It is Pink Floyd!
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Yikes, I passed this thread up - thanks!
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Some commentary on the blue origin “feminist” publicity stunt…
This is a WILD proposal… and that anyone thinks this is a “good idea” is insane…
Jesus fucking Christ. Assholes.
But yeah, none of that was space exploration… it was propaganda for Blue Origin…
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Came to post this. Best comment so far: “why are they called Space X and not Acme Fireworks?”
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Japan set to join the re-usable rocket club after Honda sticks a landing
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Re-usable rockets and engines greatly reduce the cost of spaceflight by removing the need to build fresh kit for every mission. SpaceX’s status as the world’s premier launch company is built on its ability to re-use components.
Not as such. Re-usability helps, but SpaceX is the world’s premier launch company because it is able to create demand via Starlink and has their R&D subsidised by lucrative government contracts. For, amongst other things, Starshield.
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SpaceX’s Starship explodes again … while still on the ground
SpaceX has made excellent progress with its Starship rocket. The stainless steel vehicle can now explode before even leaving the Earth.
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The explosion follows three unsuccessful test flights of the vehicle, two in which the Starship exploded during the launch phase, and the last in which the vehicle lost attitude control and was destroyed during reentry.
SpaceX appears to have cut to the chase this time and blown up a Starship without bothering with any of that launching nonsense.
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Per that article:
Out of those three claims maybe the second one could be true: based on his past behavior I can totally see Musk making a chaotic, impromptu visit the build site and insisting that they strip off all kinds of random components while having no idea what they were for.
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Yeah, maybe reducing dry mass. If they switch from stainless steel to, say an aluminium/titanium combo.
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