SpaceX rocket explodes into a massive fireball during test
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The rocket exploded when preparing for an engine test at the SpaceX Starbase facility in Texas. SpaceX said all personnel were accounted for and safe.
A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded into a huge fireball while preparing for a routine test on Wednesday.
The rocket, designed to be the most powerful in the world, was preparing for its tenth test flight at the SpaceX Starbase facility at the southern tip of Texas.
Local officials confirmed the explosion took place at a time when the rocket was preparing for a "routine static fire test" of its engines.
That means engineers were set to test the rocket's engines with the craft still held down on its launch pad. But something went wrong and the rocket exploded.
And the people rejoiced
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You say "we," I say "you." The rest of the world has been telling you for decades this was going to happen and we got belligerent jingoism in response. I agree with you- but I'm also not the one who needs convincing.
The clowns have the nukes. We're in this together. Assign blame at the Hauge later.
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You say "we," I say "you." The rest of the world has been telling you for decades this was going to happen and we got belligerent jingoism in response. I agree with you- but I'm also not the one who needs convincing.
My point was to expand on where yours was lacking. Not to convince you, but to provide more context for others reading it.
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The clowns have the nukes. We're in this together. Assign blame at the Hauge later.
It is HILARIOUS to me that you think any US official will ever face that kind of accountability.
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The rocket exploded when preparing for an engine test at the SpaceX Starbase facility in Texas. SpaceX said all personnel were accounted for and safe.
A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded into a huge fireball while preparing for a routine test on Wednesday.
The rocket, designed to be the most powerful in the world, was preparing for its tenth test flight at the SpaceX Starbase facility at the southern tip of Texas.
Local officials confirmed the explosion took place at a time when the rocket was preparing for a "routine static fire test" of its engines.
That means engineers were set to test the rocket's engines with the craft still held down on its launch pad. But something went wrong and the rocket exploded.
Was this the first fully fuelled boom? It looked fucking enormous.
I remember seeing someone doing the calculations for this happening some time ago and it coming to a shockingly large amount on the usual TNT comparison.
Though this is more like a mix between a traditional explosive and a fuel air bomb. -
Watching the initial Falcon launches, it gave me so much joy when it flew successfully and I was sad when it exploded.
Watching the Starrship launches it gives me so much joy when it explodes, and I'll be so sad if it makes it to space one day.
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And SpaceX is supposed to be the ‘good’ company that Elon runs. NASA needs to cancel the HLS contract and claw back the money already spent.
NASA should never have started subcontracting/giving work to private companies like SpaceX and Boeing. NASA’s talent takes pride in their work and does things well. Private companies are incentivized to cut corners, which you cannot do with spaceflight.
It’s been a problem for a while. Those o-rings that failed with the Challenger? Made by a company run by the FLDS child rape cult.
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NASA should never have started subcontracting/giving work to private companies like SpaceX and Boeing. NASA’s talent takes pride in their work and does things well. Private companies are incentivized to cut corners, which you cannot do with spaceflight.
It’s been a problem for a while. Those o-rings that failed with the Challenger? Made by a company run by the FLDS child rape cult.
Unfortunately that’s incorrect. As much as I hate Elon, ULA would have been billing NASA cost plus for launches instead of the relatively cheap SpaceX ones.
SpaceX/Starlink is also a good illustration of why you can’t leave that much power in the hands of one man in the private sector
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I used to love spacex- no longer. You all know why.
I use to love space travel as a kid and a young adult. And now, at, 34 years old, I just want my neighbor to be able to have healthcare.
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The rocket exploded when preparing for an engine test at the SpaceX Starbase facility in Texas. SpaceX said all personnel were accounted for and safe.
A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded into a huge fireball while preparing for a routine test on Wednesday.
The rocket, designed to be the most powerful in the world, was preparing for its tenth test flight at the SpaceX Starbase facility at the southern tip of Texas.
Local officials confirmed the explosion took place at a time when the rocket was preparing for a "routine static fire test" of its engines.
That means engineers were set to test the rocket's engines with the craft still held down on its launch pad. But something went wrong and the rocket exploded.
At this point, I'm starting to think that the next evolution of conventional weapons of war will be building a SpaceX launch pad near the intended target.
