May it be a failure, inshallah.
SpaceX's Texas Rocket is Going To Cause A Lot More Damage Than Anyone Thinks
Lol, all the fucking dweebs in comments coping hard rn. "it achieved lift off so it's already a successful launch".
So why was it planned as an orbital mission, dipshit?
If your goal was to leave the launchpad you could have just blown up the fucking thing from the start and saved our time.
Based on the Ars Technica article something was expected to go wrong . The goal was to gather data of Starship in flight and it didn't really get to do that so the mission can be called a failure
Usually you'd be right, but the "rocket fuel" on this one is actually just methane, not regular rocket fuel. If you're going to have your ship blow up into a million pieces over the ocean, methane is the best case scenario for a fuel. Methane + Oxygen for fuel is one of the only good things to come out of Elon's insane mind.
I guarantee you he's tried to get them to use the most toxic fuel possible because caring about the environment is woke
He doesn't do any of the science and engineering. He owns the company. That's it.
:melon-musk: we'll be on mars in 6 months at this rate
"I do want to remind everyone that everything after clearing the tower was icing on the cake"
:owned:
lmao the short clip around 49:59 of :melon-musk: looking mad is perfect
Actually disregard my other comments. After reviewing the footage again I can confidently say this vehicle is now safe for road testing.
It's looking like their choice to not build a flame trench or suppression system hurt them in that it may have led to significant launch pad damage and may have even damaged the rocket enough to cause mission failure.
The more I read about SpaceX the more I think about becoming Jake Busey in contact.
