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    trailrider replied to the thread Watch fiery SpaceX Starship Flight 8 debris rain down over The Bahamas (video).

    Q: Was the explosion caused by internal failure, or did the Flight Termination System (FTS) cause it when the Ship lost attitude control?

    Mar 7, 2025
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    trailrider replied to the thread Boeing plans to lay off hundreds of employees working on NASA's SLS moon rocket: reports.

    It is obvious that StarShip+SuperHeavy must be successfully brought to operation before cancellation of SLS+Orion+Gateway could be done...

    Feb 18, 2025
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    trailrider replied to the thread The best sci-fi TV shows of the 1950s.

    The lead-in scene on Tom Corbett Space Cadet showed winged V-2's landing by backing down on their exhaust plumes. Never could happen...

    Feb 15, 2025
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    trailrider replied to the thread Chinese rocket booster falls to Earth, explodes near home (video).

    Doubt they have the equivalent of the FAA to demand an investigation. Not a good thing with residual hypergolics.

    Jan 24, 2025
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    trailrider replied to the thread Watch SpaceX Starship explode over Atlantic Ocean on Flight Test 7 (videos).

    Was this a functional anomaly of did the Ship veer off course and the FTS blew it? Build some, test some, build some more. This was a...

    Jan 17, 2025

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