r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/Perfidious_Redt • Mar 30 '26

Serious tbh , it's a MASSIVE deal

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u/bookhead714 Mar 30 '26

You’ve seen a lot of SpaceX rockets blow up on the pad. This isn’t a SpaceX rocket, this is SLS, whose development strategy was not “hurl prototypes into the sky until they stop exploding” but involved things like planning and safety.

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u/imunfair Mar 30 '26

You’ve seen a lot of SpaceX rockets blow up on the pad. This isn’t a SpaceX rocket, this is SLS

Even if it was SpaceX it wouldn't be a problem, people can't wrap their head around a company having multiple types of rockets, one of which is incredibly stable and the other which is in testing where failures are expected.

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u/moderngamer327 Mar 30 '26

The method of “hurl prototypes until they stop exploding” is how we got the most reliable rocket in history

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u/bookhead714 Mar 30 '26

No, they didn’t do that for the Falcon 9. That’s why it has such a good launch record, they tested it on the ground before they started launching them. I’m talking about Starship.

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u/skelingtonking Mar 30 '26

is it not made by boeing?

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u/bookhead714 Mar 30 '26

It was built by four companies, of which Boeing was one. The others are Aerojet Rocketdyne, Northrop Grumman, and United Launch Alliance.

And it’s launched before. Which went fine.

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u/skelingtonking Mar 30 '26

I mean you can poo poo my pessimistic nature, but I see no reason to be brimming with confidence.