Disastrous SpaceX launch under federal investigation...

[Fred Bloggs]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the April 20 launch of SpaceX’s Starship amid claims the launch smashed windows and rained ash on the habitats of endangered animals.

Dust and debris from the test reportedly rained down on residents in Port Isabel, Texas — a town roughly 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the launchpad — and across Boca Chica\'s beaches, which are nesting grounds for endangered animals, including birds and sea turtles.

SpaceX\'s launchpad was also left with extensive damage that includes charred, twisted metal and shattered concrete. The force from the rocket\'s engines blew a hole in the launchpad and created a crater beneath it. \"Concrete shot out into the ocean,\" Cortez told CNBC(opens in new tab), creating shrapnel that \"risked hitting the fuel storage tanks which are these silos adjacent to the launch pad.\"

We don\'t need SpaceX at this kind of expense to the environment.

Looks like the fuel silos were damaged:

https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/disastrous-spacex-launch-under-federal-investigation-after-raining-potentially-hazardous-debris-on-homes-and-beaches

This is what happens when a bunch of moron investors enable a total incompetent whose only scientific credentials are having read some Asimov.

 

[Cursitor Doom]

On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 07:58:51 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
<bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the April 20 launch of SpaceX’s Starship amid claims the launch smashed windows and rained ash on the habitats of endangered animals.

Dust and debris from the test reportedly rained down on residents in Port Isabel, Texas — a town roughly 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the launchpad — and across Boca Chica\'s beaches, which are nesting grounds for endangered animals, including birds and sea turtles.

SpaceX\'s launchpad was also left with extensive damage that includes charred, twisted metal and shattered concrete. The force from the rocket\'s engines blew a hole in the launchpad and created a crater beneath it. \"Concrete shot out into the ocean,\" Cortez told CNBC(opens in new tab), creating shrapnel that \"risked hitting the fuel storage tanks which are these silos adjacent to the launch pad.\"

We don\'t need SpaceX at this kind of expense to the environment.

Looks like the fuel silos were damaged:

https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/disastrous-spacex-launch-under-federal-investigation-after-raining-potentially-hazardous-debris-on-homes-and-beaches

This is what happens when a bunch of moron investors enable a total incompetent whose only scientific credentials are having read some Asimov.

Nope. This is what happens when a bunch of Feds decide to target an
investor who\'s taken over an ailing Twitter and pledged to restore
free speech to the platform. They *hate* free speech, just like the
Chinese do. This is what we\'ve come to.

 

[Dimiter_Popoff]

On 4/26/2023 17:58, Fred Bloggs wrote:

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the April 20 launch of SpaceX’s Starship amid claims the launch smashed windows and rained ash on the habitats of endangered animals.

Dust and debris from the test reportedly rained down on residents in Port Isabel, Texas — a town roughly 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the launchpad — and across Boca Chica\'s beaches, which are nesting grounds for endangered animals, including birds and sea turtles.

SpaceX\'s launchpad was also left with extensive damage that includes charred, twisted metal and shattered concrete. The force from the rocket\'s engines blew a hole in the launchpad and created a crater beneath it. \"Concrete shot out into the ocean,\" Cortez told CNBC(opens in new tab), creating shrapnel that \"risked hitting the fuel storage tanks which are these silos adjacent to the launch pad.\"

We don\'t need SpaceX at this kind of expense to the environment.

Looks like the fuel silos were damaged:

https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/disastrous-spacex-launch-under-federal-investigation-after-raining-potentially-hazardous-debris-on-homes-and-beaches

This is what happens when a bunch of moron investors enable a total incompetent whose only scientific credentials are having read some Asimov.

Well his more mature products took plenty of competitors - the Russians
included - out of business so reading Asimov must have been quite
productive.
He seems determined enough to me, he will get that gigantic thing
right eventually. After several attempts the huge upper part began
to land successfully, chances are they will get the separation from
the first stage right in another few tests.

 

[a a]

On Friday, 28 April 2023 at 09:15:07 UTC+2, Anthony William Sloman wrote:

\"a win for three speech.

yes yes yes
dementia three speech promoted by Sydney ZOO

 

[a a]

>

Darius the Dumb has posted yet one more #veryStupidByLowIQaa article.

 

[Sylvia Else]

On 27-Apr-23 12:58 am, Fred Bloggs wrote:

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the April 20 launch of SpaceX’s Starship amid claims the launch smashed windows and rained ash on the habitats of endangered animals.

Dust and debris from the test reportedly rained down on residents in Port Isabel, Texas — a town roughly 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the launchpad — and across Boca Chica\'s beaches, which are nesting grounds for endangered animals, including birds and sea turtles.

SpaceX\'s launchpad was also left with extensive damage that includes charred, twisted metal and shattered concrete. The force from the rocket\'s engines blew a hole in the launchpad and created a crater beneath it. \"Concrete shot out into the ocean,\" Cortez told CNBC(opens in new tab), creating shrapnel that \"risked hitting the fuel storage tanks which are these silos adjacent to the launch pad.\"

We don\'t need SpaceX at this kind of expense to the environment.

Looks like the fuel silos were damaged:

https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/disastrous-spacex-launch-under-federal-investigation-after-raining-potentially-hazardous-debris-on-homes-and-beaches

This is what happens when a bunch of moron investors enable a total incompetent whose only scientific credentials are having read some Asimov.

The booster plus starship made it tens of kilometres up into the sky,
before failing, probably because of damage from being hit by bits of
concrete.

SpaceX\'s belief that a passive concrete pad would withstand a single
launch turned out to be wrong, and they won\'t try that again. Learning
from mistakes is a tried and tested method.

But how far have you propelled an object upwards? BTW, holding something
while in an elevator doesn\'t count.

Sylvia.

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 4:45:40 AM UTC+10, a a wrote:

On Friday, 28 April 2023 at 09:15:07 UTC+2, Anthony William Sloman wrote:

\"a win for three speech.
yes yes yes
dementia three speech promoted by Sydney ZOO

A a share\'s Flyguy\'s delusion that typo\'s are indicative of dementia. In fact everybody makes them.

Brian Butterworth (an acquaintance of mine) claimed to have detected Ronald Reagan\'s dementia early - when Reagan was running for his second term - from particular patterns of speech errors in Reagan\'s campaign speeches - but his approach was never reliable enough to be adopted in clinical practice.

https://curiousmindsagency.com/brian-butterworth

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[Fred Bloggs]

On Friday, April 28, 2023 at 7:52:47 PM UTC-4, Sylvia Else wrote:

On 27-Apr-23 12:58 am, Fred Bloggs wrote:
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the April 20 launch of SpaceX’s Starship amid claims the launch smashed windows and rained ash on the habitats of endangered animals.

Dust and debris from the test reportedly rained down on residents in Port Isabel, Texas — a town roughly 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the launchpad — and across Boca Chica\'s beaches, which are nesting grounds for endangered animals, including birds and sea turtles.

SpaceX\'s launchpad was also left with extensive damage that includes charred, twisted metal and shattered concrete. The force from the rocket\'s engines blew a hole in the launchpad and created a crater beneath it. \"Concrete shot out into the ocean,\" Cortez told CNBC(opens in new tab), creating shrapnel that \"risked hitting the fuel storage tanks which are these silos adjacent to the launch pad.\"

We don\'t need SpaceX at this kind of expense to the environment.

Looks like the fuel silos were damaged:

https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/disastrous-spacex-launch-under-federal-investigation-after-raining-potentially-hazardous-debris-on-homes-and-beaches

This is what happens when a bunch of moron investors enable a total incompetent whose only scientific credentials are having read some Asimov.
The booster plus starship made it tens of kilometres up into the sky,
before failing, probably because of damage from being hit by bits of
concrete.

SpaceX\'s belief that a passive concrete pad would withstand a single
launch turned out to be wrong, and they won\'t try that again. Learning
from mistakes is a tried and tested method.

But how far have you propelled an object upwards? BTW, holding something
while in an elevator doesn\'t count.

The damage to the concrete pad goes way, way beyond a small oversight. It was a major miscalculation and total ignorance of materials that was obviously completely ignored. The moron then said during an interviews they had plans for some super water cooled pad but didn\'t have the time to complete it.. How much more of an idiot can he be. All the cooling in the world is not going to allow the concrete to withstand that kind of concentrated blast force and heat.

Sylvia.

 

[Fred Bloggs]

On Friday, April 28, 2023 at 12:34:36 PM UTC-4, Dimiter_Popoff wrote:

On 4/26/2023 17:58, Fred Bloggs wrote:
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the April 20 launch of SpaceX’s Starship amid claims the launch smashed windows and rained ash on the habitats of endangered animals.

Dust and debris from the test reportedly rained down on residents in Port Isabel, Texas — a town roughly 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the launchpad — and across Boca Chica\'s beaches, which are nesting grounds for endangered animals, including birds and sea turtles.

SpaceX\'s launchpad was also left with extensive damage that includes charred, twisted metal and shattered concrete. The force from the rocket\'s engines blew a hole in the launchpad and created a crater beneath it. \"Concrete shot out into the ocean,\" Cortez told CNBC(opens in new tab), creating shrapnel that \"risked hitting the fuel storage tanks which are these silos adjacent to the launch pad.\"

We don\'t need SpaceX at this kind of expense to the environment.

Looks like the fuel silos were damaged:

https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/disastrous-spacex-launch-under-federal-investigation-after-raining-potentially-hazardous-debris-on-homes-and-beaches

This is what happens when a bunch of moron investors enable a total incompetent whose only scientific credentials are having read some Asimov.
Well his more mature products took plenty of competitors - the Russians
included - out of business so reading Asimov must have been quite
productive.
He seems determined enough to me, he will get that gigantic thing
right eventually. After several attempts the huge upper part began
to land successfully, chances are they will get the separation from
the first stage right in another few tests.

Wasn\'t it a boost phase calamity? So many motors failed to fire, the rocket went uncontrollable and began to tumble end over end. Not going to put anything into orbit doing that.

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 3:18:51 AM UTC+10, Fred Bloggs wrote:

On Friday, April 28, 2023 at 12:34:36 PM UTC-4, Dimiter_Popoff wrote:
On 4/26/2023 17:58, Fred Bloggs wrote:
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the April 20 launch of SpaceX’s Starship amid claims the launch smashed windows and rained ash on the habitats of endangered animals.

Dust and debris from the test reportedly rained down on residents in Port Isabel, Texas — a town roughly 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the launchpad — and across Boca Chica\'s beaches, which are nesting grounds for endangered animals, including birds and sea turtles.

SpaceX\'s launchpad was also left with extensive damage that includes charred, twisted metal and shattered concrete. The force from the rocket\'s engines blew a hole in the launchpad and created a crater beneath it. \"Concrete shot out into the ocean,\" Cortez told CNBC(opens in new tab), creating shrapnel that \"risked hitting the fuel storage tanks which are these silos adjacent to the launch pad.\"

We don\'t need SpaceX at this kind of expense to the environment.

Looks like the fuel silos were damaged:

https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/disastrous-spacex-launch-under-federal-investigation-after-raining-potentially-hazardous-debris-on-homes-and-beaches

This is what happens when a bunch of moron investors enable a total incompetent whose only scientific credentials are having read some Asimov.

Well his more mature products took plenty of competitors - the Russians included - out of business so reading Asimov must have been quite productive.
He seems determined enough to me, he will get that gigantic thing right eventually. After several attempts the huge upper part began to land successfully, chances are they will get the separation from the first stage right in another few tests.

Wasn\'t it a boost phase calamity? So many motors failed to fire, the rocket went uncontrollable and began to tumble end over end. Not going to put anything into orbit doing that.

There was some suggestion the some of the fragments from the SpaceX launch pad hit the rocket itself and messed up enough of the second stage rockets to create the tumbling that necessitated the abort.

Using an insufficiently robust launch pad is a single point error. It\'s not evidence of general incompetence, even if it signifies that one aspect of the launch wasn\'t properly prepared.

Asimov did get his Ph.D. in Chemistry, and his popular science stuff always struck me as pretty good. Elon Musk could have done a lot worse.

--
Bil Sloman, Sydney

 

[Fred Bloggs]

On Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 2:04:50 PM UTC-4, Anthony William Sloman wrote:

On Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 3:18:51 AM UTC+10, Fred Bloggs wrote:
On Friday, April 28, 2023 at 12:34:36 PM UTC-4, Dimiter_Popoff wrote:
On 4/26/2023 17:58, Fred Bloggs wrote:
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the April 20 launch of SpaceX’s Starship amid claims the launch smashed windows and rained ash on the habitats of endangered animals.

Dust and debris from the test reportedly rained down on residents in Port Isabel, Texas — a town roughly 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the launchpad — and across Boca Chica\'s beaches, which are nesting grounds for endangered animals, including birds and sea turtles.

SpaceX\'s launchpad was also left with extensive damage that includes charred, twisted metal and shattered concrete. The force from the rocket\'s engines blew a hole in the launchpad and created a crater beneath it. \"Concrete shot out into the ocean,\" Cortez told CNBC(opens in new tab), creating shrapnel that \"risked hitting the fuel storage tanks which are these silos adjacent to the launch pad.\"

We don\'t need SpaceX at this kind of expense to the environment.

Looks like the fuel silos were damaged:

https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/disastrous-spacex-launch-under-federal-investigation-after-raining-potentially-hazardous-debris-on-homes-and-beaches

This is what happens when a bunch of moron investors enable a total incompetent whose only scientific credentials are having read some Asimov.

Well his more mature products took plenty of competitors - the Russians included - out of business so reading Asimov must have been quite productive.
He seems determined enough to me, he will get that gigantic thing right eventually. After several attempts the huge upper part began to land successfully, chances are they will get the separation from the first stage right in another few tests.

Wasn\'t it a boost phase calamity? So many motors failed to fire, the rocket went uncontrollable and began to tumble end over end. Not going to put anything into orbit doing that.
There was some suggestion the some of the fragments from the SpaceX launch pad hit the rocket itself and messed up enough of the second stage rockets to create the tumbling that necessitated the abort.

I can see that happening when the concrete ricocheted off nearby objects and back into the rocket. It never made out of boost phase. Makes no difference which phase, SpaceX are clowns.

Using an insufficiently robust launch pad is a single point error. It\'s not evidence of general incompetence, even if it signifies that one aspect of the launch wasn\'t properly prepared.

Of course it\'s major evidence of general incompetence because they were too ignorant to run that part of the plan past competent expertise on the subject. It was a totally rank amateur move.

Asimov did get his Ph.D. in Chemistry, and his popular science stuff always struck me as pretty good. Elon Musk could have done a lot worse.

--
Bil Sloman, Sydney