SpaceX’s Starship rocket system reached several milestones in its second test flight before the rocket booster and spacecraft exploded over the Gulf of Mexico.

SpaceX’s Starship rocket system reached several milestones in its second test flight before the rocket booster and spacecraft exploded over the Gulf of Mexico.

    • neveraskedforthis@lemmy.world
      13·
      7 months ago

      You do realize that SpaceX is (currently) the only manufacturer that’s trying not to dump their rockets into the ocean (or wilderness/villages in the case of Russia and China respectively), right?

      • kool_newt@lemm.ee
        2·
        7 months ago

        I was not aware, tho it’s a bit like hanging on to your cigarette butt while coal rolling as you drive from a private jet.

        • ashok36@lemmy.world
          4·
          7 months ago

          Not really. If anything, starship will be the most environmentally friendly space vehicle when it’s done. It runs on methalox which can be produced from CO2 and water. As long as the energy source is renewable, it can be 100% carbon neutral as a fuel. Since they’re planning to refuel in Mars, which has no fossil fuels, developing the technology isn’t really a choice. They have to do it either way.

      • Player2@sopuli.xyz
        7·
        7 months ago

        While the mission was similar in thrust profile to an orbital one, it was not an orbital mission. The vehicle broke down and landed about an hour after launch.