Looks like the top bulkhead on the LOX tank failed during pressurization. Were they attempting a launch today?
EDIT: I wonder if they did their tank scaling right. For same flight pressure P, the applied load per unit length of weld or fastener line increases proportionally with the rocket body diameter. Starship is ~ 2.5 times the diameter of Falcon 9, indicating 2.5 the load per unit circumference.
IIRC the Falcon tank domes are friction stir welded, and the Starship ones...aren't?
EDIT: I wonder if they did their tank scaling right. For same flight pressure P, the applied load per unit length of weld or fastener line increases proportionally with the rocket body diameter. Starship is ~ 2.5 times the diameter of Falcon 9, indicating 2.5 the load per unit circumference.
IIRC the Falcon tank domes are friction stir welded, and the Starship ones...aren't?
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