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This is not true. The path of the rocket is carefully chosen so that an abort/explosion does not intersect with other people's property. It launches over the
by aeternum 2y ago
This is not true. The path of the rocket is carefully chosen so that an abort/explosion does not intersect with other people's property. It launches over the ocean.
- FireBeyond 2y agoUnless the guidance/steering systems are damaged, of course. Like by chunks of concrete hitting them that might otherwise have enough energy behind them to land a mile or two away in the ocean? Might that potentially affect the path of a rocket? If not, why not?
- justinclift 2y agoAre you forgetting about the abort system which self-destructs the rocket if/when that happens?
- Teever 2y agoDidn't the abort system fail on the rocket that we're talking about? Or was that the one after?
- aeternum 2y agoTrajectory is planned such that the ballistic trajectory minimizes the probability it will hit land. So it is relatively safe even if the engines and abort system fails. You can see the trajectory here and how they thread it through the Caribbean islands & Cuba. https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2023/11/new-starship-launch-attempt-on-november.html https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2023/11/new-starship-launch...