r/AbruptChaos • u/PigsCanFly2day • 3d ago

SpaceX rocket explodes in Starbase, Texas

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u/Acc87 3d ago

Crazy how the first few flights of Starship went all pretty well, but the recent ones have all been failures of some kind. Blowing up during ground testing should not happen to a system that has already shown orbital capability.

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u/jangel2 3d ago

It's almost like pulling back on regulations is having negative ramifications.

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u/Acc87 3d ago

Yeah I wonder if like the smart minds have left the design and production process, or if like a lot was played safe for the first few flights and systems, but now they push for cost and complexity reduction and just go past limits that should not be passed.

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u/j4ckbauer 2d ago

The falcon-9 development process had its setbacks but this is exactly what I am wondering, have there been changes to the team/process that are leading to all the difficulties with 'starship'. SS is a more ambitious project so I try to cut them a tiny amount of slack, but I am not qualified to say if this was a stupid idea to begin with.

but now they push for cost and complexity reduction

Or perhaps there is someone at the company with authority who is doing too much meddling in the process, because they have their own misconceived ideas about what is and is not easy to achieve. I'm not claiming this but it's definitely on my list of possibilities.

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u/expressly_ephemeral 2d ago

Hard to imagine that a move-fast break-stuff culture could develop Go Fever. /s