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So apparently SpaceX is building many of those all the time and the latest spotted one in development is Starship 42: https://starship-spacex.fandom.com/wiki/Ship_42_(S42)

I guess how much of a setback this is will be determined by how much damage is there on the facilities and the nature of the cause of the explosion(do they need to re-work the next 6 already being assembled so it doesn't happen again?).

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They cant seem to match launch cadence to ship progression. This will most certainly set them back a few more weeks beyond the end of this month.

Likely longer as this was the only test site for Starship and there will hopefully be an FAA investigation.

It didn't fly, so there will be no FAA investigation.

Is the FAA going to wait around till it does the same in flight?

I think that's the only thing they can do.

The FAA only cares about things that have FAA licenses. A static test fire is not FAA licensed so there won't be any FAA investigation.

Doesn't mean much if there's a design or production flaw. Having lots of flawed Starships on standby isn't really useful.

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