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   Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 09:08:58 JST Laffy

   “ #Musk's SpaceX again loses its Starship rocket on test flight after explosion during previous attempt

   A little over 8 minutes into the flight, live video showed the upper-stage Starship vehicle spinning in space before all communication was lost.”

   https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/spacex-loses-starship-rocket-test-flight-prior-explosion-rcna194923?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=67ca3cda1e9d360001ca4622&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

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     Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 09:20:11 JST Steve's Place

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     @mastodonmigration @GottaLaff @cosmos4u They lost "multiple engines" and attitude control as a result, the upper stage blew into pieces, endangering lives on the ground, in what *should not* have been a flight, inasmuch as they have not understood what caused the last flight to similarly disintegrate, and the spokesperson thinks it's amazing that they landed a big tube upright?

     We got chastised because the flight crew skipped training over an issue with money pee, and subsequently mishandled both the food trays "We can smell it in the cockpit" and the waste trays "WE CAN SMELL IT IN THE COCKPIT," but hey, cool tube landing. Where are the wavy arms? Let's ignore the shrapnel flying out of control at terminal velocity.

     I can't bang my head on my desk any harder, but my forehead is building excellent callouses! 👍 🙄

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     Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 09:20:12 JST Mastodon Migration

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     @GottaLaff

     Disintegration begins around 33:30 approx 8 minutes into the flight time.

     https://www.youtube.com/live/32Z1ZUxxObs?si=wgpOnGPiakG2L3J6&t=1995

     h/t @cosmos4u

     Thread: https://scicomm.xyz/@cosmos4u/114117990536636610

     Debris video: Geoff Brumfiel on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/gbrumfiel.bsky.social/post/3ljqp4ufni22y