it used to be you graduate from journalism school to become one. Now, even the editors are not. In general journalist are now the least educated white collar professionals out there.
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SpaceX launch their biggest rocket yet- fireworks guaranteed
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Reputable sources? In what universe.
I love that the announcers on the live stream said Starship experienced a RUD (Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly). I love it.
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Well, the topic title aged well 
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Marc v E
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I suspected something like this would happen. Though tbh not yet with stage seperation, but rather with the supersonic re-entry of the upper stage.Well, the topic title aged well
They probably need a few spectecular RUDs before they ace a clean landing.
The English speaking world.
Have you seen him and the others laughing as it was a joke.
A clean landing would be nice... who is going to clean all the toxic crap they just dumped into the ocean?
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The wreckage will be recovered by SpaceX alongside local authorities:
Link with timestamp
The rocket used oxygen and methane as propellant, both of which are gaseous above -70°C, so will not dissolve into the ocean.
The rest of the rocket is solid, presumably insoluble in water, and, being a scrap pile of steel and ceramic, presumably not very toxic.
That was one of the reasons of the test.
A surprisingly decent article.
arstechnica.com
So what was that? Was Starship’s launch a failure or a success?
SpaceX's development process is messier, but it's also much faster.
arstechnica.com
JRS
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media doesn't do science--they are not trained, and most Americans wouldn't know the difference. Personally, I see this as a failure only diminished by a deliberate reduction of expectations--cheering as it self-destructed (probably someone on the teleprompter say cheer). 3 ignition failures and 3 more shut downs is an abject failure by any standard. Let Elon spin it any way he wants. If it were NASA congress, critters would be clamoring for a shut down.
The real tell will be how soon before they fire again. I have no problem acknowledging the success of the booster not crumpling under a dynamic load and getting thru max q seemingly intact, but getting the cluster right should have have been a given. The loss of stability also concerning. Bad luck that all the downed engines are on the same side?
And "unscheduled disassembly"-Really????? An embarrassment of the English language IMO.
That was spectacular.
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Fortunately, methane's not much of a greenhouse gas.
Plus, it all got converted, rather suddenly, to CO2 (EDIT: plus H2O, of course).
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Apollo Frame Trench - one side of the pair under the engines
Steel diverter ramp then a place to go, wall covered with some kind of brick
I guess it rolled into place.
FWIW despite some click-baity headlines, (generally not written by the journalists) pretty much every media outlet included the disclaimer that the bar for success was low here and they expect to do many more tests before everything works properly if reading the actual article. I was curious and looked at a few. Misleading headlines are annoying, but it seems like most of the actual journalists covering this did fine.
I watched the video after the fact and it was still exciting even though I knew what was going the happen, lol. I can't imagine being in one of those boats you see near the launch location.
I watched the video after the fact and it was still exciting even though I knew what was going the happen, lol. I can't imagine being in one of those boats you see near the launch location.
Camera 1100 feet from launch
Full screen is best on this one
Back in the '70's Audio Buddy was in a band which called themselves "Flying Debris"
Full screen is best on this one
Back in the '70's Audio Buddy was in a band which called themselves "Flying Debris"
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Flying Debris hitting the surf at19 seconds...
Along with some engine malfunctions, I'd guess, quite possibly caused by launch debris hitting them
Along with some engine malfunctions, I'd guess, quite possibly caused by launch debris hitting them
Duh, of course it was a joke. That’s why I loved it. It was a very successful launch.