From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Snidely formulated the question :   
   > With a quizzical look, Jeff Findley observed:   
   >> In article , jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca   
   >> says...   
   >>> Consider this: now they have telemetry and debris. Had they don this on   
   >>> a launch pad with rocket firmly attached, they would have not only the   
   >>> telemetry, but also the engines they could analyze on why one didn't ligh   
   >>   
   >> Testing like you describe doesn't represent the actual dynamics the vehicle   
   >> experiences during flight.  Starship has to go from a stable "belly flop"   
   >> to vertical in a few seconds.  That quick rotation no doubt causes all   
   >> sorts of forces on the fuel and oxidizer resulting in pressure changes.   
   >> It's no wonder it's taking them a few times to get it right.   
   >>   
   >> In other words, a ground test with the vehicle stationary would almost   
   >> certainly have passed.  SpaceX does all sorts of Raptor tests at McGregor   
   >> Texas before shipping them to Boca Chica.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Also, the SN7.2 testing continued today.  Appears to have split a weld on the   
   > beach side, but no flying debris.   
      
   As the Lab Padre feed said, "No launch today"   
      
   /dps   
      
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