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https://twitter.com/spacex360/status/1367256299923247109
That's a novel way to explode.
It was actually an unscheduled Hopper test.
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#42It did land, then exploded right now. There was a fire at the base of the SN10 and apparently got to the tank after a few minutes. 99% success. Next time for 100% hopefully.
"The vehicle successfully exploded"
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#44KABOOM! "That. Was. AWESOME!" - NASA Spaceflight guy
I think they just wanted to give us a good show. "You liked the landing? Cool. Here's an explosion anyway."
From the non-vertical look after it landed, and the known weak landing legs, I am guessing it damaged the structure at the bottom. It doesn't seem like they actually plan to fly them more than once (once they make their objectives). Is that correct?
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#46Change my mind. Elon Musk is the greatest man alive today.
I'm a huge, long time fan of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, and I've found inspiration in some of the things that Elon Musk has shared over the years. > greatest man alive today I don't think that's a characterization that can be sustained or not with any level of objectivity. What I am sure of is that for various reasons, good and bad, Elon Musk is a very polarizing figure, and his missions are best served by studiously a…
>> greatest man alive today
> I don't think that's a characterization that can be sustained or not with any level of objectivity.
Ok, but thermodynamically speaking, would you agree that he is the coolest human being to ever live?
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He's doing a lot of important things. He's a pretty lousy man, in my opinion.
How is he lousy?
He is quick to make personal attacks if someone disagrees with him.
He has repeatedly engaged in ethically questionable influencing of the stock prices of companies in which he holds a significant position.
He seems pretty quick to abuse the idolatry that many of his fans seem to hold for him.
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#49We just wrote a piece this morning in Orbital Index about the iteration speeds of SLS, New Glenn, and Starship. SpaceX is putting everyone else to shame. https://orbitalindex.com/archive/2021-03-03-Issue-106/#heavy... Reminds me of this quote from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden in 2014: "Let's be very honest again. We don't have a commercially available heavy lift vehicle. Falcon 9 Heavy may someday come about. It…
I love the ¶ paragraph indicators - Google says it's called Pilcrow? [1] - at the beginning of each section. It's a great typographic choice.
Reminds me of those legal documents where they obsess about formatting and labelling the sections. And by they I mean usually the junior/intern staff at the law firms who are stuck in the 80s with paper and faxes.