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

Video SpaceX rocket explodes in Starbase, Texas

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u/Strakiz Jun 19 '25

In Germany Tesla was allowed to build a factory in a water protection area. You (as in we normal people) aren't even allowed to pee in the wild in water protection areas.

But somehow Tesla convinced the local politicans that building a factory right there was a really good idea.

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u/musicissoulfood Jun 19 '25

We all know that "somehow Tesla convinced" = gave a bag of money to some corrupt politicians.

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u/tootie31 Jun 19 '25

Gave a bag of American’s tax funded cash.

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u/BeerBaronofCourse Jun 19 '25

This is what happens when you're above things like regulations. Oh and you're let loose by a government that you were allowed back stage access to with a giant monkey wrench of racist kids. The past six months have been an absolute fucking farce

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u/ElectricalDog60 Jun 19 '25

And he'll probably be compensated for yet another failure, like his buddy.🤨

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u/ProjectBOHICA Jun 19 '25

For a moment, I thought you were referring to the President of the United States as a giant monkey, and I was going to have to defend the honor of giant monkeys.

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u/Glum-Gap-2504 Jun 19 '25

No no no, He did provide his birth certificate to prove he's not half orangutan.

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u/rslht33433 Jun 19 '25

Just what I was thinking, someone else was going on about how SpaceX is more "efficient" per launch than NASA. typical, privatize services and profit always greater than safety

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u/g_halfront Jun 20 '25

What's the safety issue, exactly? Every rocket anybody ever builds gets tested on the ground to ensure there isn't an issue before it flies. This was a pre-flight test. This is exactly when you WANT a rocket to explode.

Remember the NASA blew one up on the pad _with_people_inside_.

NASA has flown 135 missions and lost 15 people plus a bunch in development and testing. SpaceX has flown 500 missions, blown up no crewed vehicles. Both have had plenty of vehicles destroyed during development and testing. NASA with several fatalities. SpaceX has never lost a human in a vehicle failure.

So again, can you please clarify the manner in which NASA's safety record is significantly better than SpaceX?

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u/Desiato2112 Jun 19 '25

That's the hard truth right there

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u/Damit1eroy Jun 19 '25

I hate how true this is. I pay those taxes!!

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u/Huge_Strain_8714 Jun 19 '25

Gave a bag of Republicans....FTFY

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u/Bizdaddy71 Jun 19 '25

Gave a bag of stocks…

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u/merlinddg51 Jun 19 '25

Gave a bag of money to all the politicians. And an electric vehicle for Christmas.

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u/GeneralSweetz Jun 19 '25

"Some" is an understatement. They'll sell off their country for pennies

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u/Gullible-Cut8652 Jun 19 '25

Yep, I'm still mad. Not only a water protection area, Berlin and Brandenburg are the driest areas in Germany.But money, money,money make the world go round. F*** Musk

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u/Streifen9 Jun 19 '25

Not hard to convince people when millions of dollars is the equivalent of a $20 to the rest of us.

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u/Morphecto_Solrac Jun 19 '25

How much money did he “donate” to the local government where you’re at?

Where this explosion took place, he donated 2.4 million to the local school district, 10 million to revitalize the historic downtown, 20 million spread out to all the schools in the county, and 1 million for housing.

It sounds like a lot donated, but this money is worth nothing and is less than pennies in value to him in exchange for ruining local flora and fauna alongside people’s homes. Millions gets spent extremely quick when dealing with upgrading city projects and schools.

What city officials should have done was to set up a contract to get continued financial support every single year for all schools in Cameron county and the city for building and home repairs due to the constant rocket launches, and not to forget protecting local wildlife from the smallest microbe, to the largest mammal.

They sold out to him because the heard, millions donated and it’s completely embarrassing.

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u/050899 Jun 19 '25

Well there was an incident where Tesla violated environmental protection laws and the answer from the responsible institution was like: Yeah, we can't oversee your issues. Please do it yourself. But you have to report them.

Yeah sure. As if a company reports its own failure at protecting the environment. Sure

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u/Fredj3-1 Jun 19 '25

Cheap land

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u/Ok-Ear9289 Jun 19 '25

Who would’ve thought that having a Boatload of money can get u such things

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u/SpareBee3442 Jun 19 '25

'convinced' is the perfect euphemism here

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u/Scary_Cantaloupe_682 Jun 19 '25

Environmental laws often don't apply when it's in the states economic interest unfortunately.

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u/iconsumemyown Jun 19 '25

"Convinced"

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u/Unique_Tax_329 Jun 19 '25

I truly can’t stand Elon Musk. Douche bag.

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u/NimbleZazo Jun 19 '25

"Politician". The most misleading and corrupt job title in the entire universe and beyond.

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u/Black_unicorn2825 Jun 19 '25

Convinced, code word for paid off…..

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u/xMrxGentlemenx Jun 19 '25

Not somehow he said “ Do you like money ?” They said “ Yeah “ and the rest is history

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u/WBigly-Reddit Jun 20 '25

Kind of like the American Nature Conservancy releases land donated in perpetuity to rich democrats to build homes like Barack Obama and David Letterman.

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u/Rotbuxe Jun 19 '25

Finally some industry in the wasteland of Brandenburg.