SpaceX’s Starship explodes in flight test, forcing airlines to divert
https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/spacex-launches-seventh-starship-mock-satellite-deployment-test-2025-01-16/
SpaceX’s Starship explodes in flight test, forcing airlines to divert
https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/spacex-launches-seventh-starship-mock-satellite-deployment-test-2025-01-16/
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Sadly, the airline diversions and the visuals of debris falling over top populated areas and vacationers could be a huge setback for SpaceX. There will have to be investigations, and SpaceX will have a huge burden of proof of cause and assurance of risk mitigation on future flights. The visuals of debris washing up on the shores of foreign countries over the coming months won’t be helpful either. Hopefully this is only a speed bump on Starship’s road to the Moon
Please correct me but isn’t the chance of any debris impacting other flights about zero? The odds of some miscommunication in diverting flights causing an accident would be greater than being hit by debris.
I have no expertise in this but was in the military and was told that non targeting and bringing down an aircraft was as likely as randomly shooting in the sky and and killing a pigeon.
The failure I would be most concerned about is one right after liftoff, such that recoverable debris comes down in Mexico on land. The Chinese will most likely have a good shot at getting their hands on it. Mexico is only 1/4 mile from the launch pad.
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What I’m worried about is actually airlines suing SpaceX. As much as I love Elon and SpaceX I’m thinking if I were a passenger on vacation I’d be pissed to be diverted. Hopefully there will be no adverse things happening like collisions with people and property and starship debris. And of course hopefully nobody gets hurt. Progress is really hard. So many people died trying to settle the US. So a new frontier, we must be prepared to sacrifice some things like convenience for the sake of progress.
So Musk isn’t gonna take people to mars after all? Since we heard that Space X at one point is preparing to bring the first person to Mars.