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In response to "SpaceX claims Starship was intentionally destroyed - by onboard systems. Why am I sceptical? -- (link)" by Meg

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.

Posted by Reagen Nov 18 '23, 08:42

Or, the on board systems calculated that.

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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

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