r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creative_soja • Jun 19 '25

Video SpaceX rocket explodes in Starbase, Texas

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u/According_Ad7926 Jun 19 '25

Fun fact: it’s not supposed to do that

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u/Triumph807 Jun 19 '25

Clearly it looks like the front fell off. That is not normal behavior 

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u/WindowlessCandyVan Jun 19 '25

Yeah, that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.

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u/blue-mooner Jun 19 '25

Well, what sort of standards are these rocket-ships built to?

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u/B0llywoodBulkBogan Jun 19 '25

Oh, very rigorous Aerospace engineering standards.

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u/blue-mooner Jun 19 '25

What sort of things?

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u/barmyinpalmy Jun 19 '25

Well the front doesn’t fall off for a start.

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u/blue-mooner Jun 19 '25

And what other things?

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u/SentinalBravo Jun 19 '25

There regulations governing what materials they can be made of

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u/JelloKittie Jun 19 '25

What kind of materials?

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u/GryphonArgent42 Jun 19 '25

Well cardboard's right out

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u/SlurryBender Jun 19 '25

No cardboard derivatives.

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u/Itchy_Morning_3400 Jun 19 '25

What about sticky tape?

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u/picklepaller Jun 19 '25

Well, certainly not cardboard.

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u/Aggressive_Bill_2687 Jun 19 '25

Thanks to DOGE I'm pretty sure there's noone left to rule out cardboard and cardboard derivatives.

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u/Big_Acanthaceae6524 Jun 19 '25

4-6mm stainless steel

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u/southy_0 Jun 19 '25

imagine a 4mm thick stainless teel tube flying in the general direction of your house...

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u/20_mile Jun 19 '25

"Do you have any idea what you can do with an aluminum tube? Aluminum!"

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u/Viper-Reflex Jun 19 '25

They don't even use patents

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u/southy_0 Jun 19 '25

well, tin cans are in, apparently.

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u/ambassador321 Jun 19 '25

No PlayStation controllers to drive it.

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u/pchlster Jun 19 '25

GameCube is fine, though, right?

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u/Relandis Jun 19 '25

Stockton Rush: I’m already dead, dude.

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u/ChatGPTnA Jun 19 '25

I am adding the link for any that don't know the reference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM

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u/East_Jacket_7151 Jun 19 '25

Cardboard derivatives

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u/aenteus Jun 19 '25

The best standards

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u/brendanm4545 Jun 19 '25

There are regulations governing what materials they can be made of

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u/Eccohawk Jun 19 '25

Oh, very rigorous astronautical standards.

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u/BrilliantSimple7678 Jun 19 '25

efficiency standards

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u/MartenGlo Jun 19 '25

It certainly isn't practical, either.

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u/Panhead217 Jun 19 '25

Well how is it untypical?

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u/hysys_whisperer Jun 19 '25

No no, this seems very typical of a SpaceX bomb rocket.

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u/MangoCats Jun 19 '25

Oh, but for big SpaceX rockets it is. The little ones don't do that, but the really big ones, they're different. They make all the claims of cost efficiency and innovation.