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[Video] SpaceX rocket explodes at Starbase during static fire testing (i.imgur.com)

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[–] hemko 2 points 1 week ago (8 children)

That's a glorious boom

But that's why they do testing, it's cheaper to boom on testbed than on a launch pad or in the air

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Could you possibly whitewash this any harder?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I don't think that means what you think it means.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Agreed. "Spin" would be the better word.

It's another embarrassment added to a long list of embarrassments at this point. SpaceX has utterly failed to deliver on its contracts and at some point people need to recognize that the private sector does not always do it better. Especially when the company is run by a conman.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

And our tax dollars.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What do you think whitewash means?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Covering up the truth by means of displaying fake information, like saying it doesn't apply here because there was no data involved and the source was not a political entity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Thanks for the vocabulary suggestion and modified definition, but my usage of the term was just fine.

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