SpaceX's Starship explodes again while still on the ground

https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/19/spacexs_starship_explodes_again/

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nu11ptr•7mo ago

> SpaceX has made excellent progress with its Starship rocket. The stainless steel vehicle can now explode before even leaving the Earth.

Honest question as I don't often read the theregister.com: is such sarcasm/bias typical?

UPDATE: I guess had I actually gone to the homepage and looked around it would have answered my question.

danhon•7mo ago

Yes, it's dry sarcasm in the finest English print tradition.

wat10000•7mo ago

That is pretty much its entire purpose.

didgeoridoo•7mo ago

I think you might be hard pressed to find a Reg article that doesn’t take this tone.

fidotron•7mo ago

Yes. But the British have a special hate on for all things Elon Musk, going back to at least the early Tesla Roadster days.

kylebenzle•7mo ago

As an environmentalist in my personal life I REALLY wish we would stop letting the rich pollute 10,000 times more than regular people. Just one more reason to hate rich people.

re-thc•7mo ago

Do we just stop all research and development then? This is what we're doing here.

If we go back to the Stone Age there will be no pollution!

a4isms•7mo ago

That is a false dichotomy.

ProfessorZoom•7mo ago

kinda ignorant imo. this isn't blue origin - spacex is trying to save the species. not to mention all of the innovations made from space exploration like gps and the computer mouse. spacex's endeavors is already enabling people to have internet in remote areas

suddenlybananas•7mo ago

>spacex is trying to save the species.

If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you.

Zigurd•7mo ago

Or a tunnel, amirite?

drivingmenuts•7mo ago

> spacex is trying to save the species

Except for all the inconvenient parts, like non-white, LGBTQ or anyone else Elon doesn't like at the moment (including on of his own spawn).

ProfessorZoom•7mo ago

tesla got 100/100 like 6 years in a row for LGBTQ equality, and spacex has trouble hiring people with visas because of its government related work

DemocracyFTW2•7mo ago

> spacex is trying to save the species

we should thank Elon for all his beautiful offsprings, the fireworks and ... the people who are dying because he destroyed USAid I guess?

aagha•7mo ago

> spacex is trying to save the species

I can't believe there's people who actually believe this.

mensetmanusman•7mo ago

In aggregate increasing wealth increases care for the environment.

hnthrow90348765•7mo ago

Because it causes more damage which makes it a more pressing issue

abcd_f•7mo ago

Dupe - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44315529

autophagian•7mo ago

Like previous explosions, it is likely this one was also caused by a sniper. Possibly an Iranian one, given current geopolitical tensions.

drivingmenuts•7mo ago

Perhaps someone didn't want Nazis on the moon.

xtiansimon•7mo ago

Perhaps there is a financial function where the cost of a rocket is less than the stick bump on the next success?

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