Horrendous, but spectacularly flamboyant: SpaceX’s “Starship” exploded over the Caribbean, producing an amazing fireworks show as tons of debris rained down over the ocean. Scott Manley explains what happened.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
A fuel leak that was not vented fast enough, building up pressure in the cavity behind the engine heat shielding.
‘The day before Jeff Bezos’ first stage of ‘New Glenn’ launched fine but lost telemetry while landing.
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Do you like explosions and fireworks? Here is a fun prognosis: “Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/16/economic-growth-could-fall-50-over-20-years-from-climate-shocks-say-actuaries
(Give me time and I might find the odd asteroid with our name on it as well)
Fireworks? Google the Starfish nuclear tests.
Shared by one of my friends on fb earlier today The latest
Starship explosion seen from an airliner by Bob Beresh, a minute and a half long. Whoah! Indeed.
I wonder what kind of a light show the dinosaurs were treated to as ejecta from the asteroid strike reentered the atmosphere and turned the world into an easy-bake oven.
PS. Oh and it caused some delays for a number of other flights incl Quantas ones – see :
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-17/spacex-launch-to-go-ahead-after-causing-string-of-qantas-delays/104825834
@ fishy : A very scary and deadly one. Pretty hot tho’1
Thx for the video, but it reminded me that the EM wants to put people on Mars using that by 2028 – not very reassuring is it. It may be unlikely seeing it being rated for human flights for a while yet…
I know this is not a nice thing to say, but, it is what many, many are now thinking: The only thing that would make this explosion more satisfying would be if the muskrat was on board.
Elon is continually promising Any Minute Now milestones like the moon lander and going to Mars but Starship still hasn’t made it to orbit. Flying the promised Artemis moon lander seems more and more like a pipe dream. Of course the Petulant Plutocrat will blame everything on FAA delays. Flightradar24 had tracks of MANY airliners having to divert because of falling debris concerns over the Caribbean.
Expensive fireworks shows seems to be all SpaceX is capable of doing.
@10 Walter Solomon wrote: Expensive fireworks shows seems to be all SpaceX is capable of doing.
I reply: taxpayers pay for great fireworks show:
https://mockpaperscissors.com/2025/01/17/it-blowed-up-real-good/
‘unscheduled disassembly’ ROFLMAO