"Rapid unscheduled disassembly....."- SpaceX livestream host.
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Just A UPS Guy
Bully.
K
That "thing" fulfilled its primary mission goal of clearing the tower. It was its first flight. Anything beyond that was bonus data for SpaceX engineers. And yet Starship even reached Max-q before it was destroyed.
Wasn't that long ago that the left didn't yet have the hate Elon brain bug and they still understood that rockets blowing up (Falcon 9 rockets at the time) are a necessary part of the iterative process that leads to improvement.
For example, in 2017, lefties absolutely loved this video that SpaceX itself posted, "How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster," which shows how failure after failure can eventually lead to success. I think that's a positive lesson for society.
Wasn't that long ago that the left didn't yet have the hate Elon brain bug and they still understood that rockets blowing up (Falcon 9 rockets at the time) are a necessary part of the iterative process that leads to improvement.
For example, in 2017, lefties absolutely loved this video that SpaceX itself posted, "How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster," which shows how failure after failure can eventually lead to success. I think that's a positive lesson for society.
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
“Rapid unscheduled disassembly “ is a perfect metaphor for Musk and Twiit-ter.
DriverNerd
Well-Known Member
SpaceX went from putting a single rocket in space to being able to make multiple launches in one day, recovering the rockets for reuse, and ferrying astronauts to the ISS and back with almost complete success in only 15 years. I wouldn't count out their engineers because their very first attempt with a new rocket didn't make it all the way to space.
K.
Would you fly on that rocket...........?
The answer is very likely heck no......even if they paid you.
Traveling not to mention even living in a pressurized environment.....like flying fighter jets is relatively super risky. Being an astronaut(test pilot really) is astronomically(pun intended) more so.
Why would anyone fly on Starship right now? Human-crewed missions have been flying to the ISS on a different SpaceX platform for 3 years now. Starship is still experimental.
Just A UPS Guy
Bully.
It's not even intended for travel/transportation at this point. It was meant to clear the tower. #Success.
It is intended for travel/transportation. Their expectations far higher. #massive failure.
You can get a freaking balloon nearly if so into "space". William Shatner bs stuff.
And SpaceX....Russians did on slide rule technology. Heck Chinese probably bundled chop sticks. Like we learned to count in 2nd grade.....
DriverNerd
Well-Known Member
So are cars and they crash them all the time in testing, and that's before they do the actual purposeful demolition to determine their safety ratings. Test, test, test until they're safe enough to take people.
Just A UPS Guy
Bully.
