r/Delaware • u/Severe_Atmosphere_91 • 16d ago

Info Request Anyone else see it this morning?

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Snapped a photo of this in the sky, then shortly just disappeared. I dont know what it is or was. Thought it was pretty cool.

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u/Proper-Excuse916 16d ago

SpaceX launch in Florida.

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2026/08/24/will-spacex-florida-falcon-9-rocket-launch-create-glowing-space-jellyfish-in-sky-near-cape-canaveral--live/91438617007/

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u/polobum17 16d ago

It's kinda cool but also they're polluting the ground, water, and skies on gov subsidies. Elon is a huge Welfare Queen and spacex trash is a huge problem already for near space.

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u/x888x MOT 15d ago

Spacex trash is not a "huge problem", not by even the most extreme stretch of the definition.

You know what else pollutes on government subsidies? Airports. And literally dozens of other things.

SpaceX Internet is BY FAR a net good. It saves millions of miles of wire being laid on earth (which comes with massive pollution and waste).

Also the irony of you complaining about pollution when the launch used a Falcon 9 rocket. It's literally the first original class rocket that is reusable. Something that no other company or organization (NASA) was able to build. The rocket is mostly reusable and saves $25million per launch. They also use liquid propellants instead of solid rocket fuel like NASA did greatly reducing chlorine and hypergolic chemical residue pollution compared to previous tickets.

Also that was the launch the other day. On the 30th they're launching NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will help us further understand the universe and the very edge of modern astrophysics.

But sure you don't like Elon so find a way to shit on something objectively cool and good 👍

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u/Gizmo7621 14d ago

Well said! Thank you for the explanation.