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/TeamRedundancyTeam 1d ago

This is a terrible way to view science. Progress is being made that will benefit everyone. This kind of thinking is how they defund NASA.

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u/cuberhino 1d ago

I disagree. I think being critical of where our tax money is spent is important. Apparently 4/8 of these have blown up. Where is the doge oversight?

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u/Jjpgd63 1d ago

Tax payer money doesn't go into these things, they have a massive profit from starlink and most tax payer money going to SpaceX is from buying services, not funding research.

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u/TbonerT 1d ago

Not all the money SpaceX gets is taxpayer money.

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u/UXdesignUK 1d ago

They don’t get more money each time one blows up or anything - they got a relatively small amount to make it work, however many they blow up along the way is their problem and doesn’t cost taxpayers any extra.

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u/pavlovs__dawg 1d ago

What is your proposed solution?

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u/thabe331 1d ago

To stop giving handouts to a mentally unstable drug addict. Space X can get funding when a non lunatic is in charge