At the Spaceport, it was a tradition:

[bigtree]

New York Times Pitchbot @DougJBalloon · 7h
At the Spaceport, it was a tradition: wolf down a pre-dawn breakfast of freeze-dried eggs and Tang, fuel up the ol’ Starship with liquid hydrogen, then watch it explode without any criticism from anyone. But now, the woke mob is trying to take all that away.



SpaceX may have blown up its launchpad

[malthaussen]

1. In the early years of the US space program, it was also a tradition.

Somewhere, the shade of Vanguard is smiling.

-- Mal

[Conjuay]

2. My brother

seven years my senior, talked about them pulling failed rockets out of Indian River Lagoon regularly.