SPACEX’s STARSHIP EXPLOSION:
SpaceX’s newest starship spacecraft exploded this week. It exploded on a test stand at SpaceX’s Starsbase site late Wednesday night as the company was preparing to ignite it’s six Raptor engines in a static fire test.
Initial analysis indicated the potential failure of a pressurised tank known as a COPV (composite operwrapped pressure vessel). It was containing gaseous nitrogen in the nosecone area.
There also is no commonality between the Starship and Falcon 9 COPVs, meaning the Falcon 9 launches should not be affected.
The explosion luckily did not cause any harm to humans (all SpaceX personnel is safe and well). That said, it caused damage to the area around the test stand, which is as Starbase’s Massey site (not the orbital launch mount area).
This explosion occurred during preparations for Staship’s 10th flight test, which SpaceX had hoped to launch before the end of the month. That timeline will now shift to the right, but it is not clear by how much.
SPINNING UNIVERSE - DARK ENERGY:
The universe seems to be rotating. If that is the case, then this should have major impact on some of the biggest questions in science, including:
- What is dark energy?
- Why does dark energy seem to be weakening?
- Is our universe part of a bigger multiverse?
- What lies beyond the boundary of a black hole?
Dark energy is one of the most intriguing mysteries of the universe. Many scientists have tried to explain it by modifying equations of general relativity or suggesting the existence of new fields that could accelerate the universe’s expansion.
It is now that we might have a more clear answer- rotation of the universe. The evidence for such rotation has been delivered by the James Webb Space Telescope, which found two thirds of the universe rotating in the same direction.
This suggests a lack of randomness and a preferred direction for cosmic rotation.
This means one other thing. If our universe is rotating, then its frame of reference is rotating as well. And that only makes sense if it is rotating in relation to at least one other frame of reference.
If the universe is rotating, then it must rotate relative to something bigger. Therefore, the universe is not the only one; it is part of a multiverse.
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