SpaceX on Tuesday launched its ninth Starship test flight: It Exploded

[arista]

[SpaceX on Tuesday launched its ninth
Starship test flight from Starbase, Texas,
but the rocket encountered issues
in orbit because of a
booster exploding shortly
before its expected splashdown.

The early explosion led to fuel leaks,
which caused the rocket to begin
spinning uncontrollably.
SpaceX said its flight team had lost
altitude control as the vehicle continued
its atmospheric re-entry.
In March, a Starship rocket on its eighth
test flight exploded shortly after
it was launched from Texas, grounding flights
and triggering warnings about falling
spaceship debris.]


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c5y6drv99r9o

[Mystic Mock]

It bombed.

[Gusto Brunt]

Not looking good for a journey to Mars, anytime soon, then. :p

[Oliver_W]

To be fair, this absolutely deserved to happen because I don't like what Elon does with a social media app, so I'm going to be smug online.

[Mystic Mock]

To be fair, this absolutely deserved to happen because I don't like what Elon does with a social media app, so I'm going to be smug online.

You go girl!:dance:

[arista]

Not looking good for a journey to Mars, anytime soon, then. :p


On this test
They know it was a fuel leak,


Mars Mission is a long way off
by then, corrections can help ensure
that journey goes off well.

[Gusto Brunt]

On this test
They know it was a fuel leak,


Mars Mission is a long way off
by then, corrections can help ensure
that journey goes off well.

I read it was 2032.

[user104658]

To be fair, this absolutely deserved to happen because I don't like what Elon does with a social media app, so I'm going to be smug online.

I see what you're saying but to be fair there's a bit more to it than that - e.g. perhaps a tech billionaire best known for making **** electric cars with shocking production standards MIGHT be wasting time and money trying to build space-ships... and I think it's fairly valid to find it a bit gross that the world's richest man spends a not-small-chunk on cobbling together the world's most expensive fireworks.

[Ammi]

…and again, how many launches is this…?…


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/06/19/05/99519465-14827385-image-a-28_1750307287156.jpg
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[Crimson Dynamo]

I see what you're saying but to be fair there's a bit more to it than that - e.g. perhaps a tech billionaire best known for making **** electric cars

where do you get this arrant nonsense from?

Latest Tesla review from Whatcar 5 stars out of 5

https://www.whatcar.com/tesla/model-3/saloon/review/n19010

Overview

The Tesla Model 3 is good to drive, packed full of tech, fast and even reasonably practical. It’s also competitively priced and well equipped, and when you factor in its long range and Tesla's world-beating charging infrastructure, it's a brilliant choice. We reckon the entry-level RWD version is the best buy.

[Livia]

where do you get this arrant nonsense from?

Latest Tesla review from Whatcar 5 stars out of 5

https://www.whatcar.com/tesla/model-3/saloon/review/n19010

Overview

The Tesla Model 3 is good to drive, packed full of tech, fast and even reasonably practical. It’s also competitively priced and well equipped, and when you factor in its long range and Tesla's world-beating charging infrastructure, it's a brilliant choice. We reckon the entry-level RWD version is the best buy.

Yeah, but, if you don't like Elon, his cars must be sh1t.

[Crimson Dynamo]

And lets just address the other leftist lie QB trips out about Elon Musk and drugs

I will just leave this here

:idc:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GtwbtKbbcAA2EKy?format=jpg&name=small

[Beso]

Calpol....tic

[Livia]

I'd imagine someone who's achieved as much as Elon Musk wouldn't have been able if he was on drugs.

[Ninastar]

I'd imagine someone who's achieved as much as Elon Musk wouldn't have been able if he was on drugs.

Tbh weed actually makes my brain work better

My thoughts make sense when I vape it (we have vapes here for it and it’s pretty amazing tbh)

[Livia]

Tbh weed actually makes my brain work better

My thoughts make sense when I vape it (we have vapes here for it and it’s pretty amazing tbh)

I'm moving in with you, hope that's okay.

[Ninastar]

I'm moving in with you, hope that's okay.

As long as you’re okay with a **** ass grey cat that sings the song of his people around 3am every morning, you’re good!

[Ninastar]

Oi DID MOI WAITEN!!! 12 YEARS OF IT! iN AZKABAN!

[Ninastar]

Okay idk how that happened, I just opened the movie quote thread

[Livia]

As long as you’re okay with a **** ass grey cat that sings the song of his people around 3am every morning, you’re good!

Sings the song of his people LOL... Cats, they always think they're in charge.

[arista]

…and again, how many launches is this…?…


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/06/19/05/99519465-14827385-image-a-28_1750307287156.jpg
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Yes, Sad News for Elon
Another exploded rocket


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-14828701/Elon-Musk-downplays-SpaceX-rocket-explosion-just-scratch.html

[bots]

I'd imagine someone who's achieved as much as Elon Musk wouldn't have been able if he was on drugs.

i don't think he does much these days apart from post on X. With regards to him taking drugs, as an outsider all people can really say is he has been eratic and has become more eratic over the last couple of years. I've no idea if that's related to drugs or not. It's also the case that he is the richest man in the world, i've no idea how i would behave if i were in that position, but i'm sure I would be seen as eccentric :laugh:

[Livia]

i don't think he does much these days apart from post on X. With regards to him taking drugs, as an outsider all people can really say is he has been eratic and has become more eratic over the last couple of years. I've no idea if that's related to drugs or not. It's also the case that he is the richest man in the world, i've no idea how i would behave if i were in that position, but i'm sure I would be seen as eccentric :laugh:

I think you're quite eccentric now, bots!

In a good way though...

[James]

…and again, how many launches is this…?…


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/06/19/05/99519465-14827385-image-a-28_1750307287156.jpg
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The Starship rocket isn't safe for astronauts. If that explosion had happened with people in it there would be no way to escape it. Also the reentry, when coming back, needs to work perfectly. Those were the two problems that the space shuttle always had that made it more dangerous.

Elon has been saying recently SpaceX are going to send unmanned Starships to Mars next year. That's obviously not happening. It is supposed to be used as well for Nasa's next moon landing, but proving that is a way off.

[The Slim Reaper]

The man inherited an emerald mine and pretended to be tony stark. He's earned a lot of money, but that's different from achieving things.

He didn't create tesla.

[James]

The man inherited an emerald mine and pretended to be tony stark. He's earned a lot of money, but that's different from achieving things.

He didn't create tesla.

He's obviously had a lot of successes - I don't really like electric cars but I see Teslas everywhere now - but he has some strange ideas also.

[The Slim Reaper]

He's obviously had a lot of successes - I don't really like electric cars but I see Teslas everywhere now - but he has some strange ideas also.

He's invested well; firstly into paypal, then tesla. That's where his "successes" have come from. All funded by an emerald mine he inherited. I struggle to see where he has achieved anything on his own merits. All of his other stuff is funded by government subsidies, which is stealing money from tax payers who are living in continually worsening conditions.

[arista]

[and again, how many launches is this…?…]


Ammi


I think this number 12 Rocket

[Ammi]

[and again, how many launches is this…?…]


Ammi


I think this number 12 Rocket

…thank you sir, the time between them seems quite short…with huge explosions involved, I somehow thought it would be much longer to feel as though all could be right for another launch…

[Ammi]

The Starship rocket isn't safe for astronauts. If that explosion had happened with people in it there would be no way to escape it. Also the reentry, when coming back, needs to work perfectly. Those were the two problems that the space shuttle always had that made it more dangerous.

Elon has been saying recently SpaceX are going to send unmanned Starships to Mars next year. That's obviously not happening. It is supposed to be used as well for Nasa's next moon landing, but proving that is a way off.

…I mean, pardoning the pun but he’s just many, many miles and a galaxy away from success…I just don’t think it helps either that he seems to rush into the next so quickly….huge explosions aren't a small tweak, they surely indicate a huge time needed to address the technicals etc….

[bots]

Elon has mega government contracts that pay for all his practice runs, so he will just keep doing them and pocketing the cash

[Ammi]

SpaceX Starship completes successful test flight

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SpaceX has successfully launched its 10th test flight of the Starship, the world's most powerful rocket.
The rocket, which in previous launches had multiple catastrophic failures, is earmarked for use in a 2027 mission to the Moon.
The rocket successfully re-entered Earth and splashed down in the Indian Ocean about an hour after the initial launch.

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[arista]

Yes, Lucky Them,
this time.