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   AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 07-Mar-2025 12:54:09 JST AkaSci 🛰️

   While we were not watching, SpaceX Starship test flight 8 put on another light show over the Caribbean, as Starship suffered another RUD and exploded into dazzling pieces.

   Commercial airplanes are being diverted around the area, from Florida to the Bahamas, while residents duck for cover.

   RIP.
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     AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 07-Mar-2025 12:54:08 JST AkaSci 🛰️

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     OTOH, the European Ariane 6 rocket had a very successful first commercial launch from Kourou, French Guiana, earlier today. It deployed the CSO-3 satellite, a high-resolution optical imaging satellite for the French military, into a Sun Synchronous orbit at 800 km altitude.

     No RUD, just this fabulous perfectly timed aerial pic of the launch taken by the pilot in one of the three Dassault Rafale fighter jets, patrolling the area.
     😎
     https://newsroom.arianespace.com/ariane-6-performs-first-commercial-flight-with-successful-launch-of-cso-3-satellite
     Source: https://bsky.app/profile/etatmajorfr.bsky.social/post/3ljqafgv45c2z
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     Sensitivityi (sensitivityi@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Mar-2025 18:04:02 JST Sensitivityi

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     @AkaSci how efficient

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     Laiv Salocin (salocinlaiv@mastodon.zaclys.com)'s status on Friday, 07-Mar-2025 18:04:17 JST Laiv Salocin

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     @AkaSci when do they plan to test it with people on board?

     For the 1st human test, let's propose to #musk, #trump and its government to board on.

     If it doesn't explode, the one-way ticket can be offered.

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     Astro Dad (astrodad@spacey.space)'s status on Friday, 07-Mar-2025 18:04:48 JST Astro Dad

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     @AkaSci I've been following and supporting SpaceX for a long time, but this "move fast and break things" is showing itself up. Iterative development is cool, but looking at the slower pace of Ariane and New Glenn, well you have to wonder if the ends justify the means.
     "Can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs", they say. Well I'm treading on a lot of eggshells and I'm still hungry.