Keith’s note: The immense rocket moved slowly off the pad much like a Saturn V. As it ascended it could be seen that some of the engines were not firing. At the point at which first stage shut down and staging was to occur the vehicle stayed together and started to roll. Eventually the flight termination system was commanded to destroy the vehicle. Since SpaceX makes these rockets in a consumer product fashion with continuous improvement – like toasters – they will have another one ready to go soon. Unlike NASA wherein a SLS failure would result in Congressional hearings, this flight will end up as another segment on the Starship blooper reel – one more learning event in a paradigm shift. More: Second SpaceX Starship Launched But Fails To Reach Space Update: I just did an interview on i24 TV in Israel. Here’s the i24 audio – and yes I refer to the Starship as a “toaster”. I did Bloomberg Radio at 2:20 pm EDT (audio) and Deutsche Welle TV twice at 1:00 pm EDT (audio) and 7:00 pm EDT (Audio).