SpaceX Starship Thread
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Yep. Crash and burn.
Looked impressive off the pad though.
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Looked impressive off the pad though.
‘Rapid unscheduled disassembly’: SpaceX Starship explodes after test flight launch
After a scrubbed attempt on Monday, crews made a second attempt to launch SpaceX’s Starship on Thursday.
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One of the commentators mentioned anything after lift off was gravy. I saw a smaller version on my tablet. I did notice maybe 3-5? engines not burning but it sure did climb out well.
It kept losing engines as it went along, which begs the question I've asked 100 times: why did they NEVER test it? It's just stupid on a level I've never seen on any rocket development in my lifetime. They ALWAYS test the boosters with all engines lit. Extensively.
I think this was just a slapped together, knowing it would fail (Musk said so many times) publicity stunt to buy them another 3 years before the next test because of how far behind schedule it already is.
It was already supposed to have orbited the earth and returned safely by now. They're nowhere near that happening.
In fact, it's even further behind than the Tesla pickup, the Tesla hotrod and the Tesla Semi that still doesn't work even though some have been delivered.
What's more, Tesla stock is on a nose dive now because revenues dropped 20%. That isn't going to get any better either. I honestly believe this is the beginning of the end for all things Elon Musk.
I think this was just a slapped together, knowing it would fail (Musk said so many times) publicity stunt to buy them another 3 years before the next test because of how far behind schedule it already is.
It was already supposed to have orbited the earth and returned safely by now. They're nowhere near that happening.
In fact, it's even further behind than the Tesla pickup, the Tesla hotrod and the Tesla Semi that still doesn't work even though some have been delivered.
What's more, Tesla stock is on a nose dive now because revenues dropped 20%. That isn't going to get any better either. I honestly believe this is the beginning of the end for all things Elon Musk.
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Well, he's pretty much ruined Twitter. He's about 28 billion dollars in the hole there so far. SpaceX isn't making him anything at all, even with the subsidies. He's been cutting prices on cars to try to sell more of them for some stupid reason.
I can only assume that he's even dumber than I thought and figured that so long as "demand" was up the stock would be fine no matter how much he lost.
Cutting all those prices dropped their revenues by 20% and essentially killed their profits.
He's got another big problem too: used Tesla's.
Before, you simply couldn't get a Tesla at all, regardless of the money you had. Now, check this out:
They are EVERYWHERE.
He has managed to fuck up pretty much everything by putting his stupid hands into it all. If he just shut the hell up and went away, he wouldn't have the problems he has.
But he's never going to do that. He'll keep shooting his mouth off and playing boss and run it all into the dirt.
I can only assume that he's even dumber than I thought and figured that so long as "demand" was up the stock would be fine no matter how much he lost.
Cutting all those prices dropped their revenues by 20% and essentially killed their profits.
He's got another big problem too: used Tesla's.
Before, you simply couldn't get a Tesla at all, regardless of the money you had. Now, check this out:
They are EVERYWHERE.
He has managed to fuck up pretty much everything by putting his stupid hands into it all. If he just shut the hell up and went away, he wouldn't have the problems he has.
But he's never going to do that. He'll keep shooting his mouth off and playing boss and run it all into the dirt.
And now he's jacking the prices:
www.ft.com
The guy is a fucking unhinged idiot. Lower one day, lower the next day, wait a week and lower again to attract buyers, then OH SHIT JACK THE PRICE!!!
He has absolutely NO IDEA what the hell he's doing.
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The guy is a fucking unhinged idiot. Lower one day, lower the next day, wait a week and lower again to attract buyers, then OH SHIT JACK THE PRICE!!!
He has absolutely NO IDEA what the hell he's doing.
An interesting slide show of the launch and flight.
gizmodo.com
Everything We Noticed During SpaceX Starship’s Explosive Debut Launch
The first flight of SpaceX’s colossal rocket was as spectacular as it was revealing.
gizmodo.com
For me it looked doomed from the start. It fishtailed constantly from the very beginning. I think that not only was the loss of engines bad, but that the engines aren't throttling evenly across the board and that doomed it from before it ever really began.
There's a reason NASA, Russia, and the European Space Agency uses the "less is more" approach. Any slight variance in thrust is certain doom. When you're dealing with 5 engines, it's manageable. When you're dealing with 33, it is not.
There's a reason NASA, Russia, and the European Space Agency uses the "less is more" approach. Any slight variance in thrust is certain doom. When you're dealing with 5 engines, it's manageable. When you're dealing with 33, it is not.
Computers carry a lot more calculations per sec nowadays. I don't believe 33 is any more insurmountable then 5 were to early NASA. I do see concerns (especially at lift off had it drifted towards the tower) but remember musk likes to do rapid prototype testing with real items.
Let's hope it works before he blows through his money
So this is happening:
www.cnn.com
Environmental groups sue FAA for SpaceX launch that exploded in April | CNN
Environmental groups are suing the Federal Aviation Administration in federal court over SpaceX's launch of its massive Starship rocket last month. The groups argue that the agency failed to adequately investigate the potential harm the launch -- or a mishap -- could do to the surrounding...
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Environmental groups are suing the Federal Aviation Administration in federal court over SpaceX’s launch of its massive Starship rocket last month. The groups argue that the agency failed to adequately investigate the potential harm the launch – or a mishap – could do to the surrounding environment.
And they're going to win. After all, who in their right mind OK's the launch of a rocket that size that has never even tested its booster stage and on top of that has had every single test of the main spacecraft end in an explosion?