0nekoneko7@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMassive explosion rocks SpaceX Texas facility, Starship engine in flamesinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up1668arrow-down157
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minus-squareDrewelite@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down5·1 year 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-down5·1 year agoHow’s Musk doing that?
minus-squareDrewelite@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·1 year agoHe’s not, real engineers are. That’s my point.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down14·1 year agoFunny, because what you implied is that it was Musk doing it.
minus-squareessteeyou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year 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-up11·1 year 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-up8·1 year agoThe implication is that this guy’s hate is coming from somewhere else ✈️
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·1 year 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-up2·1 year 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-up2·1 year 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.