Spacex's Historic Starship Orbital Launch Attempt Halted By A Frozen Valve

SpaceX's historic orbital launch attempt was halted due to a frozen pressure valve.

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The huge Starship rocket stack was filled with propellant before the call-off.

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The SpaceX's high-stakes Starship is predicted to revolutionize the next generation of reusable rockets.

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The Super Heavy/Starship rocket is the largest and most powerful rocket ever built.

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The rocket is capable of generating a staggering 16.7 million pounds of thrust at liftoff.

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Many of SpaceX's Starship prototypes have ended in huge explosions over the last few years.

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The Starship is viewed as the key to the company's future by SpaceX.

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Elon Musk called it a day by acknowledging the scrub as a lesson learnt

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NASA is paying SpaceX billions to develop a variant of the Starship to carry astronauts to the moon.

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