SpaceX is targeting as soon as Thursday, April 20 for the first flight test of a fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Starbase in Texas. The...
  • nohaybanda [he/him]
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    1 年前

    Lol, all the fucking dweebs in comments coping hard rn. "it achieved lift off so it's already a successful launch".

    So why was it planned as an orbital mission, dipshit?

    • nohaybanda [he/him]
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      1 年前

      If your goal was to leave the launchpad you could have just blown up the fucking thing from the start and saved our time.

    • CanYouFeelItMrKrabs [any, he/him]
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      1 年前

      Based on the Ars Technica article something was expected to go wrong . The goal was to gather data of Starship in flight and it didn't really get to do that so the mission can be called a failure

    • VILenin [he/him]
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      1 年前

      Did you ask them if their arms hurt from moving the goalposts so much?

  • StarShip [he/him]
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    1 年前

    Lol, it didn't separate and was destroyed downrange.

    • KurtVonnegut [comrade/them]
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      1 年前

      Usually you'd be right, but the "rocket fuel" on this one is actually just methane, not regular rocket fuel. If you're going to have your ship blow up into a million pieces over the ocean, methane is the best case scenario for a fuel. Methane + Oxygen for fuel is one of the only good things to come out of Elon's insane mind.

      • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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        1 年前

        I guarantee you he's tried to get them to use the most toxic fuel possible because caring about the environment is woke

        • puff [comrade/them]
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          1 年前

          He doesn't do any of the science and engineering. He owns the company. That's it.

  • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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    1 年前

    "I do want to remind everyone that everything after clearing the tower was icing on the cake"

    :owned:

    lmao the short clip around 49:59 of :melon-musk: looking mad is perfect

  • nohaybanda [he/him]
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    1 年前

    Actually disregard my other comments. After reviewing the footage again I can confidently say this vehicle is now safe for road testing.

  • DialecticalShaman [none/use name]
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    1 年前

    It's looking like their choice to not build a flame trench or suppression system hurt them in that it may have led to significant launch pad damage and may have even damaged the rocket enough to cause mission failure.