• april@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    One of these things is not like the others. Falcon 9 is the most successful and impressive rocket ever built.

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        5 months ago

        Did you mean Starship? That thing has like a 50% chance of exploding on landing last I knew

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          5 months ago

          Pretty sure they meant Boeing Starliner, which is currently docked to the ISS but whose return to earth is delayed because of several hydrogen leaks and faulty manoeuvring thrusters. They’ve tested the thrusters since docking and only 4 of the 5 worked.

          SpaceX Starship on the other hand is a test vehicle. It’s not meant to explode of course but these things are expected from time to time. SpaceX go for more of a “throw things at the wall and see what sticks” approach. It looks like they don’t know what they’re doing but they really do, Falcon9 is the most successful rocket ever built after all

          • CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world
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            5 months ago

            Starship’s last launch had two soft landings, they were just over the water which leads to exploding. That’s as good as can be expected.