The SpaceX explosion is nothing but disturbing, there is no “success” in creating thousands of tons of pollution. We absolutely do not know if the atmosphere can handle these repeated explosions of tons of metals. SpaceX is not making life “multiplanetary,” instead they may be putting life on the fast-track to being planet-less
@carlysagan
I think the failure rate of #SpaceX rockets is between 20-30%. NO WAY IN HELL I'd ever trust going up in a rocket with that high a chance of dying.
And #NASA is going to get tired of entrusting multi-million dollar payloads to rockets with such a high failure rate.
They need to cut #Nati-loving #Musk/SpaceX loose and look for another commercial rocket.
@MugsysRapSheet well that's just not right.
They've been launching rocket after rocket, every week, successfully, putting all sorts of scientific instruments into orbit without failure.
@volkris @carlysagan
When the Challenger Space Shuttle blew up in 1986, the entire program was suspended for nearly three years.
@MugsysRapSheet I don't know what your point is.
SpaceX is launching their normal rockets every week without incident.
@MugsysRapSheet
[citation needed]
@volkris@qoto.org @carlysagan
@volkris @carlysagan
If a doctor offered me elective surgery where I had a 1 in 100 chance of dying (99% success rate), I'd tell him "No thanks".
Those "successful" #SpaceX launches "every week" rely in NASA's "Atlas" rocket, not SpaceX's rockets.