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Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket explodes in second test flight | CNN (www.cnn.com)
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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.

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[–] leds@feddit.dk 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but to get from here to a 99.99% reliability is a very very long way

[–] Player2@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

Look at the Falcon rocket history. They started out at a very similar point, though at a smaller scale. And yet now they are comfortably human rated. They have landed the last 171 times in a row without fail, with another one coming this evening to add to that incredible number.

The guy at the helm is a terrible person, but this does not discredit the absolutely insane progress they have made.