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Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
Sun Nov 19, 2023, 11:27 AM Nov 2023

Musk's latest

Back in the 60s, the old boys figured out how to make rockets work with slide-rules and pencils. The big advantage of this rocket over the vintage Saturn V is that it is "resuable." I will say, it is going to take a lot of effort to gather up all of those tiny pieces, scattered over half an ocean, to put Musk's bird back together again in order to reuse it..

What Musk has proved is that he can blow up something other than twitter.

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Musk's latest (Original Post) Chainfire Nov 2023 OP
"in the next 10 years we will put some billionaire space tourists on the moon The_Casual_Observer Nov 2023 #1
This was an early test launch. Voltaire2 Nov 2023 #2
I think his pent up need... 2naSalit Nov 2023 #3
I wonder if he knows where Mar-a-Lago is..n/t SheilaAnn Nov 2023 #4
Now... 2naSalit Nov 2023 #5
AMEN!!! SheilaAnn Nov 2023 #6
 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
1. "in the next 10 years we will put some billionaire space tourists on the moon
Sun Nov 19, 2023, 11:35 AM
Nov 2023

And bring them back safely"

And the govt is funding this shit.

Voltaire2

(15,377 posts)
2. This was an early test launch.
Sun Nov 19, 2023, 11:40 AM
Nov 2023

Musk is a fascist maniac, but the SpaceX launch was probably not a disaster despite the fact that it self destructed. We should avoid ideological blinders.

2naSalit

(103,811 posts)
3. I think his pent up need...
Sun Nov 19, 2023, 12:52 PM
Nov 2023

To DO something highly destructive and have everybody see and he got to blow it up, and it was a ROCKET!

Seriously, I think he wanted to blow up something big and this was it.

2naSalit

(103,811 posts)
5. Now...
Sun Nov 19, 2023, 01:30 PM
Nov 2023

If some of the debris would have landed on that property and a certain orange shit stain were found smashed into the mildewing carpet, the world would be a better place.

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