot, talk am, ‘No dey look great with our on-orbit objectives for today.’ Chai! Na wah!
Musk, di big man for SpaceX, suppose give mouth-watering speech from Starbase after di flight. Dem don hype am well as ‘The Road to Making Life Multiplanetary’, but wetin happen? Him never talk anything since di wahala start, like sey him dey think am over palm wine.
Even though di rocket spin out of control, Musk still manage brag sey dem get some ‘good data to review’ (like sey who dey check data when dem don scatter dish?). Him talk sey dem go fast-track di launch for next three flights, intending to do dem every three to four weeks. Na so dem dey move!
Sabi soldiers say dis na di ninth test mission for Starship since di first attempt back for April. Dis time around, di rocket dey use previously flown booster, wey be first of its kind. But contact was lost before di booster crash for water. E no go fit make di splashdown wey dem plan.
Dem engineers for SpaceX dey try make Starship work well-o like say na their last life, as dem strategy dey push di limits and sabi sey success no dey come without failures. SpaceX no dey fear wahala. But dis last one wey happen na another blow to di already shaky program wey Musk dey try run.
SpaceX plan to use Starship to carry humans go moon by 2027, but how far dat dream go take us with all di wahala wey dey happen? NASA don hitch dem wagon on Musk in plenty way. Dem don even allow SpaceX take off dis flight after long investigations wey last almost two months.
Di last two test flights earlier dis year end in drama, as dem scatter like olosho wey don see better man. E don restrict airliners journey around Caribbean. Dis time, di FAA don widen di debris hazard zone around di ascent path. Safety first, abi?
As we dey observe dis space drama unfold, we fit ask wetin go happen nx. SpaceX get plans to replace di Falcon 9 rocket with Starship as di main launch vehicle. Now dat one go be another wahala. How dem go fit manage to balance Mars dream and di moon waka wey NASA dey dream of?
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