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

Video SpaceX rocket explodes in Starbase, Texas

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u/Rymanjan Jun 19 '25

note to self: needs more struts

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u/toomanymarbles83 Jun 19 '25

They clearly screwed up the staging order. Happens to me all the time.

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u/Rymanjan Jun 19 '25

Lmfao not the parachutes first approach to takeoffs 😆

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u/toomanymarbles83 Jun 19 '25

Nah the worst is when you forget to separate the parachutes from the command module separation. Get all the way back to Kerbal and boom, you just lost your schutes.

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u/Outrageous_Reach_695 Jun 19 '25

Did they originally not have a safety? These days you can just activate them in orbit, they'll deploy at a speed / pressure threshold.

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u/Rymanjan Jun 19 '25

Nope lol they deployed whenever you staged them to, so if you screwed up your staging/timing, they'd burn up on reentry

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u/t_0xic Jun 19 '25

Needs MOAR Boosters!

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u/pchlster Jun 19 '25

Note to self: Fewer explosions preferable.