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by rkagerer 630 days ago
Indeed, according to the article the stage misfired 30 minutes after releasing the crewed Dragon capsule. This is pretty serious and could have had disastrous consequences had it malfunctioned earlier.

Clipper is set to release at the "fastest speed ever achieved by a Falcon upper stage", so they really need the rocket functioning flawlessly to avoid jeopardizing the $5B mission.