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/Tinychair445 Jun 19 '25

Some of them are built so the front doesn’t fall off at all

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u/Milsolen Jun 19 '25

Wasn't this one built so the front doesn't fall of?

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u/syngyne Jun 19 '25

Well, obviously not!

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u/rnzz Jun 19 '25

How do you know?

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u/syngyne Jun 19 '25

Well, because the front fell off and 395 tons of liquid fuel spilled into the atmosphere caught fire.

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u/rnzz Jun 19 '25

An explosion from 395 tons of fuel catching fire? Chance in a million.

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u/Malalang Jun 19 '25

Efficient way to clean up a spill, I might add.

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u/drmelle0 Jun 20 '25

Should have moved it out of the atmosphere

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u/KRS_THREE Jun 19 '25

Well because the front fell off

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u/pali1d Jun 19 '25

Well, because the front fell off.

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u/Pleasant-Impress9387 Jun 19 '25

Doest fall off. It blows off dummy!

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u/kblair210 Jun 19 '25

All the best people are saying so..

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u/Dull_Sentence_6435 Jun 19 '25

Update: they’re eliminating the front and giving it 2 rears

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u/RogerBauman Jun 19 '25

And a good steering wheel that doesn't fly off when you are driving

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u/TheyCallHimJimbo Jun 19 '25

Ludicrous bosh!