Another iteration and another. Test launch, duh
Second SpaceX Starship launch ends with explosion. What happens next?
Submitted 11 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 11 months ago
dhork@lemmy.world 11 months ago
We put Elon on the next one
HW07@lemmy.world 11 months ago
SpaceGate
AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Oh, I know this one! The third explosion, right?
Abnorc@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Comedy comes in threes. They’re practically obligated to explode the last one.
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Shortly thereafter, MuskBoy blaming it on a particular religious sect
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I guess it’s the good old ‘fail fast’ strategy.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago
I would say the rocket is ready for billionaires who want to beta test it.
lurch@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
They should optimize for neat explosions.
- Not Michael Bay (I swear)
intensely_human@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Kinda what rockets do
TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months 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 11 months ago
In 30-40 more years maybe SpaceX will make progress that isn't just upgrade existing rockets.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I mean… They invented reusable rockets.
drdabbles@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They absolutely didn’t invent reusable rockets.
Neato@kbin.social 11 months 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 11 months ago
Paywall.
Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago
Wow you’re exactly right. Why don’t they just take what’s broken and fix it
sebinspace@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The fuck you think they’re doing?
neumast@lemmy.world 11 months 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.