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Another flight with many explosions and a trivial payload. Trial and error, trial and error. At least these million monkeys have upgraded from typewriters to so
by 7e 5mo ago
Another flight with many explosions and a trivial payload. Trial and error, trial and error. At least these million monkeys have upgraded from typewriters to something more fun.
- avmich 5mo agoYou don't see the progress between flights, do you?
- Rebelgecko 5mo agoSome of his employees have died in the meantime, but that's a price Elon is more than willing to pay
- discordance 5mo agoHad to check this one and you're indeed right: one death in 2014[0], and one death earlier about a week ago (May 2026)[1] (as well as 600+ workplace injuries [0]). [0]: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/spacex-musk-safety/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/spacex-m... [1]: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/18/osha-probing-worker-death-at-spacexs-starbase-site/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/18/osha-probing-worker-death-...
- labcomputer 5mo agoScaled Composites has had a few deaths, too. Less recent that I thought: https://spacenews.com/explosion-mojave-air-and-space-port-kills-three-injures-three-others/ https://spacenews.com/explosion-mojave-air-and-space-port-ki...
- s1artibartfast 5mo agoHow many deaths has Facebook or Google had in that time? Over 100 died building the hoover dam. Over 5000 building the Panama canal, and over 30,000 if you count the failed attempt. 30,000 people trip and die in their homes per year. 70,000 Americans die per year from medication error or accidental overdose.