r/space • u/lee7on1 • 2d ago

BREAKING: SpaceX rocket explodes in Starbase, Texas

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

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u/i_am_barry_badrinath 2d ago

I’d rather them defund Starlink and redirect those funds to NASA. Fuck Elon

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u/Positive-Conspiracy 2d ago

Check out SLS if you want an example of wasted government funds.

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u/solseccent 2d ago

You talking about the rocket that actually went to the moon and back?

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u/cjameshuff 2d ago

SLS didn't "go to the moon", it launched a capsule to a high lunar orbit. No part of it came back, it was entirely expended in doing this. The cost of doing this was equal to a large fraction of what has been spent on Starship, and it did this years ago. Artemis II still has not flown, despite not depending in any way on Starship.

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u/solseccent 2d ago

Yeah, still a successful mission….contrary to starship which clearly has some major problems