Miles O’Brien:
I used to get mad at NASA for saying off-nominal. So this is — this is a good turn of a phrase, for sure, Geoff.
It appears several of the engines were not working almost from the outset. A few weren't even fired up when it left the pad. And, as it ascended, several more failed, upwards, at least a half-a-dozen maybe close to eight, depending on how you're counting and when you're looking. And you can imagine, of course, that would cause it to lose altitude, of course.
But also, with 33 engines and as many as seven or eight of them out, that would cause all kinds of stability and navigational problems for it. Ultimately, it got to a point where it was unstable. It did not separate. The two, the Falcon heavy craft, super heavy craft, and the Starship itself did not separate.
And so, at that point, they pushed the button, and it was self-destruct time.
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