SpaceX Starship 9 breaking apart

RileyG · Aug 18, 2025

AV1611VET said:
Design flaw?

Nothing lasts forever.

Hans Blaster · Aug 18, 2025

Is there a betting pool about when it blows up?

Ophiolite · Tuesday at 5:33 AM

Hans Blaster said:
Is there a betting pool about when it blows up?

Since Musk has abandoned his hands on contribution to the introduction of facism to the USA he may have given renewed attention to SpaceX. Consequently, I predict it will not blow up.

Nithavela · Tuesday at 5:54 AM

Ophiolite said:
Since Musk has abandoned his hands on contribution to the introduction of facism to the USA he may have given renewed attention to SpaceX. Consequently, I predict it will not blow up.

Musk is no rocket scientist. His main area of expertise is overpromising.

Ophiolite · Tuesday at 6:23 AM

Nithavela said:
Musk is no rocket scientist. His main area of expertise is overpromising.

The attention I speculated he would apply was not that of an engineer, but that of a project manager. While I don't approve of his Attila the Hun managerial style it has produced success in the past. (As well as failure, but that's the Edison "thousand ways not to make a light bulb" approach.)

Nithavela · Tuesday at 11:07 AM

Ophiolite said:
The attention I speculated he would apply was not that of an engineer, but that of a project manager. While I don't approve of his Attila the Hun managerial style it has produced success in the past. (As well as failure, but that's the Edison "thousand ways not to make a light bulb" approach.)

I think we're still a couple hundred rockets shy of the "thousand ways not to make a rocket" end goal.

Ophiolite · Tuesday at 4:17 PM

Nithavela said:
I think we're still a couple hundred rockets shy of the "thousand ways not to make a rocket" end goal.

I'll remind you of this post in a year, whichever way it turns out.

rockytopva · 2025-08-24T06:51:13-0500

Starship 10 Live...

Nithavela · 2025-08-24T07:07:25-0500

rockytopva · 2025-08-24T16:49:06-0500

T-2 hours...With chat...

rockytopva · 2025-08-24T17:54:06-0500

T-50 minutes. Active chat with 41,000 watching. Also fun for me to keep up with chat... Moderator... "No talking religion" Response... "Your not my mother!"

rockytopva · 2025-08-24T18:14:56-0500

T-30 Minutes... And... The mission is scrubbed! The Atlantic Ocean can now breath a sigh of relief.

rockytopva · 2025-08-24T19:35:13-0500

"Standing down from today's tenth flight of Starship to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems," SpaceX wrote on X. - https://www.npr.org/2025/08/24/nx-s1-5514847/spacex-starship-rocket-launch

Nithavela · 2025-08-24T22:39:06-0500

rockytopva said:
"Standing down from today's tenth flight of Starship to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems," SpaceX wrote on X. - https://www.npr.org/2025/08/24/nx-s1-5514847/spacex-starship-rocket-launch

Any info on how much money it costs them to air their rocket for a few hours?

Apple Sky · 2025-08-24T22:52:13-0500

rockytopva said:
Lost attitude control... Broke up above the Indian Ocean

https://www.cnn.com/science/live-news/spacex-starship-flight-9-launch-05-27-25

As with all space rockets, they are just pieces of Junk that go nowhere except back into the Ocean.

timewerx · 2025-08-25T00:49:41-0500

Nithavela said:
I think we're still a couple hundred rockets shy of the "thousand ways not to make a rocket" end goal.

This is how the Russians ran their space program and was ultimately a bad plan as they lost the race to the moon.

Trial-and-error to some extent but high quality engineering is still fundamental. The Russians are worse in engineering quality

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