Elon’s #Starship is a massive failure, and we should stop allowing it to launch. NASA’s Saturn V rocket from before I was born is beating SpaceX’s Starship by the metrics Elon promised Starship would excel. It could carry more, it was reliable, and it never experienced any “rapid […] - ThreadSky

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OGjester.stranger.social.ap.brid.gy • 4 days ago

Elon’s #Starship is a massive failure, and we should stop allowing it to launch.

NASA’s Saturn V rocket from before I was born is beating SpaceX’s Starship by the metrics Elon promised Starship would excel. It could carry more, it was reliable, and it never experienced any “rapid […]

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jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy•3 days ago

@OGjester in fairness, Melon Husk has opted for trial and error development instead of careful engineering. His imposition of rapid pace means that flight 8 used hardware that was built before mistakes from flight 7 could be fixed. It is possible it ends up just a glorified steel grain silo […]

OGjester.stranger.social.ap.brid.gy•3 days ago

@jfmezei I’m not sure this is any comfort to the residents of the Caribbean who have front row seats to the raining debris every couple of months, or the people on airliners who have to reroute mid-flight to dodge debris. This is not an acceptable method of operating.

jfmezei.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

@OGjester that is because Melon Husk took over the FAA specifically to prevent it from enforcing stricter rules in his trial and error development technique.

shanesemler.metalhead.club.ap.brid.gy•4 days ago

@OGjester They will get a bailout. Same with Tesla. Count on it.

OGjester.stranger.social.ap.brid.gy•4 days ago

@shanesemler I would expect nothing less from President Elon.

Bobsee.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy•4 days ago

@OGjester Saturn V remains the largest, most powerful rocket to achieve orbit. Wonder if there are old blueprints lying around somewhere.

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