SpaceX Starship SN1 Explosion During Pressure Test | City Council Approved Spacex at Port of LA

SpaceX Starship SN1 Explosion During Pressure Test | City Council Approved Spacex at Port of LA A prototype for SpaceX’s Starship super-rocket was destroyed 28th February, Friday during a pressure test on its pad at the company’s South Texas facility. The prototype known as SpaceX Starship SN1 wreathed in light and vapor during the test, which was conducted with inert liquid nitrogen. Good News -- SpaceX’s Starship road map to Mars now includes the Port of Los Angeles. SpaceX, the private rocket company of high tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, won final approval on to build a research and manufacturing plant for its deep-space Starship project on a tract of vacant land at the Port of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles City Council approved a permit Tuesday, 25th February that allows the Elon Musk-led company SpaceX to use a site on Terminal Island at the port to proceed with an accelerated development of a new spacecraft and rocket system designed to carry humans to the moon and Mars. With the vote, SpaceX is now cleared to start work at the site. Last week, the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners green-lighted the permit for next 10 year. SpaceX representatives told Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino’s office that the company was interested in the port site because it needed additional manufacturing capacity for its Starship spaceship and rocket booster. A SpaceX representative at last week’s harbor commissioners meeting did not mention Starship by name during his presentation of the project, but he said the company would use the port site to further its goal of creating an interplanetary society that includes Mars. The site will be used for engineering, design, manufacturing and research and development work on SpaceX Starship. Space vehicles built there are not permitted for launch but will be transported out of the port complex by barge or ship. Buscaino said minutes before Tuesday’s vote. “It’s crazy that here we are in 2020 preparing ourselves to send people to Mars, and it’s going to happen in our own backyard, in San Pedro,” Buscaino said. “We are becoming a spaceport.” In this video Engineering Today will discuss SpaceX Starship SN1 prototype which blows up during pressure test on its Texas pad, and, City Council approved lease terms for Elon Musk's company to establish an aerospace research, design and manufacturing site for Mars Starship spaceship at Port of Los Angeles. Let’s get into details. #EngineeringToday #SpaceXStarship #ElonMusk Inspired by www.nasaspaceflight.com www.interestingengineering.com www.geekwire.com www.latimes.com www.livemint.com www.cnbc.com www.dailybreeze.com www.teslarati.com www.extremetech.com AUDIO: Voiceover by Scott Leffler -- scottleffler.com Special thanks to SPadre and NasaSpaceFlight for local videos