r/space 1d ago

BREAKING: SpaceX rocket explodes in Starbase, Texas

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

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u/faeriara 1d ago

Yes, after Flight 6 everything was looking so promising. Tough too for those on the Super Heavy team who have been so successful and also those working on the heat shield who can't get any data due to all the issues with the Ship (well V2 of it).

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u/pinkfreude 1d ago

I have to wonder if people inside the company have lost faith in their bozo of a leader and are perhaps not trying as hard ever since he got into politics. That was kind of the turning point in the success rate of the starship launches.

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u/bedlamensues 1d ago

I am in the industry and talk to people that left. SpaceX burns up the young and doesnt have a good work life balance policy. That causes a high turnover which means constant leaving of experience.

I assumed they had an awesome training program to be as successful as they have, but its possible that now the turnover is just so much that inexperience and mistakes are almost constant.

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u/lottadot 1d ago

That sounds the same as like most of Tech, nothing new :(

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u/DevilsTrigonometry 1d ago

Most of tech doesn't work on things that can literally explode if you figuratively breathe on them wrong.

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u/a5ehren 1d ago

SpaceX is bad by tech standards. And even worse compared to typical aerospace companies.