So it appears SpaceX made the same mistake twice now, in losing Starship....

[Carnos Jax]

This is not a criticism of SpaceX's rapid prototyping methods, as it's proven to be just as effective as all in testing done by traditional rocket makers. However, SpaceX has always shown progress from one flight test to the next. This time though, they appeared to have made the same mistake that cost them them last Starship. Those of you who follow SpaceX more closely, what's going on? Should we be worried that they're losing competency?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJCjGt7jUkU

[Carnos Jax]

What also I heard is their engineers didn't get a chance to finish their investigation of what caused last flights mishap.

[Tiangou]

We should be worried that there are no more folks at the FAA performing oversight of their launch plans, governing their flight paths, and grounding them before they take stupid risks.

[raz]

Tiangou wrote:
We should be worried that there are no more folks at the FAA performing oversight of their launch plans, governing their flight paths, and grounding them before they take stupid risks.

Remind me who is driving the firing of regulators, again ?

[NewtonMP2100]

.....Starships were meant to fly.
Hands up and touch the sky......

[DinerDave]

raz wrote:
[quote=Tiangou]
We should be worried that there are no more folks at the FAA performing oversight of their launch plans, governing their flight paths, and grounding them before they take stupid risks.

Remind me who is driving the firing of regulators, again ?
Seen many comments about this from friends, all seeing it the way we do.

Dave

[rz]

Fire Elon!

[Lux Interior]

rz wrote:
Fire Elon!

Into the sun?

[bfd]

Lux Interior wrote:
[quote=rz]
Fire Elon!

Into the sun?
Belt him into one of his "Tesla Trucks" and send him after the Starman that's floating in space right now.

https://www.whereisroadster.com

Maybe a test of the collision avoidance systems at "ludicrous" speeds is indicated here…

[sekker]

Elmo has been super quiet on the cause of this failure.

I think it’s a sign that he thinks this lack of progress is due to him spending all of the time with DOGE.

I think he’s singular of his generation keeping people focused.

At the same time, Starship is perhaps the hardest technical challenge ever attempted in rocket engineering.

They did capture the booster this time. For any other company, that would be something to celebrate.