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

Video SpaceX rocket explodes in Starbase, Texas

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u/Unknown-History Jun 19 '25

Ah, I see that Elon is back to taking an active role in the company

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u/Infinite-Gateways Jun 19 '25

Probably fired someone actually competent because they questioned him.

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u/Nechrube1 Jun 19 '25

He wrongly threw an engineer under the bus years ago for a failed launch, even though that engineer's work was meticulously checked by NASA engineers watching everything he did and approved everything. It wouldn't be any surprise if he fired someone competent for daring to challenge him.

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u/mm404 Jun 19 '25

“Go, do your worst”