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The Starship program hits another speed bump with second consecutive failure (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to c/space

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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This would be well-deserved if it wasn't for the fact that it's probably tax dollars that were wasted and not Musk's profits.

[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

SpaceX's Starship contracts with NASA are fixed price and milestone based. So, if they blow it up, that cost is on them. Just like Boeing has had to shell out a lot of money from continuing to fail on Starliner.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, some good news, at least.

[–] Alienmonkey@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

I'd be pretty pissed if that grounding made me miss a connecting flight, Musky's insurance should at least be paying for airline disruptions.

Cool light show though.