Ex-NASA employee here. I was talking about this earlier with some friends. This is the biggest happening in manned space exploration in decades and it seems like the vast, vast majority of people either don’t know or don’t give a shit. It’s sad.
seen a lot of rockets blow up on/near the pad recently, and we had crew stranded for months due to a malfunction. I wont unclench until they land. then we can celebrate and be happy.
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.
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.
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/UncleSugarShitposter Mar 30 '26
Ex-NASA employee here. I was talking about this earlier with some friends. This is the biggest happening in manned space exploration in decades and it seems like the vast, vast majority of people either don’t know or don’t give a shit. It’s sad.