@AmpBenzScientist Did you see the Common Sense Skeptic video with a full analysis and breakdown?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErDuVomNd9M

I think you might find it informative.

@natharari I watched most of it but it was rather biased. There were a few fair points made. It still didn't cover what I saw in the burn of the raptors. There was a video a while back of a Sukoi fighter in India with compressor failure. I saw a pattern similar to compressor failure in the irregular burn patterns of the raptors on liftoff.

At the time I thought it was just an oddity of the fuel used as it lifted off and the burn was rather clean compared to other lift offs I've watched. It stabilized the angle and continued upward. The tumble was the last part I watched. It was rather impressive.

What was implied about the engine failures and the frozen valve seems to be true. What I saw seems to indicate a problem right at lift off. One of the Raptors seemed to be having an air or fuel issue which would explain the irregular burn patterns that I saw. Unfortunately I did not see that video in their critique.

SpaceX needs new talent and that's no secret. At least it wasn't manned. I remember when NASA had the reputation of "Need Another Seven Astronauts". Yes the launch pad failed and I watched the same chunk of concrete fly into the ocean three times. It's odd how quickly people criticize new technology leading to new problems. Yes SpaceX had several failures and it appears that the design criteria for the main module was to be as phallic shaped as possible.

Honestly that module looked like a penis. I wonder if the rockets performance would be improved by adding vascular lines going to the rockets. Perhaps that will be the next design. Honestly they need to stay grounded until they can get those Raptors more reliable and maybe not launch right next to protected wetlands with a very faulty launch site.