Musk “self-exploded” a rocket worth 340 million yuan: SpaceX successfully tested the spacecraft's ability to escape

On January 19, Musk's SpaceX Space Company conducted a “special test” for NASA: testing the emergency escape system of the SpaceX manned dragon ship. It is worth noting that the Falcon 9 rocket may have been blown up during this test.

The entire launch process was very successful. When the Falcon 9 rocket took off for about 84 seconds, the spacecraft on top of the rocket started its own 8 escape engines and pushed itself away from the rocket. Afterwards, the rocket disintegrated and exploded under strong aerodynamic pressure and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. After detaching from the rocket, the spacecraft continued to fly in ballistic form, and eventually landed in the Atlantic Ocean using a parachute.

This test mainly simulates a situation where an accident occurs during the rocket's flight and the spacecraft urgently starts the engine and detaches from the rocket. According to reports, in order to save on test costs, the official use of a four-handed Falcon 9 rocket for this test was a four-handed Falcon 9 rocket. Since this launch was a suborbital flight, only a first-class rocket worked. However, the cost of this test is still very high. The total cost of a Falcon 9 rocket is about 50 million US dollars, or about 340 million yuan.