[Baneofbatman]

Ah so this wasn't an accident? They needed to know the pressure limits so they purposely blew the bulkhead?

[CydeWeys]

Unlikely.

But they have learned to be more careful with the welds going forward. Though, admittedly, they only used panel welding on the first prototype and have already switched it up for the second one.

[hsnewman]

It clearly was an accident, why would they put 3 rocket engines in it if they were going to stress test the tank?