SpaceX test causes dumpster fire—literally

First, the good news: successfully igniting all six engines of his S24 prototype in a static fire test.

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Now the bad. The test produced a very hot debris hailstorm that dispersed hundreds of meters from the rocket, setting off a brush fire that "began to burn unusually aggressively, quickly turning into walls of flame that crossed the field," according to the Teslarati website. .

The fire raged in all directions, eventually heading towards, you guessed it, a SpaceX dumpster, which burned for hours. Local fire crews were called to Starbase in Boca Chica, , to put out the fire. A video of the incident is available at .

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has not publicly commented on the incident. But he pitched the gigantic new Starship as a vehicle capable of ferrying humans to the , the , and beyond. It's "a generalized transport mechanism for the larger solar system," Musk said.

Starship is powered by Raptor engines, a huge first-stage booster called Super Heavy, and a 165-foot-tall spacecraft called Starship.

SpaceX is gearing up for a historic Starship orbital mission later this year.

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