Thanks for that - just found a launch vid on YT.
I see the massive separation you mentioned.
I’d imagine there must’ve been a lot of fuel remaining in the booster for that catastrophic explosion.
Looks like they got all the booster engines firing this time.
Will be really interesting to find out what made Starship go BOOM, but it got 7 minutes downrange prior!
A lot of fuel onboard the booster: yes ... they had flipped it, and were starting the “return to launch site” maneuver when it blew. Falcon-9 also has a lot of fuel on board at that phase of landing.
All 33 engines running properly: Yes ... I’m convinced that the booster engine problems on Launch 1 were caused by launch pad debris.
Agree: big questions now are revolve around what failed after all the successful milestones.
A lot of people here do not understand prototype testing AT ALL and are displaying a poisonous combination of arrogant snark and abysmal ignorance.