Will Starship blow up on the pad today?
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NO

Resolves YES if SpaceX Starship experiences an explosive failure before clearing the launch tower, today Monday April 17. Otherwise NO.

Context:

“I guess I’d like to just set expectations low,” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said during a Twitter “Spaces” event for his subscribers Sunday evening. “If we get far enough away from launch pad before something goes wrong, then I think I would consider that to be a success. Just don’t blow up the pad.”

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/16/world/starship-spacex-launch-test-orbit-scn/index.html

(Note: if Starship just barely clears the tower and then explodes, that would not meet the criteria for this question, even though Musk would still count that as a failure.)

Clarifications:

  • Explosive failure means any failure of Starship that prevents it from reaching space and involves an explosion. It is not necessary that the rocket or the pad be destroyed.

  • If no test and no explosion happens today, that resolves NO.

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it was scrubbed but the vehicle is still sat on on the pad full of explosive propellant...

It does seem clear this can't resolve until tomorrow.

predicted NO

@JimHays Exactly.

predicted NO

Launch attempt today was cancelled

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