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   Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 02:14:08 JST Prof. Sam Lawler

   Trying to psych myself up to call a journalist back for an interview about the (latest) SpaceX rocket explosion environmental disaster...

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     Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD (ericfielding@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 02:14:07 JST Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD

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     @sundogplanets I assume you saw the videos of the fragments burning up. There was one video that caught the explosion that was likely the flight termination system activated. Scott Manley had it in his video.

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     Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 05:00:27 JST Prof. Sam Lawler

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     Well, super rude email from an elon bro in my work email inbox, so I guess that interview must be published somewhere

     Oh here it is! Yup, I totally stand by the quote the author picked for me. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/spacex-s-starship-rocket-exploded-again-elon-musk-called-it-entertainment-but-should-we-be/article_89e9d122-d513-11ef-bd3b-db191f8a4e87.html

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 05:00:27 JST Matt Blaze

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     @sundogplanets "Can't make an omelette without raining dangerous debris down on earth" as the saying goes.

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     Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 05:00:28 JST Prof. Sam Lawler

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     Interview done :)

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