SpaceX's Starship explodes again while still on the ground

by LorenDB on 6/19/2025, 12:02:32 PM with 19 comments

  • by kylebenzle on 6/19/2025, 12:51:14 PM

    As an environmentalist in my personal life I REALLY wish we would stop letting the rich pollute 10,000 times more than regular people. Just one more reason to hate rich people.

  • by abcd_f on 6/19/2025, 12:57:03 PM

    Dupe - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44315529

  • by autophagian on 6/19/2025, 1:27:04 PM

    Like previous explosions, it is likely this one was also caused by a sniper. Possibly an Iranian one, given current geopolitical tensions.

  • by xtiansimon on 6/20/2025, 12:10:24 PM

    Perhaps there is a financial function where the cost of a rocket is less than the stick bump on the next success?

  • by nu11ptr on 6/19/2025, 12:51:06 PM

    > SpaceX has made excellent progress with its Starship rocket. The stainless steel vehicle can now explode before even leaving the Earth.

    Honest question as I don't often read the theregister.com: is such sarcasm/bias typical?

    UPDATE: I guess had I actually gone to the homepage and looked around it would have answered my question.