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SpaceX Catches Booster But Loses Ship in Starship Test Flight

SpaceX's seventh flight test of its massive Starship launch system brought both thrilling advancements and unexpected challenges. Notably, the Super Heavy booster successfully returned to the launch site and was caught by the launch tower's "chopstick" arms, while the upper stage, known as Ship 33, experienced a critical failure during its ascent.

Article: https://joshuniverse.com/spacex-starship-flight-booster-success-ship-loss/

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

they’re doing cool things despite musk. he is just money. they have an entire team dedicated to keeping him away from the day to day

[–] MooseTheDog@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

SpaceX receives a lot of funding from the US government. This is masked through a few means, but mostly by not reporting it in articles. You 100% paid to see that explosion, so I hope it was worth it. I would rather it go to Ukraine.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

I mean, the money they use to develop rockets eventually goes to things like Starlink, which eventually goes to places like Ukraine.

Space supremacy is military supremacy.