0nekoneko7@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoMassive explosion rocks SpaceX Texas facility, Starship engine in flamesinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up1668arrow-down157
arrow-up1611arrow-down1external-linkMassive explosion rocks SpaceX Texas facility, Starship engine in flamesinterestingengineering.com0nekoneko7@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square228fedilink
minus-squareDrewelite@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down5·2 years 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-down5·2 years agoHow’s Musk doing that?
minus-squareDrewelite@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·2 years agoHe’s not, real engineers are. That’s my point.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down14·2 years agoFunny, because what you implied is that it was Musk doing it.
minus-squareessteeyou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 years 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-up11·2 years 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-up8·2 years agoThe implication is that this guy’s hate is coming from somewhere else ✈️
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 years 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-up2·2 years 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-up2·2 years 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.