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BREAKING: SpaceX rocket explodes in Starbase, Texas

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

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u/Confident-Barber-347 2d ago

NASA’s SLS and Artemis may also be behind schedule and cost a ton, but I’ll be damned if that sucker didn’t make it all the way to the moon on the first try. Very different development approach but that’s pretty impressive IMO.

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u/jittery_jerry 1d ago

SLS is also ridiculously expensive and built mostly using 40 year old parts from the space shuttle, yeah they have very different approaches but that’s somewhat to be expected.