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moist turtleneck
Jul 17, 2003

Represent.



Dinosaur Gum
if the goal was to clear the pad I would simply lift the rocket up and put it back down without using combustion

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euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

I bet elon would hire von braun if he were alive to help out

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

moist turtleneck posted:

if the goal was to clear the pad I would simply lift the rocket up and put it back down without using combustion

it would be easier to jsut not put the rocket there in the first place

limp dick calvin
Sep 1, 2006

Strepitoso. Vedete? Una meraviglia.

euphronius posted:

I bet elon would hire von braun if he were alive to help out

it would accelerate x, the everything app

webcams for christ
Nov 2, 2005

entire area potentially affected by contaminants

https://twitter.com/pblodlr/status/1649059706218991617

Bar Crow
Oct 10, 2012
Umbrella also has the “combat data” excuse every time a zombie virus escapes and destroys everything they own.

moist turtleneck
Jul 17, 2003

Represent.



Dinosaur Gum
lol all the bazingas getting blessed with new and exciting forms of cancer thanks to mr musk, so that they can be new candidates for uploading their brain into a floppy disk

J. P. Beagley
Apr 11, 2008


uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug
https://twitter.com/poppy_haze/status/1649066376810643456?s=20

limp dick calvin
Sep 1, 2006

Strepitoso. Vedete? Una meraviglia.

who needs safety regulations, this is texas

ram dass in hell
Dec 29, 2019



:420::toot::420:

lol elon musk raining garbage down on the residents of texas because their government fought for tax breaks that would attract innovation and job creators!!

Raiad
Feb 1, 2005

Without the law, there wouldn't be lawyers.


sure the rocket exploding might LOOK bad, but when you consider that every other rocket launch was fake and this was humanity's first real attempt at a launch,

Just a Moron
Nov 11, 2021

Slotducks posted:

muskites are hyperfocusing on the exploding thing as if it was planned

fine

but what about it spinning out of control for like a minute straight?

Navigational system test

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007
Texas is gonna be the desert version of Rapture in like 3 years

some kinda jackal
Feb 25, 2003

 
 

It was supposed to be uncrewed but a poor janitor snuck in for a nap just before launch and..

dew worm
Apr 20, 2019


I probably would not bag that with my barehands

webcams for christ
Nov 2, 2005

ah.

https://twitter.com/esghound/status/1649070286946422786

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

Three Olives posted:

Because Silicon Valley bullshit.



can’t wait until the first round of settlers on Mars Scrum their way out of a food crisis

Mayor Dave
Feb 20, 2009

Bernie the Snow Clown
Looking into it

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007

Three Olives posted:

Because Silicon Valley bullshit.



"Traditional aerospace companies have tried to anticipate and prevent as many failures as possible ahead of times. Because they design rockets, the things we put warheads on."

Just a Moron
Nov 11, 2021


lol

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007
look we're not gonna put any people on it until it hasn't blow up 2, maybe 3 times, ok?

Polo-Rican
Jul 4, 2004

emptyquote my posts or die

Three Olives posted:

Because Silicon Valley bullshit.



1. ✅ Fail fast (Done)
2. ❌ Learn faster (To-do)

Pinely
Jul 23, 2013
College Slice
It owns that the narrowing realm of possibilities under capitalism has turned a failed attempt to recreate and, ostensibly, improve 60s era technology into a major achievement.

tenderjerk
Nov 6, 2008
Probation
Can't post for 357 days!
apparently that debris raining from the sky is from the launch pad itself which limits further rocket launches for a while

now elon can focus on his core competencies like stealing the worlds dankest memes and keeping catturds smiling and satisfied

Glumwheels
Jan 25, 2003

https://twitter.com/BidenHQ
Elon famously doesn’t believe in safety or following regulations

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


jfc

mdemone
Mar 14, 2001

wait....did the launch pad not have a channel to divert the energy horizontally?!?

holy poo poo lol what did they loving expect to happen

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007

mdemone posted:

wait....did the launch pad not have a channel to divert the energy horizontally?!?

holy poo poo lol what did they loving expect to happen

why would they have one of those that sounds cringe

Futanari Damacy
Oct 30, 2021

by sebmojo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVB_BcbLlUs

mdemone
Mar 14, 2001

oh my god they just elevated it but didn't channel the back thrust, Jesus loving christ

Dr. Kyle Farnsworth
Apr 23, 2004

it's pretty funny there's good odds he hurried the launch to launch on le epic meme weed day

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


HOW DID THEY NOT BUILD A DIVERSION TUNNEL

HE OWNS A COMPANY THAT BUILDS TUNNELS

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

shyduck posted:

HOW DID THEY NOT BUILD A DIVERSION TUNNEL

HE OWNS A COMPANY THAT BUILDS TUNNELS

even the guy in The Incredibles has a tunnel

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


the joke, as always, is on us

Bear Retrieval Unit
Nov 5, 2009

Mudslide Experiment

mdemone posted:

wait....did the launch pad not have a channel to divert the energy horizontally?!?

holy poo poo lol what did they loving expect to happen

diverting energy? sounds like new age crystal magic bullshit. this is science and these are the world's greatest engineers.

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007

Bear Retrieval Unit posted:

diverting energy? sounds like new age crystal magic bullshit. this is science and these are the world's greatest engineers.

please report to the Alchemy thread for re-education

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug
It got 29 miles into the sky before it shat itself.
Mars is 33.9 million miles when closest to earth.
So only another 1.2 million Starships to go.

Mrs. Dash
Apr 11, 2009

Wraith of J.O.I. posted:

the joke, as always, is on us



That's like 1/3rd of a Twitter

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Dr. VooDoo
May 4, 2006


mdemone posted:

wait....did the launch pad not have a channel to divert the energy horizontally?!?

holy poo poo lol what did they loving expect to happen

Ummm actually it cleared the launch pad so mission accomplished? You just can’t grasp the immense genius of Elon-*head gets vaporized by concrete debris traveling at speed of sound*

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