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SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight (apnews.com)

submitted 5 months ago by gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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SpaceX conducted another successful Starship launch test yesterday evening.

You can watch the full, 1:40:00 footage here:

Invidious YouTube

I'd recommend watching it, it's a well-done video documentary, not too long, with good views.

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago* (7 children)

And, it shouldn't need to be said, Elon Musk has exactly zero to do with this other than paying.

This is a conversation between engineers and physics.

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[–] msage@programming.dev 5 points 5 months ago

Paying? Like Musk is paying for anything lol.

Taxpayers have paid for this.

He is just a punchable face.

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[–] emmy67@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Exactly zero except he's the owner and supporting spaceX directly contributes to his bank account.

No thanks

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Supporting SpaceX financially contributes to his bank account, posting on social media does nothing.

The engineers that did this are great, I don't care about Elon Musk... I'll choose a different space company to launch my satellites.

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[–] emmy67@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

That ignored my comment entirely. But even if you don't pay him through satellites, hyping this failure still contributes to his bank account.

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

I hope the world can survive the $0.38 worth of advertising that my comment adds to his trillion dollar bank account.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Elon Musk is not paying, the US taxpayer is paying.

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

That doesn't change the point that the people who designed, built and operated the spacecraft in question here are the ones who own the accomplishment, regardless of ownership or funding.

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