The debris streaming through the sky reminded me a bit of that scene from Andor where they used a meteorological event as cover for their heist. Pretty! But unfortunate for all the airplanes that had to be diverted from the fallout area.
At the headline avoids the weasel words which probably came direct from SpaceX PR.
rapid unscheduled disassembly
The Register always has the best headlines.
I poked fun at that phrase after posting something re: an explosion of a bit of space kit at TOP. I can’t remember who it was, but someone calmly and seriously spent quite some time explaining to me that it’s a perfectly cromulent and reasonable phrase.
I still think it’s fucking absurd.
Does an “armchair discovery” count as “space exploration”? Of course it does:
First-ever Meteorite Crash Caught On Camera With Sound In Canada
If bigger rockets meant fewer launches, then it’d help, but KMax is pushing for more and more launches.