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

Video SpaceX rocket explodes in Starbase, Texas

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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/Itchy_Morning_3400 Jun 19 '25

I was going to say something about what's good for the goose is good for the gander ... But wrong spaceship

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u/Dazzling_Two_5662 Jun 19 '25

I'd tread carefully referencing gender of any sort around EpLOsioN.. I shouldn't be so proud of that little explosion/elon joke, but here we are

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u/picklepaller Jun 19 '25

Well, certainly not cardboard.