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May 28 2025
06:44 am
Spacex Starship fails again... 9th attempt?
By: bizgrrl

After back-to-back explosions, SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship again on Tuesday evening, but fell short of the main objectives when the spacecraft tumbled out of control and broke apart.
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SpaceX later confirmed that the spacecraft experienced “a rapid unscheduled disassembly,” or burst apart.

In a 2023 attempt, the starship exploded after going 91 miles into space.

Boeing II. Is it time to take bids from a different company to continue our space program? Maybe Airbus?

UPDATE;
June 17, 2025, A SpaceX Starship upper stage exploded in a spectacular conflagration during ramp-up to an expected engine test firing...

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bizgrrl's picture

June 17, 2025, A SpaceX

Submitted by bizgrrl on Thu, 2025/06/19 - 8:41am.

June 17, 2025, A SpaceX Starship upper stage exploded in a spectacular conflagration during ramp-up to an expected engine test firing...

A statement fr5om SpaceX. "On Wednesday, June 18 at approximately 11 p.m. CT, the Starship preparing for the tenth flight test experienced a major anomaly while on a test stand at Starbase"...

"SpaceX owner Elon Musk wrote "Just a scratch" on social media after the company's Starship rocket exploded into a fireball before a schedule test flight on Wednesday."

fischbobber's picture

I'm shocked!

Submitted by fischbobber on Tue, 2025/07/01 - 10:44am.

Shocked I say? Who could have predicted this would be the outcome of lowering our standards and reducing regulation? Why bother to regulate if you're not going to do it? How many spaceships have to blow up before Elon bankrupts himself?

bizgrrl's picture

Quite a few more failures is

Submitted by bizgrrl on Tue, 2025/07/01 - 12:14pm.
(in reply to fischbobber)

Quite a few more failures is my guess. Isn't the U.s. government subsidizing SpaceX?

fischbobber's picture

Yes.

Submitted by fischbobber on Tue, 2025/07/01 - 12:17pm.
(in reply to bizgrrl)

NASA's role is shrinking.

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