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LASER BEAM DREAM
Nov 3, 2005

Oh, what? So now I suppose you're just going to sit there and pout?

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Slotducks
Oct 16, 2008

Nobody puts Phil in a corner.


420 burn one dowwwwwwn :catdrugs:

Godlessdonut
Sep 13, 2005

Did a sick spin then exploded, a win all around.

Oglethorpe
Aug 8, 2005

lmao "the launch platform is intact! :wow:"

Woke Mind Virus
Aug 22, 2005

we went to the moon 50 years ago and look at us now!

toggle
Nov 7, 2005


i am in awe

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007
i would just make the rocket not blow up

pigz
Jul 12, 2004

Nearly as overlooked as Joe Mauer
Starship launch was A+, its absolutely ready to be loaded up with billionaires.

the milk machine
Jul 23, 2002

lick my keys
wailing, gnashing my teeth, rending my garments: big rocket NOOOOO

Slotducks
Oct 16, 2008

Nobody puts Phil in a corner.


man claiming to save the environment blows up another rocket

dew worm
Apr 20, 2019

https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1649043793109188609?s=46&t=49RZw0dBWxacDdvE8sT2FQ

https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1649044704900595713?s=46&t=49RZw0dBWxacDdvE8sT2FQ

is this good?

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


lmfao

Grey Fox
Jan 5, 2004

i love data

goth smoking cloves
Feb 28, 2011

Move fast and break things

NeonPunk
Dec 21, 2020

Hey, it's an huge improvement over exploding right on the launch pad.

This is a huge step forward and onwards for all mankind!

JAMOOOL
Oct 18, 2004

:qq: I LOVE TWO AND HALF MEN!! YOU 20 SOMETHINGS ARE JUST TOO CYNICAL TO UNDERSTAND IT!!:qq:
https://twitter.com/IvanTheK/status/1649046674680029185

dew worm
Apr 20, 2019

https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1649046425257537545?s=46&t=49RZw0dBWxacDdvE8sT2FQ

it was all according to plan!

Wraith of J.O.I.
Jan 25, 2012



looking into this

hseroK divaD
Jun 3, 2011

Creepy Richard will keep leering at you NON-STOP!
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1649045802332073986

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007

we used to be a proper country

the milk machine
Jul 23, 2002

lick my keys
looks like we'll never be able to put satellites in orbit now. sorry folks, let's pack it in

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


Is this good, paid checkmarks are telling me this is good

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

shyduck posted:

Is this good, paid checkmarks are telling me this is good

Modern "engineers" and scientists continue to get shown up by a bunch of nerds from the 60s who had computers less powerful than a ti-86 so in that sense, yeah

spacemang_spliff
Nov 29, 2014

wide pickle

Woke Mind Virus posted:

we went to the moon 50 years ago and look at us now!

the free market is so efficient!!!

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007
there was a time when if a rocket failed, a man in a short-sleeved button up shirt and horn-rimmed glasses who speaks three words a year would be throwing a clipboard on the ground and everyone else in the control room would be terrified it was their fault

moist turtleneck
Jul 17, 2003

Represent.



Dinosaur Gum
420!!!!!

a.lo
Sep 12, 2009
Probation
Can't post for 4 hours!
call it explosions that’s what rockets do

spacemang_spliff
Nov 29, 2014

wide pickle

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

there was a time when if a rocket failed, a man in a short-sleeved button up shirt and horn-rimmed glasses who speaks three words a year would be throwing a clipboard on the ground and everyone else in the control room would be terrified it was their fault

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

we used to be a proper country

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


Nazis were much better rocket builders back then compared to today's Nazis

the milk machine
Jul 23, 2002

lick my keys
elon, wearing a khaki uniform with strappy belts all over and a mustache drawn on with makeup, stamping his feet: zis ist NOT how i vanted to celebrate zwanzigste april!!!

Wraith of J.O.I.
Jan 25, 2012


based elon turning something so lamesauce into something freaking epic!!!

moist turtleneck
Jul 17, 2003

Represent.



Dinosaur Gum
did this rocket go off in that one nature reserve where they incinerate everything and deafen all the fauna

tenderjerk
Nov 6, 2008
Probation
Can't post for 369 days!

:okpos::420::catdrugs::350::2bong:

spacemang_spliff
Nov 29, 2014

wide pickle
musk sobbing, eating Hitler Birthday cake by the handful

J. P. Beagley
Apr 11, 2008

elong reinvented the N1 and like the N1 his rocket blowed up

trucutru
Jul 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy
"a reminder this is a test flight... so there is always a chance something can go wrong" *Rocket explodes* (without missing a beat) "and that appears like the flight termination system has been activated"



Meanwhile: A bunch of morons hooting and clapping

Dr. VooDoo
May 4, 2006



Congrats, SpaceX! You’ve reached the same level as amateur model rockets and fireworks :laffo:

BattleMaster
Aug 14, 2000

they collected so much data from this explosion, like the importance of "build quality"

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY
Goode job SpaceX on a successful launch! We are so blessed that company came from musk's demented mind. Only good thing he has done.

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Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY
SpaceX is a good company and shows public-private partnerships can work. 🤝

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