Second SpaceX Starship launch ends with explosion. What happens next?

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Second SpaceX Starship launch ends with explosion. What happens next?
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As much as I really really hate that asshole, this was a success. The hot staging technically worked and the Starship got to space. Iterate on the booster top heat management and fix whatever went wrong with Starship and it will be fine.

Wow you're exactly right. Why don't they just take what's broken and fix it

That's exactly why testing is needed. You can calculate a ton of things but you only know through testing, when and where things fail. Then you iterate and test again.