0nekoneko7@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoMassive explosion rocks SpaceX Texas facility, Starship engine in flamesinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square230fedilinkarrow-up1681
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minus-squareDrewelite@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down5·6 months agoHey, go boo the actual bad shit Musk is doing. Starship is an amazing feat of human engineering. One that has already made orbit, btw.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down5·6 months agoHow’s Musk doing that?
minus-squareDrewelite@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·6 months agoHe’s not, real engineers are. That’s my point.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down15·6 months agoFunny, because what you implied is that it was Musk doing it.
minus-squareessteeyou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·6 months agoWhen a company of his does bad it’s his fault, when one does good it’s other people’s fault? The guy’s a fucking prick, don’t get me wrong.
minus-squareweststadtgesicht@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months agoYeah, I despise Musk but the circlejerk “it’s his fault it failed / he has nothing to do with its success” (especially on Lemmy) is just ridiculous
minus-squareDrewelite@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoThe implication is that this guy’s hate is coming from somewhere else ✈️
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·6 months ago Hey, go boo the actual bad shit Musk is doing. Ok. Boo. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-a-new-space-race-could-be-harming-the-earths-atmosphere https://www.space.com/rocket-exhaust-pollution-upper-atmosphere https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021EF002612
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoSooty exhaust from RP-1 and aluminum oxide particulates from discarded upper stages will not be a problem with Starship. Starship uses methalox, and the upper stage is designed to be reusable.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoAlso reusable, like Falcon 9.
Hey, go boo the actual bad shit Musk is doing. Starship is an amazing feat of human engineering. One that has already made orbit, btw.
How’s Musk doing that?
He’s not, real engineers are. That’s my point.
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Funny, because what you implied is that it was Musk doing it.
When a company of his does bad it’s his fault, when one does good it’s other people’s fault?
The guy’s a fucking prick, don’t get me wrong.
Yeah, I despise Musk but the circlejerk “it’s his fault it failed / he has nothing to do with its success” (especially on Lemmy) is just ridiculous
The implication is that this guy’s hate is coming from somewhere else ✈️
Ok. Boo.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-a-new-space-race-could-be-harming-the-earths-atmosphere
https://www.space.com/rocket-exhaust-pollution-upper-atmosphere
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021EF002612
Sooty exhaust from RP-1 and aluminum oxide particulates from discarded upper stages will not be a problem with Starship.
Starship uses methalox, and the upper stage is designed to be reusable.
And the lower stages?
Also reusable, like Falcon 9.