A SpaceX Mars rocket prototype just exploded. It was still a success

[martybegan]

The biggest advantage Musk has over NASA is he isn't accountable to congress or budget people or investigation people when something like this goes wrong. He can just take the data, take credit for the successful parts, and learn from the explosion.

A SpaceX Mars rocket prototype just exploded. It was still a success

A giant experimental rocket built by Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully soared eight miles above the company's testing facilities in South Texas on Wednesday and came back down as planned, before crashing into the ground in an enormous plume of flames and smoke.
The hulking rocket didn't have anyone onboard. It was an early developmental model of Starship, a 160-foot-tall spaceship proposed by Musk that he hopes will be used for hauling massive satellites into Earth's orbit, shuttling people between cities at breakneck speeds and — eventually — establishing a human settlement on Mars.

 

[Rambunctious]

Space X better get it together because NASA may be returning to a Muslim outreach program again....China Joe must not allow America to compete with China space advancements....oh no.....China would not be pleased....at all....

 

[martybegan]

Space X better get it together because NASA may be returning to a Muslim outreach program again....China Joe must not allow America to compete with China space advancements....oh no.....

I have more faith in Musk than I do in NASA.

 

[JGalt]

The biggest advantage Musk has over NASA is he isn't accountable to congress or budget people or investigation people when something like this goes wrong. He can just take the data, take credit for the successful parts, and learn from the explosion.

A SpaceX Mars rocket prototype just exploded. It was still a success

A giant experimental rocket built by Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully soared eight miles above the company's testing facilities in South Texas on Wednesday and came back down as planned, before crashing into the ground in an enormous plume of flames and smoke.
The hulking rocket didn't have anyone onboard. It was an early developmental model of Starship, a 160-foot-tall spaceship proposed by Musk that he hopes will be used for hauling massive satellites into Earth's orbit, shuttling people between cities at breakneck speeds and — eventually — establishing a human settlement on Mars.

That's one hell of a tax write-off too.

 

[Rambunctious]

Space X better get it together because NASA may be returning to a Muslim outreach program again....China Joe must not allow America to compete with China space advancements....oh no.....

I have more faith in Musk than I do in NASA.

May be a wise way to think....but NASA in their prime was untouchable....

 

[Jimmy_Chitwood]

The biggest advantage Musk has over NASA is he isn't accountable to congress or budget people or investigation people when something like this goes wrong. He can just take the data, take credit for the successful parts, and learn from the explosion.

A SpaceX Mars rocket prototype just exploded. It was still a success

A giant experimental rocket built by Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully soared eight miles above the company's testing facilities in South Texas on Wednesday and came back down as planned, before crashing into the ground in an enormous plume of flames and smoke.
The hulking rocket didn't have anyone onboard. It was an early developmental model of Starship, a 160-foot-tall spaceship proposed by Musk that he hopes will be used for hauling massive satellites into Earth's orbit, shuttling people between cities at breakneck speeds and — eventually — establishing a human settlement on Mars.

Has anybody blamed Trump yet?

 

[Sunni Man]

On the news the Space-X people said the rocket had a RUD event.
Which stands for "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly". ...

 

[miketx]

We used to ride motorcycles at Boca Chica.

 

[fncceo]

The Soviet Space Program similarly never had a failure ... even when they killed cosmonauts, they died gloriously for the People's Soviet Socialist Republic!

 

[candycorn]

Hey, if you can't trust a South African who smokes pot on a video conference with investors...who can you trust?

If Space X wants to continue going to the ISS...they'd best figure this out...pronto.

 

[james bond]

The Soviet Space Program similarly never had a failure ... even when they killed cosmonauts, they died gloriously for the People's Soviet Socialist Republic!

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Jeez. Do you think it's the guy's head to the right?

If it is, then what happened to the top of his skull?

 

[fncceo]

The Soviet Space Program similarly never had a failure ... even when they killed cosmonauts, they died gloriously for the People's Soviet Socialist Republic!

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Jeez. Do you think it's the guy's head to the right?

If it is, then what happened to the top of his skull?

I'm guessing the landing was a little more bumpy than usual.

 

[martybegan]

The biggest advantage Musk has over NASA is he isn't accountable to congress or budget people or investigation people when something like this goes wrong. He can just take the data, take credit for the successful parts, and learn from the explosion.

A SpaceX Mars rocket prototype just exploded. It was still a success

A giant experimental rocket built by Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully soared eight miles above the company's testing facilities in South Texas on Wednesday and came back down as planned, before crashing into the ground in an enormous plume of flames and smoke.
The hulking rocket didn't have anyone onboard. It was an early developmental model of Starship, a 160-foot-tall spaceship proposed by Musk that he hopes will be used for hauling massive satellites into Earth's orbit, shuttling people between cities at breakneck speeds and — eventually — establishing a human settlement on Mars.

That's one hell of a tax write-off too.

I have a feeling he can afford lawyers to find plenty of those. More power to him.

 

[martybegan]

Space X better get it together because NASA may be returning to a Muslim outreach program again....China Joe must not allow America to compete with China space advancements....oh no.....

I have more faith in Musk than I do in NASA.

May be a wise way to think....but NASA in their prime was untouchable....

Because somewhere along the line they got away from their prime goals, hurling people into space as safely as possible, but still understanding there are great risks in bolting people to a tube that is basically a directional vessel for a barely contained explosion.

 

[martybegan]

Hey, if you can't trust a South African who smokes pot on a video conference with investors...who can you trust?

If Space X wants to continue going to the ISS...they'd best figure this out...pronto.

This has nothing to do with that launch system, entirely different tech and production lines.

 

[badbob85037]

Space X better get it together because NASA may be returning to a Muslim outreach program again....China Joe must not allow America to compete with China space advancements....oh no.....China would not be pleased....at all....

Remember when China couldn't get a rocket off the ground? About the time there were more China spies living it the White House than in China as Bill laugh all the way to the bank while everybody cared about the stain on the blue dress. Add that to 11 million pages of our nuclear secrets him and biden are running neck to neck on who deserves the shorter rope.

 

[Montrovant]

The biggest advantage Musk has over NASA is he isn't accountable to congress or budget people or investigation people when something like this goes wrong. He can just take the data, take credit for the successful parts, and learn from the explosion.

A SpaceX Mars rocket prototype just exploded. It was still a success

A giant experimental rocket built by Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully soared eight miles above the company's testing facilities in South Texas on Wednesday and came back down as planned, before crashing into the ground in an enormous plume of flames and smoke.
The hulking rocket didn't have anyone onboard. It was an early developmental model of Starship, a 160-foot-tall spaceship proposed by Musk that he hopes will be used for hauling massive satellites into Earth's orbit, shuttling people between cities at breakneck speeds and — eventually — establishing a human settlement on Mars.

Musk actually gave the ship a 1/3 chance of landing in one piece:

 

[james bond]

While the Space-X rocket landing is interesting, I'm waiting for the first woman on the moon from Blue Origin.

How her craft is supposed to land

The shape of the rocket is lol

Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin will take first woman to the moon

The billionaire Amazon tycoon says his space-exploration company Blue Origin will carry the first woman to the moon as the firm vies for a NASA contract to participate in the milestone mission.

nypost.com

 

[martybegan]

The biggest advantage Musk has over NASA is he isn't accountable to congress or budget people or investigation people when something like this goes wrong. He can just take the data, take credit for the successful parts, and learn from the explosion.

A SpaceX Mars rocket prototype just exploded. It was still a success

A giant experimental rocket built by Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully soared eight miles above the company's testing facilities in South Texas on Wednesday and came back down as planned, before crashing into the ground in an enormous plume of flames and smoke.
The hulking rocket didn't have anyone onboard. It was an early developmental model of Starship, a 160-foot-tall spaceship proposed by Musk that he hopes will be used for hauling massive satellites into Earth's orbit, shuttling people between cities at breakneck speeds and — eventually — establishing a human settlement on Mars.

Musk actually gave the ship a 1/3 chance of landing in one piece:

And launched it anyway. Now he gets his failure data and can try again.

 

[Picaro]

I laughed out loud when it crashed and exploded, and Musk immediately pronounced the test a big success. Didn't inspire me to race out and order a ticket to ride. I saw the vid of the test and thought it was kind of cool, though. Chuck Yeager probably could have brought it down safe.

What was immediately obvious is that the model needs a lot more wing surface area, like the space shuttle had, if they want to do the kind of maneuvering they were going for accurately and controlled. Don't how this escaped the designers; they were probably green cards from Tibet or something, the kind of engineering Silly Con Valley types love.