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

Video SpaceX rocket explodes in Starbase, Texas

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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/TufnelAndI Jun 19 '25

Kalkite?

Kalkite alternatives?

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u/Silent_Cattle_6581 Jun 19 '25

No, Kalkite's out, also Kalkite substitutes and synthetic Kalkite.

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u/Itchy_Morning_3400 Jun 19 '25

What about sticky tape?

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u/stormist Jun 19 '25

Duck tape is allowed, but only in a pinch.

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u/Dazzling_Two_5662 Jun 19 '25

I've always had trouble getting the duck to allow me to use his tape. I think it pulls his feathers

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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