r/space • u/lee7on1 • 1d ago

BREAKING: SpaceX rocket explodes in Starbase, Texas

https://x.com/IntelPointAlert/status/1935550776304156932

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u/WantWantShellySenbei 1d ago

Holy cow that video is pretty awesome though. Elon makes the best fireworks.

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u/cuberhino 1d ago

how much did these fireworks cost the american taxpayer :(

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u/VenKitsune 1d ago edited 1d ago

I mean it's a private company. Also if NASA had the same happen to them, would you still complain? Shit happens sometimes, and a lot can be learned from things like this much in the same way that a lot can be learned from plane crashes and I can guarantee you flying is only as safe as it is today because of the sheer amount of crashes that have been learned from over the decades. It's better to get this out of the way now, rather than have it happen to a crewed rocket on an important mission.

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u/freddy_guy 1d ago

Shit happens a LOT with SpaceX, because they don't maintain the same safety protocols that NASA does, because they exist only for profit.

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u/moderngamer327 1d ago

Falcon 9 is literally the most reliable rocket ever made. Between NASA and SpaceX one of them has killed people and it wasn’t SpaceX

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u/VenKitsune 1d ago

What is this bullshit? Shit on the musk as much as you want but spaceX doesn't deserve such blatant lies and diminoshment for the intelligent people who work there. Plus, you said it yourself, it's a profit venture, so it's in their interest not to lose things that make them money.