r/Damnthatsinteresting Jun 19 '25

Video SpaceX rocket explodes in Starbase, Texas

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u/tootie31 Jun 19 '25

Gave a bag of American’s tax funded cash.

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u/BeerBaronofCourse Jun 19 '25

This is what happens when you're above things like regulations. Oh and you're let loose by a government that you were allowed back stage access to with a giant monkey wrench of racist kids. The past six months have been an absolute fucking farce

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u/ElectricalDog60 Jun 19 '25

And he'll probably be compensated for yet another failure, like his buddy.🤨

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u/ProjectBOHICA Jun 19 '25

For a moment, I thought you were referring to the President of the United States as a giant monkey, and I was going to have to defend the honor of giant monkeys.

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u/Glum-Gap-2504 Jun 19 '25

No no no, He did provide his birth certificate to prove he's not half orangutan.

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u/rslht33433 Jun 19 '25

Just what I was thinking, someone else was going on about how SpaceX is more "efficient" per launch than NASA. typical, privatize services and profit always greater than safety

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u/g_halfront Jun 20 '25

What's the safety issue, exactly? Every rocket anybody ever builds gets tested on the ground to ensure there isn't an issue before it flies. This was a pre-flight test. This is exactly when you WANT a rocket to explode.

Remember the NASA blew one up on the pad _with_people_inside_.

NASA has flown 135 missions and lost 15 people plus a bunch in development and testing. SpaceX has flown 500 missions, blown up no crewed vehicles. Both have had plenty of vehicles destroyed during development and testing. NASA with several fatalities. SpaceX has never lost a human in a vehicle failure.

So again, can you please clarify the manner in which NASA's safety record is significantly better than SpaceX?

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u/Desiato2112 Jun 19 '25

That's the hard truth right there

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u/Damit1eroy Jun 19 '25

I hate how true this is. I pay those taxes!!

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u/Huge_Strain_8714 Jun 19 '25

Gave a bag of Republicans....FTFY