MicroSofty88@alien.topB to Gadgets@hardware.watchEnglish · 10 months agoSpaceX’s Starship Lost Shortly After Launch of Second Test Flightwww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareIrate_Alligate1@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoSo is this a failure because half of it exploded and the rest is just floating somewhere? Twitter is flooded with positive messages and congratulations but it doesn’t seem to me that they’re warranted.
minus-squaredjwillis1121@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThis is a test launch of an experimental vehicle. The fact that it launched, separated and got into space is a success. It’s very similar to how SpaceX developed the Falcon 9 which is now one of the most widely used and reliable rockets.
minus-squareshalol@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoYou may find the Apollo space program needed 11 missions with 10x the budget to be able to get a habitable dinky tincan to the moon and back.
So is this a failure because half of it exploded and the rest is just floating somewhere?
Twitter is flooded with positive messages and congratulations but it doesn’t seem to me that they’re warranted.
This is a test launch of an experimental vehicle. The fact that it launched, separated and got into space is a success.
It’s very similar to how SpaceX developed the Falcon 9 which is now one of the most widely used and reliable rockets.
You may find the Apollo space program needed 11 missions with 10x the budget to be able to get a habitable dinky tincan to the moon and back.