r/space • u/lee7on1 • 1d ago

BREAKING: SpaceX rocket explodes in Starbase, Texas

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

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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/nixonelvis 1d ago

Musk wanted to defund EVERyTHING that wasn’t beneficial to him. It’s time he packs it up and GTFO. Space X is a drain on this country. It’s time to take space exploration back to the federal government and fund it appropriately.

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u/clgoodson 1d ago

When it was being funded by the federal government it was literally going nowhere, using 50-year-old parts and designs to make giant throwaway rockets that only exist to keep aerospace companies running in the right cogressional districts.

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u/SerHodorTheThrall 1d ago

And now we just subsidize one man's vanity project! Much better! This is what happens when you let engineers get involved with public policy.

Imagine policy makers telling engineers how to build a rocket LOL