More good news: SpaceX's latest Starship test "tumbled out of control"

[jmowreader]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/spacex-launch-9th-flight-test-starship-spacecraft-after/story?cid=social_twitter_abcn&id=122204009

The vehicle made it to suborbital altitude before a propellant leak caused it to spin out of control and break apart mid-flight.

This is concerning because SpaceX normally blows up three rockets before they figure out the problem. So far they’ve blown up nine of these and there’s no sign they’ll ever figure this out.

[louis-t]

1. That's ok. It's not costing him anything.

We are the ones paying.

[BannonsLiver]

2. He's invested emotionally even if what you're saying is true.

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[yardwork]

6. We're definitely the ones paying.

We're the only reason he's rich.

[BannonsLiver]

11. For sure. But He has some financial stake in the company, I'm sure.

Here again, my hunch is he doesn’t like it when shit like this goes sideways. The person I was responding to made it sound like since “it doesn’t cost him anything” he doesn’t mind when they have failures. I don’t think that’s true.

[yardwork]

14. I agree with you. He's very thin skinned.

[louis-t]

7. His contracts are for delivering to the space station, launching military satellites

etc but the immense profit he makes from government contracts allows him to proceed with the pipe dream of going to Mars. Some of the funds come from private sources, I believe. Eventually, I'm pretty sure someone will get killed by debris from one of his explosions.

[bif]

8. His companies have received over $38 billion from the U.S. Government

[BannonsLiver]

10. Exactly.

[Blues Heron]

3. It had attitude problems, then altitude problems, slowly, then all at once. Doh!

[magicarpet]

4. Whatever goes up,...

...must come exploding down,
with a debris field where someone is likely to get killed or property damage to occur.

[yardwork]

5. All these euphemisms for blew up.

[Jilly_in_VA]

9. Too bad

Eloon wasn't on board! He ain't gonna get to Mars this way!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Musk's triumphant return to SpaceX

[UTUSN]

13. Mars ain't gonna wait around forever!