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Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 11:29:31 AM EDT
Subject: Starship's FTS failed
Attention: Office of Accident Investigation & Prevention
This is a request to the FAA for a formal investigation into the failed Starship launch.
Search YouTube for "Is This Why Starship Wasn’t Destroyed The Moment It Lost Control?"
Or open the below link.
https://youtu.be/cqbIwZMvbqw
Clearly the flight termination system failed.
The FTS only blew holes in the fuel tanks, but the rotation of the Starship did not alow the fuel to flow to the open flame of the engines.
Watch closely, the actual failure of the Starship was due to a Raptor engine explosion.
If the raptor engines had all flamed out, the full Starship could have crashed intact.
Please do your homework.
As evident in the launch pad destruction, Space-x was negligent in their incompetent attempt to launch Starship.
The FAA is complicent by not performing a more through investigation into the Starship itself, especially the FTS.
Sadly, NASA's critical path to the Mooh has been seriously extended by Space-X's failures.
NASA has a strong reputation of producing reliable spacecraft like the Artemis.
http://www.lynchphoto.com/artemispics/DNL_20221116_015422_w.jpg
Artemis 1 launch from Titusville Fla. Image by David Noel Lynch.
I was 5th management layer from the top at IBM, and I fully understand the requirements to produce a product that is SAFE, not hazardous.
Tax dollars have been wasted by Space-X's so-called "successful" failures.
One of my first memories is the Apollo 1 failure. May they rest in peace.
Respectfully,
David Noel Lynch
Doraville, Georgia