• SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Boo-Yah for the great American Private Sector! All we have to to is get government to the size where we can drown it, and Business will take care of everything and do it more efficiently for less money, puh-raise JEE-zuz-ah!

    And yes, that was snark.

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    19 hours ago

    I wish the video was long enough to hear the sound of my prime membership going up in price

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      20 hours ago

      This was a test run not too far from the real launch. This was not one of those launches where they expected a massive explosion from testing.

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        18 hours ago

        Does anyone expect an unplanned rapid disassembly?

        You pay people more and keep them working at their best by providing them with robuat benefits, time off, and job/financial security so they can account for, plan, and mitigate shit like this.

        But noooo, layoffs, and “don’t tax me more, 40% of fed tax is payed by 1% of earners, which I’m not cause my income is 80K suckers! Work fast, break things, die faster slaves.”

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    19 hours ago

    I don’t understand how they’re allowed to pollute like this.

    I don’t give a shit what purpose the rocket was supposed to have. It’s not worth it.

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      51 minutes ago

      While it’s not as optimal as RP1 (aerospace kerosene) or Methane - we should be forcing all aerospace to be using Hydrogen. It has a higher ISP anyway.

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      13 hours ago

      I don’t understand how they’re allowed to pollute like this.

      Compared to your average coal power plant it’s CO2 imprint is tiny.

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      18 hours ago

      They’re not. They’ll be fined several thousands of dollars. Bezos will cry as he writes such an enormous check.

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        10 hours ago

        While I agree the industry is under-regulated, spaceflight has been a massive benefit for humanity. Earth would not be able to grow half the food it does now. Global communication and logistics would be significantly more unreliable and expensive. Even down to simple things like cellphones would not work without GPS.

        Spaceflight is not the problem. Unregulated bilionaires and corporations are.