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ForgedCrank

(2,592 posts) Thu Jan 16, 2025, 07:42 PM Jan 16

SpaceX Starship fails minutes after launch

SpaceX lost the upper stage of its Starship rocket on Thursday, the company said. It was the rocket's seventh orbital test after experiencing engine anomalies as it ascended toward space.

"At this point in time, we can confirm we did lose the ship," SpaceX's Kate Tice said during a webcast of the operation, adding: "We always knew that excitement is guaranteed today, success not guaranteed."

Officials for Elon Musk's company said the spacecraft was destroyed.

https://www.dw.com/en/spacex-starship-fails-minutes-after-launch/a-71319705

Looks like another failure, the thing exploded after separation. They did manage to catch the main booster again.

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SpaceX Starship fails minutes after launch (Original Post) ForgedCrank Jan 16 OP

Starshit Klarkashton Jan 16 #1

Winner.......... Lovie777 Jan 16 #3

"At this point in time, we can confirm we did lose the ship"--Captain of Titanic at bottom of sea. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jan 16 #2

How terrible. BannonsLiver Jan 16 #4

How much are these tests costing us taxpayers ? Nigrum Cattus Jan 16 #5

NADA WarGamer Jan 16 #6

The federal government has paid SpaceX over $20 Billon since 2008. Irish_Dem Jan 16 #7

The question was... how much do taxpayers pay for Starship launches? WarGamer Jan 16 #9

The point is taxpayers help fund SpaceX. $20 billion is not small potatoes. Irish_Dem Jan 16 #12

True but I was responding to the question. WarGamer Jan 16 #13

It was using FSD. That's a joke CentralMass Jan 16 #8

Do they really call it a STARship? Jeebo Jan 16 #10

Musk is having a bad day LetMyPeopleVote Jan 16 #11

My God! Does everyone associated with the Loon go to the Matt Foley school of motivation? maxrandb Jan 16 #14

Space X seems a little culty BannonsLiver Jan 17 #16

Real men have rocket money bucolic_frolic Jan 16 #15

On a positive note... jmowreader Jan 17 #17

Klarkashton

(3,238 posts)

1. Starshit

Reply to ForgedCrank (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 07:43 PM

Jan 16

Lovie777

(17,690 posts)

3. Winner..........

Reply to Klarkashton (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 07:48 PM

Jan 16

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(620 posts)

2. "At this point in time, we can confirm we did lose the ship"--Captain of Titanic at bottom of sea.

Reply to ForgedCrank (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 07:47 PM

Jan 16

BannonsLiver

(19,034 posts)

4. How terrible.

Reply to ForgedCrank (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 07:48 PM

Jan 16

Nigrum Cattus

(452 posts)

5. How much are these tests costing us taxpayers ?

Reply to ForgedCrank (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 07:57 PM

Jan 16

WarGamer

(16,769 posts)

6. NADA

Reply to Nigrum Cattus (Reply #5)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 07:59 PM

Jan 16

Irish_Dem

(67,318 posts)

7. The federal government has paid SpaceX over $20 Billon since 2008.

Reply to WarGamer (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:07 PM

Jan 16

That is not NADA.

WarGamer

(16,769 posts)

9. The question was... how much do taxpayers pay for Starship launches?

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #7)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:12 PM

Jan 16

The answer is ZERO.

The Starship program is paid for "in house"

Most $$ in SpaceX is that of investors.

Irish_Dem

(67,318 posts)

12. The point is taxpayers help fund SpaceX. $20 billion is not small potatoes.

Reply to WarGamer (Reply #9)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:27 PM

Jan 16

I would also guess Musk gets various federal perks and tax breaks.

WarGamer

(16,769 posts)

13. True but I was responding to the question.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #12)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:33 PM

Jan 16

Investors have sunk 100+ billion into SpaceX

CentralMass

(16,091 posts)

8. It was using FSD. That's a joke

Reply to ForgedCrank (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:11 PM

Jan 16

Jeebo

(2,405 posts)

10. Do they really call it a STARship?

Reply to ForgedCrank (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:23 PM

Jan 16

Talk about putting the cart before the horse.

— Ron

LetMyPeopleVote

(160,968 posts)

11. Musk is having a bad day

Reply to ForgedCrank (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:27 PM

Jan 16

Link to tweet

🚨#BREAKING: Debris was seen over the Caribbean after SpaceX's Starship broke apart during a test flight, creating a spectacular show in the sky.

📌#Caicos | #Islands

Watch as multiple footage shows debris lights up the skies as SpaceX successfully launched Starship Flight 7 at 4:37 PM CST from Starbase in Southern Texas. However, the mission has been confirmed as a failure, with the craft breaking apart mid-flight. This caused debris to reenter Earth’s atmosphere, creating a spectacular show over the Turks and Caicos Islands. Despite the failure, SpaceX achieved a significant milestone by successfully catching the rocket’s first booster for the second time. SpaceX has confirmed the event and is analyzing the data to improve future test flights

Link to tweet

maxrandb

(16,455 posts)

14. My God! Does everyone associated with the Loon go to the Matt Foley school of motivation?

Reply to ForgedCrank (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:34 PM

Jan 16

"We always knew that excitement is guaranteed today, success not guaranteed." is some of the most sophomoric, quasi "inspirational" dumbass speak I have ever heard....and I spent 30 years in the fucking navy!

I bet Ms. Tice has a zillion copies of "Who Moved My Cheese" in her office.

BannonsLiver

(19,034 posts)

16. Space X seems a little culty

Reply to maxrandb (Reply #14)

Fri Jan 17, 2025, 12:10 AM

Jan 17

A really weird scene from what I’ve seen during the launches. They applaud anything. Like The fucking thing could explode on the pad and elmoe’s minions would applaud. And of course every employee is probably hopelessly devoted to him.

bucolic_frolic

(49,568 posts)

15. Real men have rocket money

Reply to ForgedCrank (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:35 PM

Jan 16

jmowreader

(52,077 posts)

17. On a positive note...

Reply to ForgedCrank (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2025, 12:18 AM

Jan 17

They seem to have fixed the problems their first-stage engine sequencer had. On their first launch, a lot of the motors on the first stage weren't firing, but in this one they're all lit up.

I think the biggest problem they're having is they refuse to learn from the history of the rocket business. Everyone else can invent new rockets that don't blow up because they apply the lessons from the old ones that did blow up to the new ones they make. SpaceX "goes their own way" and scatters rocket parts all over the ocean for the first few launches they make.

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