SpaceX discloses cause of Starship anomalies as it clears an FAA hurdle

Post by baq » Tue, Feb 27, 2024, 8:28 PM UTC

kspacewalk2 wrote: post #135

neverrroot wrote: post #131

Elon bringing excitement to the human race. His way of pushing through is something that gives me hope in the capabilities of humanity.

Every time Elon says or does something cringey nowadays, I just keep repeating the same mantra to myself: "There's no way he can fuck up SpaceX with his antics now, it's too far advanced for his ego to ruin it all and plunge us back into another space exploration winter, stay calm".

Post by bagels » Tue, Feb 27, 2024, 8:30 PM UTC

andrewflnr wrote: post #137

bagels wrote: post #133

Rocket euphemisms are so silly, "one engine failed energetically"

That's why they're fun. I always got the impression they're making fun of the usual management euphemisms. No one is under any illusion about what an "energetic engine failure" or "rapid unscheduled disassembly" is.

Post by wilg » Tue, Feb 27, 2024, 8:38 PM UTC

cubefox wrote: post #13

It's funny that SpaceX is using the term "rapid unscheduled disassembly" unironically, despite it originally being a humourous euphemism.

Post by neverrroot » Tue, Feb 27, 2024, 8:38 PM UTC

qiine wrote: post #144

kspacewalk2 wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Every time Elon says or does something cringey nowadays, I just keep repeating the same mantra to myself: "There's no way he can fuck up SpaceX with his antics now, it's too far advanced for his ego to ruin it all and plunge us back into another space exploration winter, stay calm".

Considering how strategic SpaceX has become I wonder sometimes if the us gouv would just intervene if Elon did anything funny with it.

Post by doctoboggan » Tue, Feb 27, 2024, 8:41 PM UTC

mrsilencedogood wrote: post #62

dotnet00 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exploded is a loaded term that has been ruined by media to make it so that people interpret even development testing as a failure. RUD conveys the same idea of the vehicle losing structural integrity, serves as a bit of tongue-in-cheek humor for those who understand it, and limits the number of idiots screaming "look this project is obviously a scam" slightly.

Same energy as sqlite using etilqs as their file extension for no reason other than to mildly amuse onlookers who "know" and to deter the uninitiated from sending them unearned complaints.

    ** 2006-10-31:  The default prefix used to be "sqlite_".  But then
    ** Mcafee started using SQLite in their anti-virus product and it
    ** started putting files with the "sqlite" name in the c:/temp folder.
    ** This annoyed many windows users.  Those users would then do a 
    ** Google search for "sqlite", find the telephone numbers of the
    ** developers and call to wake them up at night and complain.
    ** For this reason, the default name prefix is changed to be "sqlite" 
    ** spelled backwards.  So the temp files are still identified, but
    ** anybody smart enough to figure out the code is also likely smart
    ** enough to know that calling the developer will not help get rid
    ** of the file.