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SpaceX claims Starship was intentionally destroyed - by onboard systems. Why am I sceptical? -- (link)

Posted by Meg (aka Mojave) Nov 18 '23, 08:35

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https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/business/money-report/spacex-attempts-second-starship-rocket-launch/3272021/ (www.nbclosangeles.com)

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although i think sending humans to Mars, exploratorily, is a noble idea, Elon's dream of a human colony there is stupid even for him -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 18, 10:13 1
- I think an offsite backup of humanity is a great idea. But building a self-sustaining space colony is an utterly insane amount of complexity. - Beryllium Nov 18, 10:24
Have they ever considered designing a rocket that won't blow up? Cos it might be to give that a try -- nm - prayformojo Nov 18, 08:57 2
- Well…actshooly…not really -- (edited) - JD Nov 18, 10:05 [youtube]
- Look at Mister College Professor over here. -- nm - David Nov 18, 09:40
Are the onboard systems intentionally destroying Twitter as well? (NM) - Marlowe Nov 18, 08:49 2
- I'm stealing this. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 18, 09:52
- I laughed hard at this. -- nm - David Nov 18, 09:39
It doesn't make them look better -- it just means they knew something was going to go wrong later so they blew it up safely. - Reagen Nov 18, 08:42 9
- AI was about to go rogue. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 10:02
- From what I've seen, ground control lost contact with the Starship for long enough that they hit the auto-destruct button. - ReluctantCynic Nov 18, 09:50
- Yeah, blow up now and we don’t have debris in a populated area but in a few minutes, we’re raining shit on Europe. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 18, 08:47 6
  - That still means it failed. -- nm - Jovian Nov 18, 09:13 3
    - I don't think anyone is disputing that, just that it failed without additional damage. -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 09:16 2
      - Fail vs Epic Fail. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 10:06 1
        
        This is an improvement over last time so yay! - Will Hunting Nov 18, 10:09
  - Africa, in this case, which makes you wonder why he cared - Reagen Nov 18, 09:03
  - Guess I'm having trouble trusting anything that comes from that company. Better to say it was intentional rather than accidental. -- nm - Meg Nov 18, 08:56
and i think we all know who secretly runs the onboard systems of the world -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 18, 08:42 2
- HAL? Sky net? -- nm - VMan Nov 18, 09:16 1
  - HAL is a rather semitic name for a computer -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 18, 10:14

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