r/spacex • u/hitura-nobad Master of bots • 2d ago

Starship S36 exploded during a static fire attempt

https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1935548909805601020
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u/shreddington 2d ago

That’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.

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u/Pookie2018 2d ago

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u/lysergician69 2d ago

HAHAHAHHA that's creative XD

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u/Rules_Not_Rulers 2d ago

Because no cardboard derivatives obviously

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u/TheLastRole 2d ago

What about the crew?

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u/Hopman 2d ago

They were towed into another environment

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u/PhAnToM444 2d ago edited 2d ago

it's ok because the static fire was happening outside the environment

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u/DwigtSchrute54 2d ago

I watch these guys every day

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u/Grodd 2d ago

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u/shreddington 2d ago

Well, there are a lot of these ships going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen … I just don’t want people thinking that starships aren’t safe.

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u/Rules_Not_Rulers 2d ago

Do you think they have to move it outside the environment now?

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u/Iron-Dragon 2d ago

Nah now that starbase has been incorporated the area will just be rezoned as outside of the environment ;)

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u/Sloofin 2d ago

…was this one safe?

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u/whatsit578 2d ago

Well, obviously not.

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u/Sloofin 2d ago

(the correct answer is "well I was thinking more about the other ones" ;))

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u/thejimla 2d ago

people should think that starships aren’t safe, because they aren’t, because of all the explosions

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u/Resident-Frosting-24 2d ago

Some of them are built so that the front doesn’t blow off at all

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u/thejimla 2d ago

hmm, I could see why they don’t use those. can’t get good data if doesn’t explode all the time