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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by VILenin@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
 

Entitled techbros when the world doesn’t bow down to them

Maybe I should go back to my FAA job just to do what I can to make it take even longer a-little-trolling

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[–] dumpster_dove@hexbear.net 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Looking forward to their first manned flight imploding due to having an expired carbon fiber hull that they got for cheap from Boeing

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago

“Umm sweaty that was actually a major success. God emperor Elon who personally designs everything collected so much valuable data from the unplanned rapid disassembly!”

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] dumpster_dove@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

Not if they're still in the atmosphere think-about-it

[–] BeanBoy@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is this a Google review for the FAA

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] BeanBoy@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Get their ass Ben Stakely

[–] davel@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

I’m never shopping at the FAA again.

[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago

this guy should be a test passenger

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Please let them be as stupid and dangerous as they want so they combust with their piss rockets in space

[–] WayeeCool@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I'd be all for just letting them blow themselves and their fancy rockets up but the FAA is right to be spooked after the flight termination charges malfunctioned during the first Starship launch. Orbital rockets and intercontinental ballistic missiles are the same thing, with Starship being the biggest ever built. Was more than a little terrifying to see that rocket first lose control then have it's self destruct fail to immediately activate. Major fuck up by SpaceX that is requiring them to jump through a lot of hoops to gain back enough trust for the FAA to authorize a second test.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

Holy shit SpaceX is incompetent. What a joke.

[–] Ideology@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

And here I thought it was because they lost their launchpad.

[–] davel@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

His review of the USA: Still not the monkey’s paw libertarian utopia I wished for ★☆☆☆☆

[–] oregoncom@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

The FAA should allow SpaceX to self certify. Elon dying in an Oceangate type accident would be hilarious.

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago
[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Um....we've done this before. We've literally done this before.

That submarine that imploded? There were safety regulations at play that normally would've prevented the event, but thanks to legal shenanigans by the company to make the dive possible you ended up having the submarine and its passengers dooming itself/themselves. I can't recall the issues specifically, but basically the company found a way around the legality by giving a different classification to the passengers than 'passenger'.

There's a reason safety regulations exist, and it's not some silly slogan like 'to keep the people on a leash!' or whatever. We've literally done the whole 'sidestepping safety regulations' bit before, and it has consequences.

If you want to fix 'whatever stands in the way', demand that SpaceX make their stuff work within safety regulations; people's lives literally depend on it.

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

The last one exploded because the engines got hit with debris caused by their refusal to build a safe launchpad. Maybe not everyone deserves to be able to operate a rocket, Ben.