SpaceX Starship explodes during engine test, Musk shares preliminary investigation results

[captaincranky]

Yes. IMO, he has too much money and one of the things he can do with his excess is partake of "prescriptions." Others in similar positions have tried this tack before to ends that were not good. He'll have to learn that lesson himself, if he survives.

That good old Peruvian marching powder is more than likely his favorite enabler. I'm frankly surprised he hasn't snorted an eightball and then claimed he's working on a warp drive yet. Maybe his assistants slap a straight jacket on him when he starts talking like that. Then they take it off when he comes down enough to merely resume blabbering about "his" trip to mars.

Adderall is the drug of choice used by his BFF, his recently exBFF, and his likely to be reunited BFF, when the latest Space-X contract runs out.
Presently, the "best thing" we can hope for is that the trimpanzee nukes Tehran, and gas goes up to $5.00+ a gallon, ($8.00+ in CA), Even the dumbest among us could never be convinced that it was "Biden's fault". Although, never say never .

Meantime, I shamefully admit I'd truly enjoy seeing cockpit footage of a couple of B-2s dropping "bunker buster bombs", on Iran's underground nuclear facilities. Hey, those planes were about a billion a pop. No sense in just letting them sit in the hanger. Best of all, Musk had absolutely nothing to do with constructing them. He was too busy selling "a million" Cybertrucks. Or was it 2 million?

 

[wiyosaya]

That good old Peruvian marching powder is more than likely his favorite enabler. I'm frankly surprised he hasn't snorted an eightball and then claimed he's working on a warp drive yet. Maybe his assistants slap a straight jacket on him when he starts talking like that. Then they take it off when he comes down enough to merely resume blabbering about "his" trip to mars.

Somebody much smarter than fElon came up with a solution to Einstein's equations that show that Warp Drive, in identically the same fashion as Star Trek's fictional warp drive, is possible, theoretically. However, there's no known way to power it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive
And I doubt a Cybertruck or Tesla would suffice no matter how many 8-balls fElon snorts or consults.

Adderall is the drug of choice used by his BFF, his recently exBFF, and his likely to be reunited BFF, when the latest Space-X contract runs out.
Presently, the "best thing" we can hope for is that the trimpanzee nukes Tehran, and gas goes up to $5.00+ a gallon, ($8.00+ in CA), Even the dumbest among us could never be convinced that it was "Biden's fault". Although, never say never .

Leave it to the GOP to let their DOG run loose and run around biting the neighbor's rears.

Meantime, I shamefully admit I'd truly enjoy seeing cockpit footage of a couple of B-2s dropping "bunker buster bombs", on Iran's underground nuclear facilities. Hey, those planes were about a billion a pop. No sense in just letting them sit in the hanger. Best of all, Musk had absolutely nothing to do with constructing them. He was too busy selling "a million" Cybertrucks. Or was it 2 million?

I heard what sounded like a good story on, GASP, NPR that said that if Isreal really wanted to, they could probably send in a commando squad and confiscate any nuclear material from that lab without dropping a giant bomb on the place. Unfortunately, the use of a B-2 in such a manner leaves a lot of risk of the conflict escalating beyond what Trumpy bargains for, IMO.

And, oh yeah, despite what the fElonites say, Tesla sales have tanked, world-wide, with the CyberPOS, leading the pack of tanked sales.

 

[MSIGamer]

These folk are as highly skilled as any and more than most. Your post is meaningless and you know why.

If I didn't say 'skilled' would you agree with the rest of my post? ;]
I respect Nasa, I don't respect anything to do with Elon musk.

 

[captaincranky]

If I didn't say 'skilled' would you agree with the rest of my post? ;]
I respect Nasa, I don't respect anything to do with Elon musk.

In my old age, I have reached the conclusion that many people have opinions and belief systems so rigid, that appealing to their sense of "reason" or "thoughtfulness", is a fools errand.

 

[captaincranky]

I heard what sounded like a good story on, GASP, NPR that said that if Isreal really wanted to, they could probably send in a commando squad and confiscate any nuclear material from that lab without dropping a giant bomb on the place. Unfortunately, the use of a B-2 in such a manner leaves a lot of risk of the conflict escalating beyond what Trumpy bargains for, IMO.

Well, you'd be dealing with a suicide mission, considering the amount of lead shielding, and hence weight necessary, to transport the materials away from the site. There are row upon rows of enrichment centrifuges that would be left standing, unless a huge amount of Semtex or C-4 was detonated in the process.

OTOH, during WWII, a "lend lease", program directed at weaponry, particularly with respect to aircraft, was widespread. So, an Israeli pilot with an "American advisor" in the second seat, would meet that criteria. There are, after all, full sets of controls in both seats. Besides, if the B2's stealth is a claimed, it wouldn't be seen coming, or going.

The "Grand Ayatollah" isn't making bombastic (pun intended) threats against American involvement from a position of strength, but rather from one of soiling his robes.

If all else fails, we could send Tom Cruise in an FA-18...

 

[captaincranky]

Engineers doing great stuff with the falcon and will do same with the starship. Failures are essential for success. And while I would see more players on the market, without a d*ck at the helm, their progress is impressive. US was depending Russia for many years before and couldn't progress, now, space x is achieving new heights.

As I admonished another member|
Read this:
"The Saturn V rocket had no catastrophic failures before the Apollo 11 mission that landed humans on the Moon. It had a remarkably reliable track record."

As for "depending on the Russians"`. it was cheaper than initiating a new Space Shuttle project, or refurbishing the old clunkers. Congress cut NASA's funding, and pissing money away to Space-X, is "financial sleight of hand", for appearance' sake.

We beat the Russians to the moon, no expense spared. Then came "Glasnost", and the International Space Station. BTW, "Glasnost", like Elvis, has left the building.