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If this is the result of sabotage, it puts SpaceX's previous launch failure in a different context: any entity willing and able to take a shot at and destroy a
by pmcollins 10y ago
If this is the result of sabotage, it puts SpaceX's previous launch failure in a different context: any entity willing and able to take a shot at and destroy a rocket from within the confines of Cape Canaveral might also have been able compromise a strut provided by an outside entity.
I find SpaceX's predicament to be deeply troubling, maybe because if this is sabotage, it casts a pall on the humanity's ability to make progress.
- sunstone 10y agoAs I recall, the company that made struts was not testing them properly and there was more than a few that did not meet the design spec. Tesla went to a different strut supplier after that.