CitizenVectron Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 SpaceX Starship explosion spread particulate matter for miles WWW.CNBC.COM SpaceX Starship explosion leaves researchers looking for answers about health and environmental impacts from debris and particulate emissions. Musk decided to skip an integral part of the launch pad construction process and it resulted in concrete being blasted all over the place (possibly the ultimate cause of the rocket explosion). And of course he tweeted about it beforehand for the receipts: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unogueen Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 This is why safety matters. Can't blow your own nards out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 To be fair, the FAA has grounded every commercial rocket after experiencing any sort of mission ending anomaly. Even if the launch pad was left completely intact, but the rocket failed at some point in the flight, the FAA would have told SpaceX to pause any further launches until an investigation takes place, along with remediating actions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 move fast and break things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 31 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: To be fair, the FAA has grounded every commercial rocket after experiencing any sort of mission ending anomaly. Even if the launch pad was left completely intact, but the rocket failed at some point in the flight, the FAA would have told SpaceX to pause any further launches until an investigation takes place, along with remediating actions. Musk doesn’t read D1P 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 12 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: Musk doesn’t read D1P Are we so sure.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 44 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: Musk doesn’t read D1P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 This really pisses me off, that area is my "homeland" and this mf is wrecking it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 2 hours ago, mclumber1 said: To be fair, the FAA has grounded every commercial rocket after experiencing any sort of mission ending anomaly. Even if the launch pad was left completely intact, but the rocket failed at some point in the flight, the FAA would have told SpaceX to pause any further launches until an investigation takes place, along with remediating actions. First flights often fail too. That one Astra rocket launched sideways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsida Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 It’s not the rocket failure that caused this it’s the debris shit storm it caused and Elon didn’t have any measures to stop it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 20 minutes ago, outsida said: It’s not the rocket failure that caused this it’s the debris shit storm it caused and Elon didn’t have any measures to stop it. I've been a rocket nerd almost my whole life. Trust me - the FAA would have grounded Starship even if the pad had survived. Every single recent mission failure of a US commercial rocket company has resulted in a pause in operations by the FAA so the company can investigate and fix the issues. FAA clears Rocket Lab to start flying again after failed launch | Space WWW.SPACE.COM But Rocket Lab is still investigating what happened to cause last month's failure. Blue Origin's New Shepard grounded as FAA investigates failure | Space WWW.SPACE.COM The investigation's timeline is unclear after Blue Origin's rocket launch failure on Sept. 12. Conclusion Of TROPICS-1 Mishap Investigation | Astra ASTRA.COM By Andrew Griggs, Head of Mission Assurance, and Adam London, Founder and Chief Technical Officer Firefly says early engine shutdown led to launch failure – Spaceflight Now SPACEFLIGHTNOW.COM 1st orbital rocket launch by ABL Space Systems fails | Space WWW.SPACE.COM It was the second launch failure in as many days, following that of a Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.