In a serious gain in efficiency, a Space X Starship prototype has exploded without actually being launched.
They're next plan is to see if they can produce an explosion during the assembly process.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71AwkBt3_ts

#news #science #space #NASA #spacex

SpaceX Starship 36 Explodes During Flight 10 Testing at Starbase

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@Some_Emo_Chick They seem to be approaching perfecting the rapid, unscheduled, disassembly.
@Some_Emo_Chick @lisamelton RUDE = Random Unscheduled Disassembly Explosion

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I'm looking forward to when they can produce fiery explosions in the design phase.

*I used to do some engineering design (although not rockets), and the idea of the plan sheets or a CAD file spontaneously bursting into a fireball that levels the neighborhood is amusing the heck out of me.

**tbc, I would not want that in reality-- but it's great fun in imagination.

@Some_Emo_Chick Elon’s premature explosion problem is getting worse and worse.
@BashStKid @Some_Emo_Chick Can't even get it up at all anymore.

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It’s all the drugs, man. Just say no.

@Some_Emo_Chick Given how Elon & Donald have made up again, I think it'd be great if both of them attended a few launches together to celebrate.
@larsmb @Some_Emo_Chick Titans of space flight, I can see it now.

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In lawn chairs close up so they can feel the awesome roar of liftoffs!

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Mhm, das hat ja ordentlich bei Musks Starship gescheppert. Das letzte Mal sah man solche Bilder bei der NASA in den 50er Jahren.

@Some_Emo_Chick well guess he doesn't have to threaten decommissioning it anymore...kind of a moot point.

Meanwhile in other space news Honda did a small launch and landed (without exploding) their rocket with about 37 cm.

#spacex #honda

@ppb1701 @Some_Emo_Chick good on Honda! apparently car skills translate into spaceship skills, both good and bad
@GroupNebula563 @ppb1701 @Some_Emo_Chick Amazing what a solid QMS will get you. :p
@Some_Emo_Chick That fireball will make it to space faster than any of his rockets.

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Wonder what the result of a blood test on musk would be now?

@Some_Emo_Chick Rofl, you're right, this does save a lot of time!

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Incompetence?
Monkey Wrenching?

@MishaVanMollusq

Remember, Elon is a genius. He can't be that far from figuring out how to blow up rockets when he first thinks of them.
#KetamineKaren

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🎵Some Times i wish I could
🎵Blow up Rockets with just one look
🎵Elon! Elon!
🎵Elon! Elon!🎵

From “Elon!” By Cabaret Voltûre

@Some_Emo_Chick It just occurred to me that musk probably wanted to call it StarDick, and it took 12 very experienced managers (managers of him, that is) to change that to StarShip.

@richlv Not far from the truth: As I recall, it started out with musk calling it the BFR (Big Fucking Rocket) before slightly saner people renamed it starship.

I've never understood why people ever took that immature twit seriously.
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@Some_Emo_Chick if musk abd trump didn’t have their pissy fit falling out, I’d say we’d be halfway there to Soviet style censorshio about rocket explosions like it’s the Nedelin catastrophe.
@Some_Emo_Chick this was planned demolition of launch site.
@Some_Emo_Chick They need to fire more testers. Too many damn defects in the end product.
@Some_Emo_Chick Perhaps during an inspection by certain members of the C-suite for a bonus?

@Some_Emo_Chick I asked Gemini 2.5 Flash Pro what the theoretical maximum explosive force would be if all the propellant combusted instantly and perfectly. It answered 12.9 KT of TNT.

https://g.co/gemini/share/f0cf17680df4

Very interested in critiques of its work!

Before you continue

@Some_Emo_Chick Felon Musk: "The success of this test demonstrates our commitment to the environment by preventing the dumping of debris into the atmosphere and oceans."

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A real innovation. Now with the owner in it if you can?

@Some_Emo_Chick Certainly is an easy, if expensive, way to get plenty of attention and capture the news media's focus.
@Some_Emo_Chick jajaja! at this rate im certain they will succeed...😂
Steve Williams (@blabberlicious@toot.community)

Attached: 1 image @gavinlenaghan@mastodonapp.uk #Musk is an egalitarian at heart; All his platforms get the same treatment.

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At least this comment took off.
@Some_Emo_Chick i wonder if even i could do it better now xD
@Some_Emo_Chick @stux Musk seems to have a skipped the crash part and gone straight to the burn.
Stanley Nerdlinger II (@Nerde@beige.party)

Attached: 1 image BREAKING - #ElonMusk announces successful test of Tesla autopilot in the SpaceX rocket

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🎶 If I Had A Rocket Launcher 🎶
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These images are a metaphor for Elon's penis contracting gonorrhea.
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Stopped "feeding" the Gulf of Mexico bc the asskissers renamed it⁉️ 😂