Another iteration and another. Test launch, duh
Second SpaceX Starship launch ends with explosion. What happens next?
Submitted 1 year ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
dhork@lemmy.world 1 year ago
We put Elon on the next one
HW07@lemmy.world 1 year ago
SpaceGate
AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Oh, I know this one! The third explosion, right?
Abnorc@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Comedy comes in threes. They’re practically obligated to explode the last one.
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Shortly thereafter, MuskBoy blaming it on a particular religious sect
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I guess it’s the good old ‘fail fast’ strategy.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It actually is, and it worked pretty well in this case. The first launch was pretty pre mature, they could have gotten more data out of if they had taken a little more time. But this one was pretty much the sweet spot of getting into the interesting parts of fight, but not waiting for diminishing returns.
weew@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Yes. Like, they literally corrected everything that went wrong in the first test. And it only took 7 months.
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launch pad blown to shreds -> fully intact water suppression system
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Engines exploding on takeoff -> all engines on both the booster and ship operational on first ignition
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stage separation failed -> HOT staging successful
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Self-destruct system didn’t destruct fast enough -> self destruct happened immediately
meanwhile Boeing discovers some valves were stuck, takes half a year to fix it only to discover they’re still stuck, gonna need another half a year…
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Gazumi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
He’s using the same strategy with the app formerly known as Twitter. Only there, he’s really testing every wrong path.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Rocketry is kinda different. Testing to failure can be very useful, and if you have the resources to throw at it repeatedly, can let you iterate much faster.
sirdorius@programming.dev 1 year ago
I would say the rocket is ready for billionaires who want to beta test it.
lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
They should optimize for neat explosions.
- Not Michael Bay (I swear)
intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Kinda what rockets do
TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Fuck Musk, first and foremost, but this flight had been a success, they have successfully separated the booster which was very cool to see.
Neato@kbin.social 1 year ago
In 30-40 more years maybe SpaceX will make progress that isn't just upgrade existing rockets.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I mean… They invented reusable rockets.
drdabbles@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They absolutely didn’t invent reusable rockets.
Neato@kbin.social 1 year ago
Given that time and money I bet NASA could have that and made ones that don't blow up every test.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Paywall.
Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What happens next?
A rich asshole keeps raping the corpse of TRW in hopes of becoming a land baron of LEO activities. All while America’s gov lets him cause capitalism and a fear of possible overreach means he’s too rich to be touched.
All while the internet gets flooded with hate speech, the skies ruined by satellite constellations, the soil polluted from gemstone mining and our minds ruined by this bullshit…
kokesh@lemmy.world 1 year ago
As much as I really really hate that asshole, this was a success. The hot staging technically worked and the Starship got to space. Iterate on the booster top heat management and fix whatever went wrong with Starship and it will be fine.
piecat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wow you’re exactly right. Why don’t they just take what’s broken and fix it
sebinspace@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The fuck you think they’re doing?
neumast@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s exactly why testing is needed. You can calculate a ton of things but you only know through testing, when and where things fail. Then you iterate and test again.