Best #SpaceX#Starship blow by blow on the flight is by Scott Manley. Well worth the watch. He speeds through the boring parts, and gives very good commentary. It is most important to know this is a test flight to find possible issues and confirm engineering choices. Rockets are subject to tyranny of the rocket equation. One has to design light but robust. Starship's method of reentry is also new and never tried before. https://youtu.be/8m0TY6i1Kuo
LOL! Sorry (not really) to be a party pooper, but are we supposed to cheer for #SpaceX each and every time they test a rocket? Whether it explodes on the launch pad, in mid-air, upon re-entry or upon landing? Have we done so with other tests? Like with NASA's tests, which are paid for directly by the taxpayer?
No, we haven't. So then, wake me up when the tests are done with and a usable rocket can fly and transport cargo and people safely to somewhere.
BREAKING NEWS:
Space debris from SpaceX Dragon capsule crashed on a hiking trail in North Carolina mountains.
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I guess this is to be expected.
I guess we're all OK with this now.
Until a Starlink satellite deorbits into a Senator's house or SpaceX launch debris falls into Mar-a-Lago, NYC, or Washington, DC, Americans won't care or do anything about this.
Sure, we won't be able to launch anything anymore, it'll be raining shit for a while, and space will become unusable, but Elon will have made his government-subsidized billions, and people will have "cheap" internet for as long as it lasts.
🌠 SpaceX satellites threaten to hide asteroids that pose danger to humanity | Technology | EL PAÍS English
"It’s difficult to say exactly how many asteroids will be lost… but preliminary results suggest that for every five near-Earth asteroids we discover, we lose one solely due to constellation interference. That’s if no mitigation measures are taken”
@gimulnautti I feel that you're assuming a lot, essentially you're projecting your own imagination on an organization, a group of people functioning to solve complicated questions regarding risk and knowledge at the limit of normal engineering. This group of people is a poor surface for your psychological projection. A certain mogul maybe is a better surface but that doesn't remove the reality of engineering. That's why your post should tell anyone more about your believes than about SpaceX.
"#SpaceX satellites threaten to hide asteroids that pose danger to humanity
The International Astronomical Union demands that urgent action be taken against the uncontrolled proliferation of these devices. #Starlink satellites make it difficult to search for objects at risk of impacting the Earth"
Les satellites de #SpaceX menacent de cacher des astéroïdes dangereux pour l'humanité
L'Union Astronomique Internationale exige une action urgente contre la prolifération incontrôlée d'appareils qui rendent difficile la recherche d'objets présentant un risque d'impact sur notre planète.
From yesterday: Environmental advocates called it “a land grab of Boca Chica State Park land for a private space corporation that is clearly not in the public interest.” So why is the state parks agency seemingly so eager to work with #SpaceX? https://www.texasobserver.org/spacex-tpwd-park-land-musk/