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This isn't really great logic. Lofting concrete chunks over populated areas isn't exactly "everything worked out" or "safe" even if everyone happens to survive
by mlyle 3y ago
This isn't really great logic. Lofting concrete chunks over populated areas isn't exactly "everything worked out" or "safe" even if everyone happens to survive.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoThat was sand, not concrete.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> That was sand, not concrete "...many large concrete chunks, stainless-steel sheets, metal and other objects were 'hurled thousands of feet away,' along with a plume of concrete particles that resulted in the miles-away scattering. A 3½-acre fire also started on Boca Chica State Park, south of the launch pad, the agency said." https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-04-26/spacex-starship-explosion-blasted-concrete-up-to-6-5-miles-away https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-04-26/spacex-sta...
- bryanlarsen 3y agoThat does not contradict what I said. The concrete chunks did not get as far as populated areas. Also articles dated 4-26 significantly predated any lab analysis of the particles that reached Boca Chica Ranch and Port Isabel. It was presumed they were concrete particles, but they were just sand.
- mlyle 3y agoEven if things are "just sand", silicosis is a thing and drowning a populated area in it is not super great.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoSilicosis from 30 seconds of exposure to a small amount of sand is not a thing.
- mlyle 3y agoCovering homes with fine dust, and then having that abate in 30 seconds, is not a thing.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoIt's on a fucking beach. Every time there's wind (and the area is very windy), there's sand in the air.
- mlyle 3y agoYou're saying the way the towns were inundated was typical and this was not out of the ordinary in any way? Like, bruh: blowing up your pad and showering the surrounding area isn't cool. It's not a surprise that this freaks out local residents. It's not a surprise that lots of freaked out local residents makes for a freaked out regulator.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoYou keep using words like "drowning" and "inundated" for an amount of sand that was barely visible. And the regulator wasn't freaked out. The FAA rubber stamped Starship incident report and list of corrective actions.
- mlyle 3y agoA regulator that says you can't fly until you take corrective action and have it approved by said regulator is a little freaked out.