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SpaceX Starship go BOOM! [1]

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Date: 2023-04-20  

I watched the SpaceX starship launch this morning and recorded my observations.

It was apparent from the flight's first moments that something was seriously wrong. The SpaceX announcers by contrast kept talking positively even as the booster started spinning and five of the 32 rocket motors quit. It was like they were not looking at the rocket video nor the telemetry showing engines out and the rocket spinning. It wasn’t until the booster was pointing DOWN that one of them said it was not “nominal”.

Reminder: Elon Musk is not a genius, engineer, good businessman, or a good person; merely a rich kid.

I fear that backlash against Elon may hamper future space exploration as it gets tared with his stupidity, especially as current lunar landing plans depend on this flawed design.

#jtg

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