Part of testing is pushing components way past their limits, so it's entirely possible that the team predicted a fiery end.

The dramatic explosion of a SpaceX Starship upper stage rocket during a test at the company's Starbase facility on the Texas Gulf coast late Wednesday may have been triggered by the rupture of a ...

SpaceX's Starship has experienced another "rapid unscheduled disassembly," exploding in a spectacularly large fireball on Wednesday night. The vehicle didn't even get off the ground this time either.