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Notorio
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APR 14, 12:00 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
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Great news! Hurrah! 'Investor's Business Daily regrets the error.'
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Raydar
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APR 17, 01:06 PM
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Apparently "holding" at T - 40 seconds.
Supposedly to revisit in 48 hours. 
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maryjane
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APR 17, 01:48 PM
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A fuel valve issue. Continued countdown as a 'wet rehearsal' to T minus 10 seconds and they hope to make another attempt in 48 hours.
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Raydar
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APR 19, 11:15 PM
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From Techcrunch dotcom...
"Starship’s upcoming test does not have a very high probability of success, according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Last month, he put the chances of success at around 50%; in a Twitter Spaces earlier this week, he seemed to downgrade that probability even further. “If we do launch, I would consider anything that does not result in the destruction of the launch mount itself, the launch pad […] I would consider that to be a win,” he said."
Ummm... Seriously?!
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maryjane
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APR 20, 06:13 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Raydar:
From Techcrunch dotcom...
"Starship’s upcoming test does not have a very high probability of success, according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Last month, he put the chances of success at around 50%; in a Twitter Spaces earlier this week, he seemed to downgrade that probability even further. “If we do launch, I would consider anything that does not result in the destruction of the launch mount itself, the launch pad […] I would consider that to be a win,” he said."
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Yes, seriously.
"Space is hard"
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Rodrv6
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APR 20, 09:53 AM
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Well, it lifted off and made it to the point of first stage separation before being turned into lots of small pieces............ ------------------
Rod Schneider, Ball Ground, Ga.
"You can't have too many toys!"
1988 Fiero GT
1988 Porsche 928S4
1987 Corvette
2016 Mustang EcoBoost
Van's RV-6 airplane
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cvxjet
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APR 20, 11:31 AM
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......................................................................................"boom"..................................................................
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MidEngineManiac
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APR 20, 11:34 AM
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But it was a very nice, well presented **BOOM**
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APR 20, 11:53 AM
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There's a report that a SpaceX spokesperson actually described what happened as a "rapid, unscheduled disassembly" of the launch vehicle.
Ya' think?[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 04-20-2023).]
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Notorio
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APR 20, 12:31 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
There's a report that a SpaceX spokesperson actually described what happened as a "rapid, unscheduled disassembly" of the launch vehicle.
Ya' think?
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I saw that quote on NBC and shook my head. It's this kind of Big Tech, Gen Z, doublespeak that really is sad. They don't want anybody to 'feel bad.' I imagine the Safe Spaces, Emotional Coaches, and Petting Zoos at SpaceX are very busy today. What kind of statement would Gene Kranz have released? 
p.s. Congratulations ARE in order, for all the things that went right, and I don't mean to take away from that.
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